Whoo-hoo! Patrick Lalley still thinks I’m worth having on the air! In today’s blogging on the radio (our fifteen-minute segment starts at 35:00), Lalley and I…
Tag: G. Mark Mickelson
Team Mickelson is two for two on initiative petitions! Yesterday Secretary of State Shantel Krebs certified House Speaker G. Mark Mickelson’s petition to put to…
Speaker G. Mark Mickelson has dedicated great effort to this Legislative Session telling us that the influence of out-of-state interests on South Dakota ballot questions…
Deferral to the 41st Legislative day usually means a bill is dead. House Bill 1007, one of the few reasonable, constructive proposals to come out…
Speaker G. Mark Mickelson is mingling business with Legislature again. In his ongoing effort to turn every rural corner of South Dakota into concentrated animal…
One of Speaker G. Mark Mickelson’s meaner ideas passed the House this afternoon, though not without some Republicans telling the Speaker he’s going too far…
Judge Lawrence Piersol heard opening arguments and testimony in the Libertarian/Constitutionist lawsuit against South Dakota’s onerous ballot access laws yesterday. The judge also confirmed that…
In today’s Tea Leaves Department, House Bill 1304 hints that (1) some powerful special interests are planning to challenge any remaining initiative petitions that the…
Even when Republicans offer a petition or election reform I like, I can’t help noticing that their real motivation is not a deep commitment to…
How many times can I open a story with, “Mickelson attacks initiative?” Well, at least once more: Speaker G. Mark Mickelson (R-13/Sioux Falls) continues his…