In a victory for private property rights and unhurried home improvement, friend of justice and blogs Bruce Danielson has beaten code violation charges brought against him by crabby neighbors and the city of Sioux Falls. Evidently Danielson has been taking…
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Remember Rebecca Rodriguez? She was one of Harding County rancher Bret Clanton's interesting house guests last year. Rodriguez was walking TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline route from Port Arthur, Texas, to Hardisty, Alberta, for her documentary project, This Land Was Your…
Ken Santema recounts what's shaping up to be another bad week for traditionalist conservative supporters of property rights and limited government in the South Dakota Legislature. Rep. Stace Nelson (who has bought groceries for my family with his ad on…
Not one of Hyperion's promises of great economic development ever materialized. But now, a year after the Dallas dreamers gave up their refinery proposal, Union County residents may pay a price to undo the regulatory contortions Hyperion wrote into their…
Sunday before last, I wrote about the discussion in Spearfish over the proper use and care of Lookout Mountain. Among the points that came out in the discussion before the Spearfish City Council between advocates and opponents of a plan…
The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and the Legislature are brewing up another scheme to favor Big Ag over small farmers. This time, they want to take away your property rights. Take a look at House Bill 1048. It's innocuously…
99-Year Pipeline Easements Still O.K. More legislative recycling: the Ag Land Assessment task force has put forward House Bill 1007, which seeks to limit conservation easements to thirty years. This bill follows up on a recommendation made last fall by…
The South Dakota House takes up House Bill 1111 this afternoon. HB 1111 doesn't get rid of the use of eminent domain by private corporations. But it establishes a clear procedure that railroad and pipeline companies must follow in seeking…