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Posts tagged as “Bill Janklow”

HB 1216: House Taxation Approves Repeal of Janklow’s Property Tax Cap

Rep. Dennis Feickert (D-1/Aberdeen) brings House Bill 1216, which would repeal the cap on property tax increases for counties, townships, and other taxing districts. Under SDCL 10-13-35, local governments may not boost property tax revenues by the lesser of 3%…

Chad Haber: “The Haitian Bill Janklow”

In discussing the relative merits of potential Libertarian candidates for attorney general, my Libertarian neighbor Bob Newland has noted that Republicans have selected candidates for that office whom he finds extremely objectionable, like Bill Janklow. I remind Newland and his…

Coloring the Truth: Peltier Killed Two Men; Janklow Had a Traffic Accident

Rep. Steve Hickey (R-9/Sioux Falls) has suggested that pardoning Leonard Peltier for his murder convictions would be a proper gesture to promote white-Indian reconciliation. This suggestion has promoted some noteworthy conversation on his blog, on mine, and on Pat Powers's.…

Bill Janklow: Nietszche Written into South Dakota History?

We bury Bill Janklow today. Amidst the broadcast eulogies, I ask the following question: Did Janklow read Nietzsche? And whether he dog-eared Thus Sprach Zarathustra or not, was Janklow the South Dakota manifestation of Nietzsche's übermensch? I caught a bit…