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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Received an email from Dale Ruzicka:
9/6/2026 9:57 AM Package boxes All, I’ve received a couple questions regarding the installation of lockable package delivery boxes down at the Saddleback mailbox area……. Question #1: Could lockable package delivery boxes be installed to reduce some of the delivery vehicle traffic on our road and also reduce possible theft? Answer: I’m not aware of…
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In case you missed it…
A recent post suggested: ‘I have not found that authority in Chapter 31-12A. And I would not let them answer merely: “SDCL 9-43-138.” The next question is: Show us the provision in Chapter 31-12A that authorizes a county road district to use §9-43-138 as an annual flat per-landowner operating levy.‘ So we thought perhaps we…
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An Opinion from a Third Party Concerning the Bylaws (Spoiler- more vindication)
You’re right—I didn’t address §3.5, and I should have, because it may be one of the most questionable statements in the entire document. On page 1, §3.5 says: “The Road District has voted to fund operations through an annual flat per landowner levy in Special Assessment District 113, collected by Custer County…” The phrase I…