Comments on: Exposing Valhalla

By: RT

RT — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:20:01 +0000

Three cheers to Holly!

By: Holly

Holly — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:51:32 +0000

Doug, If you had paid attention to Senator Katus during the election, his problem with Valhalla wasn’t that the governor allowed unknown people to stay there, it was in the fact that the state paid $250,000 to refurbish it, without approval of the funds from the legislature. He also had a problem with the state owning 10 airplanes for the governor’s and others use. Does a state the size of South Dakota really need 10 state owned airplanes?

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:47:15 +0000

“I’m curious how many of the folks who comment on state expenditures have any real clue about how the money is spent and where some of the waste occurs? You all want to blame the “overpaid” “worthless” state employee but try getting by without them. First there’d be an uprising by all the entitlement folks. The Medicaid people might have to schedule doctor appointments for colds rather than show up at the ER, quadrupling the cost of their care. Some of you would have to figure out how to care for your indigent elderly relatives if the Home Health gals weren’t available or nursing home care provided. You want all the state roads to be ice and snow free so you can attend you kids’ ballgames or go to concerts regardless of the weather, you want state parks to be neatly maintained so you can take your kids camping or fishing, etc., etc., etc. There’s far more that goes on than I have time or space for but most of you really don’t have a clue – no matter how well informed you think you are.”

So you are saying what, exactly? We should all live in caves and make fire by banging rocks together? Maybe you would settle for just throwing the elderly into the street to die. I’m not really sure which side of the argument you are on–or if you’re being ironic or not.

By: My Daddy's Daughter

My Daddy's Daughter — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:32:36 +0000

I’m curious how many of the folks who comment on state expenditures have any real clue about how the money is spent and where some of the waste occurs? You all want to blame the “overpaid” “worthless” state employee but try getting by without them. First there’d be an uprising by all the entitlement folks. The Medicaid people might have to schedule doctor appointments for colds rather than show up at the ER, quadrupling the cost of their care. Some of you would have to figure out how to care for your indigent elderly relatives if the Home Health gals weren’t available or nursing home care provided. You want all the state roads to be ice and snow free so you can attend you kids’ ballgames or go to concerts regardless of the weather, you want state parks to be neatly maintained so you can take your kids camping or fishing, etc., etc., etc. There’s far more that goes on than I have time or space for but most of you really don’t have a clue – no matter how well informed you think you are.

By: Squibby

Squibby — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:26:33 +0000

Brian, get real. It’s the loss of revenue (mainly through housing collapse) that hit the nation and SD so hard, and if the blow-hard Repub’s are serious about getting our fiscal house in order, then cut the 70 billion in defense waste, 20 billion in farm subsidies, and 15 bill in oil & ethanol subsidies.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:11:29 +0000

Sorry I hurt your feelings. Grab a tissue and dry your little tears.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:32:20 +0000

I was just responding to RT. Is he a wingnut? I don’t call names.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:30:14 +0000

I’m not a “wingnut”. Michael, that is the facts about what happened to the SD budget this year. Get your head out.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:36:15 +0000

“Too bad we were so naive to have elected a President Obama who backed states like ours into a corner with all the new Medicaid spending that helped but our state into a fiscal budget crisis in the first place.”

Blah, blah, blah. Everything is Obama’s fault if you’re a wingnut. He probably thinks toothaches, rainy days, and flat tires are Obama’s fault, too.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:30:09 +0000

$200 a night? Seriously? Sheez, a tiny little one room sleeper cabin at Legion Lake or the State Game Lodge is $130 a night. At Sylvan Lake expect to pay $170 a night for a tiny cabin. Anything in the Hills even close to the size of “Valhalla” runs around $500 a night. They apparently didn’t do much research before they decided on a rental price.