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Posts tagged as “Ernie Otten”

Otten Pulls Senate Bill 67, Thinks Discimination Already Legal

I just want to celebrate with Senator Angie Buhl O'Donnell and the South Dakota Democrats, who joyfully announce that vile, discriminatory, and unconstitutional Senate Bill 67 is dead! But I can't. Prime sponsor Senator Ernie Otten (R-6/Tea) withdrew the bill…

Senate Bills 62, 63, 64: Wasting Time on Common Core

Now that the Legislature is in session, the time-wasting machine is kicking into gear. Senate Bills 62, 63, and 64 start what I feared: a cycle of time wasted misfocused on analyzing the Common Core standards instead of implementing real…

Ernie Otten’s First Sponsored Bill: Nullify Concealed Weapons Laws!

Oh joy. District 6 sends conservative Republican Ernie Otten to represent them in the Senate, and what's the first thing he does? Gets together with Rep. Lance Russell (R-30/Hot Springs) to write a gunslingers' bill. Well, they didn't really write…

Three District 6 Debates on; Where is Democrat Michael Jauron?

Scott Ehrisman posts an e-mail exchange indicating that most of the Legislative candidates in District 6 are cool with three debates. Contrary to my initially erroneous and unfairly maligning post last week, Tea Republican Senate candidate Ernie Otten is willing…

Team Otten Wrong on All Counts about Daugaard Primary Endorsements

Republican Ernie Otten has not suffered the indignity of his Republican Governor and Republican Secretary of State endorsing his Republican opponent in his Republican primary race. (His campaign has enjoyed the indignity of out-district PACs sending flyers filled with lies…

Pink-Flyer Liars Back Otten with Hit Piece on Abdallah

We're a week out from a big election; it must be time for the lying creeps (or is it just one creep, David Astin?) of the Family Matters PAC to send out more bogus pink campaign flyers. This year, Astin…