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…
Tag: Initiated Measure 25
We all know that higher tobacco taxes reduce smoking. But the threat of tobacco taxes increase smoking… or at least the purchase of smokes? The…
On the 2018 ballot measures, South Dakotans showed a high aversion to change. South Dakotans rejected the two measures that could have made a substantive…
I’ve heard some opponents of Initiated Measure 25, the tobacco tax for vo-techs, say that raising the tobacco tax won’t make anyone quit smoking. But…
That Sioux Falls paper almost agrees with me, but they agree completely with one of my frequent Black Hills commenters: Vote NO on everything, says…
Speaking of out-of-state money, you know who’s paying for all those “Vote No on 25” posters and tear sheets and stickers and floor mats around…
I am surprised by how many people call or write me asking for my thoughts on ballot measures. The latest request came from a friend…
G. Mark Mickelson sponsored Initiated Measure 25, the buck-a-pack tobacco tax hike, with the promise of putting up to $20 million a year into vo-tech…
If we applied Al Novstrup’s “relationship” politics to our ballot in November, we’d vote for the amendments and initiatives based not on the merits of…
On my milk run to the corner Cenex last night, I found a “NO on IM 25” display on the counter with a whole packet…