Tuesday's Madison Daily Leader carries a lengthy letter from Madison neighbors David and Gloria Pitts, who are among the landowners declining to sell their land to the City of Madison for construction of a bike trail to Lake Herman. The…
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Lake County sees its second special election of the year next week Tuesday, as the whole county goes to the polls to vote on a major zoning ordinance revision, which my Winfred Freedom Party friends referred to a vote. The…
Lake County residents referred a significant overhaul of our zoning ordinance to a public vote. We go to the polls March 15. We can do early voting at the courthouse, but Auditor Kay Schmidt and Auditor-Elect Roberta Janke are not…
The South Dakota Legislature killed all sorts of bills yesterday. Among the big No's: The full House killed HB 1152, which would have required drug testing for TANF recipients. Rep. Steve Hickey (R-9/Sioux Falls) gave a pretty good speech on…
Wow: what's with the assault on private property rights from the South Dakota Legislature? First Rep. Lora Hubbel (R-11/Sioux Falls) tries to restrict your right to sell your property to the federal government with HB 1166. Now Rep. Lance Russell…
I am heartened to see a bipartisan team of legislators backing eminent domain reform in Pierre. House Bill 1177 would tighten the rules for private corporations trying to take South Dakotans' land for their use. The rules include requiring that…
Not satisfied with criminalizing enforcement of federal law, Rep. Lora Hubbel (R-11/Sioux Falls) decides she needs to take away some of your property rights. Hubbel has floated House Bill 1166, which says you can't sell your land to the federal…