Saddleback Road District
Where a whole lot of shenanigans is going on.
This site publishes official public records and offers opinion and satire regarding public officials and matters of public concern. All opinions are protected speech under the First Amendment.
This site is a blog-style sequence of events concerning our rogue road district. While this site carries all the news of this district, it also serves as ‘beware’, for anybody else involved in a road district, other special district or is possibly on the verge of getting roped into one. If you are a regular Joe, living in South Dakota, and feel you are at your wits end dealing with a local governmental body and can’t get help, this site can support your pro se venture and provide some guides. And you can live vicariously through my process and rants and snark. If you don’t have snark and grit, you may not make it through the ordeal.
It does not take a majority to prevail… but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
~Samuel Adams
The Latest
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Custer County Website Implications
First half property taxes are due by April 30th; second half are due by October 31st. Special assessments, such as Road District fees, are due by April 30th also. This is on the Custer County website. Does this seem to imply that special assessments are road district fees? Yes, the wording on the Custer County…
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Want to get involved?
This effort is no longer the work of one person. It hasn’t been for a while. Over time, people have quietly contributed documents, screenshots, statute research, public records, meeting minutes, questions, photographs, historical records, and their own experiences. Some have asked questions of government offices. Others have simply helped verify facts. Every contribution matters. You…
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Transparency Means More Than Public Statements
The Saddleback Road District board frequently uses the word “transparency.” Good. Transparency is important. But transparency is not a slogan. It is a process. It means open meetings, proper notice, accurate minutes, public records, and decisions made where the public can see them. This district has already experienced an Open Meetings Commission reprimand. That history…