Money's tight for the Lake County Commission. During Tuesday's meeting, our commissioners cut $200,000 from various budget requests. They're still looking at having to draw another $200,000 from cash reserves to pay the bills. Among items that could provide direct…
Posts tagged as “corporate welfare”
Governor Dennis Daugaard is "disgusted" that thousands of us South Dakotans have referred his corporate welfare law to a public vote. The governor won't challenge the refernedum in court, but he's already trying it in the court of public opinion:…
Secretary of State Jason Gant announced this morning that he has certified the petitions submitted last month to refer House Bill 1230 to a public vote in 2012: Petition circulators submitted approximately 22,883 signatures to refer the measure to a…
South Dakota Senate Majority Leader Russell Olson argued on SDPB Wednesday that HB 1230, the governor's new corporate welfare program, is essential to bringing new business to the state. On Dakota Midday, Senator Olson made two remarkable claims: Olson contends…
The South Dakota GOP is in full spin cycle over the potential referral of HB 1230, their corporate welfare bill. Senator and GOP chairman Tim Rave issued his distracting cries of partisanship Monday; Senate Majority Leader Russell Olson took to…
Pot-kettle-black! If Secretary Gant certifies the HB 1230 referral petitions he received yesterday, we'll have plenty of time to duke it out on this issue during the 2012 general election. But South Dakota Republican chairman Tim Rave, who voted for…
Don't shout "Success!" just yet, but state Democratic Party chairman Ben Nesselhuf appears to have earned his pay for the month. A press release from the South Dakota Democratic Party announces that it and its petition partners are submitting 22,791…
As I get ready for today's big "Day of Action" to gather the final signatures necessary to refer House Bill 1230, I think of one of the few folks who flatly refused to sign my petition. One Republican woman heard…