Gregg and Susan Spindler are not happy. Their daughter Meagan, a researcher for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, was killed by a drunk and doped driver last July. Since then, the Spindlers have tried from their home in New…
Posts tagged as “safety”
House Judiciary hoghoused HB 1177, the distracted driving bill this week. Legislators kept the "We're not really Republicans!" part about trumping local control with state authority: HB 1177 now deems the Legislature "the exclusive regulator of all matters relating to…
Rep. Betty Olson (R-28A/Prairie City) exposed her own ignorance and irresponsibility when it comes to her pet gun proposals and her own gun-carrying habits. Rep. Olson testified before House State Affairs this morning in support of her House Bill 1117,…
Last year, to great fanfare, the South Dakota Legislature passed the school gunslinger law, allowing schools to arm teachers, janitors, and volunteers to protect students from imminent doom. School administrators have called it a stupid, hairbrained idea, and none that…
Have we killed the "Republicans support local control" lie yet? If not, see House Bill 1177, in which a herd of Republican legislators attempt to stamp their casual attitude toward highway safety on every local government in South Dakota. HB…
The Legislature is humming... though not as efficiently as it might, thanks to the fiscal impact statement requirements of last year's omnibus criminal justice reform law. (I told you so.) Here's an assortment if minor (?) additions to the Legislative…
Senator Dan Lederman says that his Senate Bill 75, to prohibit dog breed-specific local ordinances, will prevent "media hysteria" from driving "feel-good, knee-jerk reactions" against adorable pit bulls. Medical experts disagree: Attacks by pit bulls are associated with higher morbidity…
Rep. Betty Olson's House Bill 1065, which would make concealed weapons permits free, distracts us from practical policy discussions. Rep. Olson's House Bill 1066 extends the distraction with a dangerous reversal of public safety law. The pistol-packing Prairie City representative…