G. Mark Mickelson got swamped by Big Tobacco in his unsuccessful Initiated Measure 25 campaign to fund vo-techs by raising our tobacco tax. But he…
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Even elitist Republican Speaker G. Mark Mickelson admits that the initiative and referendum process is “very cool.” It certainly was cool in 2016, when it…
The Secretary of State’s office is slow on posting the pre-general campaign finance reports that were due Monday. Ballot question committee finances are still incomplete.…
Marsy needed a fix all right…. Henry T. Nicholas III, the California billionaire with whom Speaker G. Mark Mickelson partnered to pass Amendment Y, Marsy’s…
Speaker G. Mark Mickelson thought Henry T. Nicholas’s crime victims bill of rights—branded by Nicholas as “Marsy’s Law”—was a bad idea when it came before…
Dusty Johnson has lots of volunteers knocking on doors for him. Here’s his Sioux Falls crew from last Saturday’s canvassing, with a couple of notable…
The only people claiming that Amendment Y, Marsy’s Fix, gives rights to crime victims are its dissembling supporters. Check out their latest fibs on the…
Put a cork in any Special Session enthusiasm: Speaker G. Mark Mickelson says South Dakota will play follow-the-leader on sports betting: “I think something like…
Speaker G. Mark Mickelson just helped me understand why he was so fired up about putting Marsy’s Fix on the primary ballot. Sure, he wants…
California billionaire Henry T. Nicholas has a Twitter feed to promote Amendment W, Marsy’s Fix, in South Dakota. The Tweets pushing Amendment Y follow the…