The Mitchell Daily Republic gives Rep. Hal Wick 783 words to tell South Dakotans that the American Legislative Exchange Council is not partisan. No. No no no. Even the conservative press acknowledges the obvious: the concerted, widespread opposition to ALEC…
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The American Legislative Exchange Council is holding a policy summit in Washington, D.C., this week, brainwashing more American legislators into exchanging their conscience for the counsel of corporate raiders. ALEC wants to protect energy company profits by doing things like…
Tuesday night the Sioux Falls School Board invited controversy by expanding its policy to require middle school students to recite the socialist flag-marketing slogan known as the Pledge of Allegiance along with elementary students. But the board declared that high…
I suggested last week that South Dakotans should ask their local legislators if they planned to attend the American Legislative Exchange Council's 40th annual pro-corporate brainwashing in Chicago. This August 8 open letter from ALEC, which the corporate lobbyist group…
House Bill 1214 is the latest attempt to cut South Dakota's arguably immoral tax on food. It is also the most meager. The bill, sponsored by the surely well-intentioned Rep. Hal Wick (R-12/Sioux Falls), would reduce the state sales tax…
Hat tip to Northern Valley Beacon! Rep. Hal Wick (R-12/Sioux Falls) and the co-sponsors of House Bill 1237, the personal firearms mandate, must have thought they were pretty clever proposing a bill that would never pass but would make some…
Extra credit to Rep. Hal Wick (R-12/Sioux Falls) and friends for sparking conversation with HB 1237, the personal firearms mandate. The bill lit up the blogosphere (see Messrs. Woodring, Crissman, Woster, Dahle, Mercer... and Politico!) and Facebook discussions. But Wick…