As another state legislative session winds down, we're left to sort through the rubble of restless negotiation and partisan posturing that passes for political discourse in Pierre. Gov. Dennis Daugaard, for all his talk about local control, wasn't thrilled with the idea of cities being able to address their own revenue issues, especially with his push for highway and bridge funding taking top priority in Pierre. If someone was going to raise taxes, it was going to be him.But local control is in the eye of the beholder, especially when political power brokers of Pierre cast a long and withering glare. [excerpt, Stu Whitney, political machine killed sales tax plan]"Well, I’m not one to defend our tight wad governor:" South DaCola believes common sense prevailed to defeat another regressive tax.
South Dakota's GOP chief executive is for all intents and purposes an autocrat suffering repeating lapses in leadership.
In 2010, after another GOP governor gutted environmental protection in South Dakota, the Big Sioux River was named the thirteenth most polluted river in the US and nearly every waterway in the state suffers impairment.
The city of Sioux Falls is seeking volunteers for the 2015 Big Sioux River Greenway Clean-up on Saturday, May 16 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. With the help from several organizations nearly two tons of garbage and 260 pounds of recyclables were cleaned up from the river at last years event.
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