Bob Mercer meanders through Initiated Measure 15, the voter initiative proposing an extra-penny sales tax to fund K-12 education and Medicaid. He tries to stir some mud about a potential "legal mess" if IM15 passes: The constitution reserves to the…
Posts tagged as “referendum”
As expected, a petition is circulating around Spearfish to refer the city's recent annexation resolution to a public vote. Monday before last, the Spearfish City Council voted to add 134 acres to the northwest part of town. The annexation would…
The Spearfish City Council voted Monday to start the ball rolling on the annexation of an area north of town called Upper and Lower Valley. Well, "north of town" isn't totally accurate. Technically, the area targeted for annexation is a…
Elected officials in Sioux Falls don't seem too fond of the First Amendment this month. First the Sioux Falls School District makes it hard for Theresa Stehly to inform and organize her fellow substitute teachers about her desire to see…
We wake to a glorious summer sun blighted by one ugly legislative black spot: House Bill 1234 becomes law today. Wait a minute: didn't we put Governor Daugaard's really bad education reform law on hold with 30,000 signatures on a…
The Governor is already marshaling the forces necessary to fight the repeal by referendum of two of his most important pieces of legislation. Mr. Ehrisman reports that the Chamber of Commerce has sent out this flyer promoting a July 2…
Teacher Bonus Bill? Try "We Think Teachers Are Bogus" Bill. Governor Dennis Daugaard offers a swift and predictable response to the submission of about 30,000 signatures yesterday to refer HB 1234, his toxic flagship education reform bill, to the November…
Update 11:31 CDT: SDEA says they just handed Secretary Gant 30,000 signatures! * * * Members of the South Dakota Education Association are delivering their HB 1234 referendum petitions to Pierre today with great Twitter fanfare. SDEA clearly feels good…