Sensing that fatally distracted anti-marijuana Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg might not be able to adequately represent their interests, four South Dakotans have filed to intervene…
Tag: Melissa Mentele
Given the Lederman/Republican establishment’s unbridled antipathy toward Senate quitter Stace Nelson, there’s more chance they’d take the recommendation of former Democratic Frank Kloucek for a…
The Legislative Research Council finally got around to reviewing Melissa Mentele’s latest cannabis initiatives. The Emery advocate and leader of New Approach SD offers an…
As expected, the medical cannabis initiative has failed to make the ballot. Yesterday Secretary of State Shantel Krebs rejected the petition submitted by Angie Albonico,…
James Nord checks in with South Dakota’s initiative petitioners and gets both Melissa Mentele and G. Mark Mickelson to cite 15,000 as their current signature…
Pat Powers hates anything that challenges his Republican sponsors’ absolute control of South Dakota politics. Thus, Pat Powers hates ballot measures, in which the voters…
Melissa Mentele has enough to worry about with getting her three initiative petitions signed and submitted by November 6. She doesn’t need any legal or…
Melissa Mentele of New Approach South Dakota reports a disappointing (for her and her supporters) change in the prison/jail fiscal statement for her organization’s recreational…
District 19 makes all sorts of news! District 19 ballot measure organizer Melissa Mentele sends this message to legislators (including those hearing SB 59 in Senate State…
The good news is that I don’t have to reprint my campaign cards to add an eleventh ballot measure. The bad news is that we…