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Posts tagged as “Mark Venner”

Bosworth Needs Reporter to Tell Her Challenger’s Name

Pat Powers promotes Annette Bosworth for two reasons: Giving Bosworth any positive attention fosters the notion that she is a serious, viable candidate, further divides the anti-Mike Rounds vote, and boosts the chances that Pat's guy Mike wins the primary.…

SB 141 Turns Ugly: Legislators Exclude Gays from Domestic Abuse Protections

2-4-6-8, whom do legislators hate? Teachers. Women. Vocal citizens. And this just in: homosexuals. Senator Deb Peters (R-9/Hartford) proposed SB 141 to clarify the definition of domestic abuse. Sen. Peters wants to include "pattern of abusive behaviors" in our legal…

Drug Testing Poor, Vaccination Paranoia Fail in SD Legislature

As the bad news rolls in about the South Dakota Republican Party's continuing war on teachers, I take small comfort in seeing our legislators having the good sense to whack at least a few bad ideas. I noted the demise…

Kirkeby, Venner Wage Class Warfare with Welfare Drug-Testing Proposal

South Dakota Republicans continue to wage class warfare. Rep. Mark Kirkeby (R-35/Rapid City) wants to try again at requiring welfare recipients to take drug tests. Rep. Kirkeby proposed such a bill last year; it failed in the House 26-42. Rep.…