In South Dakota, small government entities like road districts, irrigation districts, and sanitary districts are often governed by a three-member Board of Trustees. These positions are filled by the democratic process: residents and landowners vote to elect their representatives. A growing concern across the state involves a misunderstanding of power: Can two board members vote…
I’ve heard many times that the goal of a County State’s Attorney is to become Attorney General or a judge. And probably as fast and as easily as possible. In other words, they are not overly concerned with us. I think we will start seeing headlines on our own state’s attorney’s. Like this one. They…
I just looked at a handful of counties in the Audit lists… This is Butte. I think this looks pretty good. There are many pages in these reports. You should definitely read the whole report for your county to make a judgment. This is Lawrence County. A couple questionable things. But not like Custer. That…
This is a list of county audits you may be interested in. I was not very surprised to see that my own county, when audited, did not do well. My county director of finance, or whatever her title is, clearly is not following the law and hasn’t been for a couple audits now. Not sure…