Daugaard: "I think we're going to have a quorum"

By David Montgomery
Published/Last Modified on Monday, Jan 25, 2010 - 04:42:53 pm CST

Legislators are whipping out cell phones to call their comrades who aren't here, seeing who's going to show up late and who not at all.

Lt. Gov. Dennis Daugaard just said Sen. Mike Vehle, R-Mitchell, called to say he's in Fort Pierre and will be here imminently.

"I think we're going to have a quorum," Daugaard said..

I'm told as I write this that the House has a quorum, too.

It remains to be seen whether either house debates or votes on anything of consequence with 51 percent attendance.

Print this story Post A Comment

WARNING:

• Comments are not verified for accuracy nor have we verified the identity of any person’s name accompanying a comment, so please consider this as you weigh any statements made or opinions offered.

NOTE:

• Comments will not be posted if submitted in all caps, or all lower case, or do not show a reasonable attempt to follow basic rules of grammar and punctuation, nor will text-message like abbreviations be accepted, like ur for your.
• Postings must stay on the issues related to the thread and not veer off into personal comments about others. The tone of the post must be civil. For example, you can say someone’s ideas are stupid but you cannot say another poster is stupid.
• Postings must deal with matters of public concern.

Comments

4 comment(s)

bandsxbands wrote on Feb 10, 2010 3:27 AM:

" I share a love/hate relationship with virtual memory because of the way prices are always falling. I absolutely hate buying Micro SD Cards for my R4 / R4i at (seemingly) a crazy bargain price only to see it become 10% cheaper a few weeks later.(Posted using Net10 for R4i Nintendo DS.) "

bandsxbands wrote on Feb 4, 2010 6:38 PM:

" My friend and I were recently talking about the prevalence of technology in our day to day lives. Reading this post makes me think back to that discussion we had, and just how inseparable from electronics we have all become.

I don't mean this in a bad way, of course! Ethical concerns aside... I just hope that as memory gets cheaper, the possibility of downloading our memories onto a digital medium becomes a true reality. It's a fantasy that I dream about all the time.

(Posted on Nintendo DS running R4 DS SKu2) "

JJ wrote on Jan 25, 2010 9:53 PM:

" So the funny thing is that the people who busted their butts to get to work today are the people who would be most affected by the cuts that the legislators that didn't go to work today are looking at making...not sure if it's comedy or tradgedy. "

work by the hour wrote on Jan 25, 2010 9:30 PM:

" Hmmm... I'm guessing there are a lot of people who work for minimum or less (farming) that made it to work today and even traveled more than a few country miles. Guess it's a matter of priorities. Of course with nothing important to deal with in state government I'm sure their bosses (citizens) will understand. So any chance we'll get an attendance report and see who had a note from their mommy? "

WRITE A COMMENT

Use the form below to post a brief comment to this story, or respond to other readers. Please use the word count tool to assist you in keeping your remarks to 100 words or fewer.

Comments must be approved by an editor before appearing on the Web site. Editors review submitted comments periodically during the day for offensive or off-topic content before posting. Your thoughtful contribution to the online discussion is appreciated.