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The Aberdeen City Council approved issuing $7.7 million in bonds Monday to fund construction of a new public library. Shortly thereafter, my neighbor Duane Riedel launched his petition…
Plus: State’s Attorney Lovrien Misreads County Referendum Law The Brown County Commission Discussed consolidation of the auditor, treasurer, and register of deeds this morning. Their special…
Proliferating ballot measures again capture reporter Bob Mercer’s weekend column attention. Mercer’s latest Capitol Notebook notes that with three measures already on the ballot and eleven…
A healthy, democratic petition mania continues to grip South Dakota. The Sioux Falls Historical Society is hosting a meeting tomorrow (Wednesday) night at 7 p.m. at the Sioux…
Here’s the text of a letter to my Aberdeen neighbors that I’m hoping the Aberdeen paper will publish: From April through June, you saw me with…
The Aberdeen American News weighs in with an editorial seemingly cheering the referral of the youth minimum wage and the incumbent protection plan to the November 2016…
Inspired by our success this week in putting two new laws to a public vote, Bob Mercer looks at the recent history of the referendum in…
Karl Gehrke has invited me onto SDPB Radio’s Dakota Midday today to discuss our two successfully petition drives to place Referred Law 19 (incumbent protection plan) and Referred…
South Dakota Veterans for Veterans failed to gather enough signatures to refer House Bill 1179—South Dakota’s new, expanded definition of “veteran”—to a public vote. Unable to submit…