One of the arguments Speaker and gubernatorial candidate Jon Hansen (R-25/Dell Rapids) has made in his ongoing war against initiative and referendum is that he…
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Julie Frye-Mueller says the retail transaction tax she and her hubby Mike may try putting to a public vote would make South Dakota’s tax system…
Radical Republicans Mike Mueller and Julie Frye-Mueller are pushing an initiated amendment to replace South Dakota’s property tax with a tax on retail transactions. There…
Replacing Property Tax with Retail Transaction Tax Lacks Philosophical Commitment to Property RIghts
Mike Mueller and Julie-Frye-Mueller are trying to replace property tax with a retail transaction tax because, the cons contend, property tax is “immoral“: Property Taxes…
Three weeks ago, Northern Plains News reported that Boobgate stars Mike Mueller and Julie Frye-Mueller and their fellow radical Republican Matt Smith are promoting an…
The 2025 Legislature approved seven bills and one resolution affecting the initiative and referendum process. Governor Larry Rhoden vetoed the single absolute worst of those…
So if I already got the courts to say that any initiative petition deadline earlier than six months before the election violates the First Amendment,…
Whether or not Dakotans for Health prevails in its legal battle to stop the state from moving the initiative petition deadline from the first Tuesday…
Dakotans for Health and the State of South Dakota faced off in federal court Monday as U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler heard arguments over…
I had the pleasure of spending Monday in federal court in Rapid City. I testified as an expert witness on circulating ballot question petitions on…