No surprise here, they like people who are entrenched in the system, so they can keep getting tax benefits (Advertising is NOT taxed and no one has introduced legislation to do so – yet we have to pay tax on food) And the tired old same people in our state legislature will not present new ideas, or new ways to fund government besides sales tax and video lottery. But this statement surprises me most;
Fundamentally, though, the issue is power. South Dakota’s governmental structure means our governor wields a lot of it. Tack on term limits for legislators, and that branch’s power is further reduced. It’s not much of a stretch to lay the Legislature’s unwillingness to stand up to a governor who routinely disregards their directives at the feet of term limits.
When has our longtime legislators ever stood up to him? They bitch a lot in the media (Gene Abdallah) but never get anywhere with it. File complaints, file lawsuits and take it to the people. Mike Rounds does not scare me, why does it scare these legislative veterans? Because they all sleep in the same bed together.
VOTE NO ON J – WE need new ideas in Pierre.
And a correction in the story, Scott and Phyllis are in District 13 not 14.
The legislature is where most of the recent bad ideas and backwardness have come from. The governor is just a corrupt, sneaky bastard.
Term limits should be 4 years!