Now Taffy Howard is lamenting overdevelopment in Rapid City

Led in part by Rapid City legislator, State Senator Taffy Howard there is a mass exodus underway from the center of the South Dakota Republican Party especially West River. Recall longtime Republican stalwarts like Phil Jensen, Charlie Hoffman, Betty Olson, Florence Thompson and at least fifteen others threw up their hands in desperation with Earth hater, US Representative Howdy Doody Dusty Johnson and backed Elizabeth Marty May in the Republican US House primary in 2020. 

In a related story, pathetic pig Pat Powers is devoting loads of his time to Toby Doeden's gubernatorial campaign.

Now, at her Faceberg page Sen. Howard is ripping Republican plans for "Liberty Land".

This is simply wrong:-(! Why does the Rapid City Council continue to subsidize developers at the expense of the average hardworking taxpayer?! Sadly, Rapid City is known statewide for being one of the biggest “abusers” of TIFs and this is another example of that abuse. If this is worth being built, then the folks developing it should have no problem getting investors to invest in it…STOP expecting hardworking taxpayers to involuntarily help pay for it. Do we or do we not want property tax relief? Because if we do, then it’s practices like this that must be stopped. 

I’m so tired of politicians and bureaucrats telling us what we do or don’t “need” and worse yet, using taxpayer dollars to aid them in their plans for our future! I’m all for private property rights and if a developer decides to do something like this without any government incentives or subsidies, fine. But I have major issues with those in power deciding the city “needs” this and then subsidizing it with a TIF without any ability for the public to weigh in. The city ought to refer this to a vote and not force the citizens to do it. With that being said though, there will be a group of folks collecting signatures to refer this to allow the citizens to have a say on this. I hope you will sign if given the opportunity.