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%…
Posts tagged as “Bill Janklow”
I have a three-point plan for South Dakota to invest in schools, roads, and natural resources instead of the failed voo-Daugaard-onomics of the last four years. Finding money for teacher pay, road repairs, environmental protection, and parks may sound like…
Darrell Solberg of Sioux Falls aptly summarizes the legacy of former Governor, now Senate candidate, Mike Rounds: He... spearheaded the failed Northern Beef Packing plant in Aberdeen, which has cost people millions. The implementation of EB-5... not only cost investors…
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…
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.…
That Sioux Falls paper's business journal covers the booming payday loan business in Sioux Falls, which currently has 56 of the state's 186 licensed payday lenders. (South Dakota has 67 hospitals. I'll guess that South Dakota has fewer than 186…
The comment section here moves pretty quickly. Some comments deserve a headline of their own. Today's example: Senator Stan Adelstein (R-32/Rapid City) reads my account of Rep. Stace Nelson's (R-25/19 Fulton) community organizing to stop the Hanson County Dairy and…
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…