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South Dakota has no ethics.... or democracy
Posted on 1/31/17 at 7:59 am
Posted on 1/31/17 at 7:59 am
The SD populous decided enough bribery and corruption regarding their lawmakers and donors was enough. So they voted to enact a bill that would limit donations, gifts, and make those donations public in order to see who bought their congressmen and women.
Seeing that their cash flow was about to be revealed, The SD legislature promptly decided an emergency session was needed to repeal the measure and the will of the people.
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Seeing that their cash flow was about to be revealed, The SD legislature promptly decided an emergency session was needed to repeal the measure and the will of the people.
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But the state’s overwhelmingly Republican legislature is racing this week to set aside that new law by using its emergency powers, prompting cries of protest from voters and critics, who are calling the hasty efforts an antidemocratic power grab. In effect, they say, the state’s voters are being told that their votes don’t matter. “You have usurped the right of the people to make a decision that’s fully within their power,” Roxanne Weber, a software engineer from Pierre, told a state Senate committee on Wednesday, before the panel voted to send the plan to repeal the ethics package to the full Senate — a final step before it can go to the governor.
This post was edited on 1/31/17 at 8:00 am
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Posted on 1/31/17 at 8:01 am to Masterag
This will be interesting to watch
Posted on 1/31/17 at 8:02 am to Masterag
That's pretty fricked up
Somebody REALLY doesn't want their revenue stream revelead
Somebody REALLY doesn't want their revenue stream revelead
Posted on 1/31/17 at 8:03 am to upgrayedd
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This will be interesting to watch
Agree....SD is as conservative as it gets & I'm betting the SD voters won't allow themselves to be silenced.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 8:05 am to Masterag
quote:populace
populous
Here for you baw.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 8:05 am to Masterag
That is extremely fricked up.
I would expect the exact same result in every other state in the country, though.
I would expect the exact same result in every other state in the country, though.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 8:06 am to Masterag
Spearfish is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been.
All I got.
All I got.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 8:07 am to Masterag
sounds like something that would happen in LA
Posted on 1/31/17 at 8:07 am to Masterag
It's situations like this when a population should be able to recall every single state representative, throw them out on their asses and refill the seats with representatives that actually represent the people that elected them.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 8:08 am to Salmon
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sounds like something that would happen in LA
God that would be amazing.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 8:11 am to Masterag
Imagine a state 1.5x the size of Louisiana with 1/6 the population. All the influential people are either related or go back generations knowing eachothers families. All those states up there are like that. Corruption is a way of life around there but nobody knows about it because who the hell pays attention to South Dakota.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 8:13 am to Masterag
Nothing burger, it's going to get signed next week.
PIERRE — South Dakota senators on Thursday pumped the brakes on an accelerated effort to gut a voter-approved ethics law.
Minutes into the Senate discussion on House Bill 1069, Senate Majority Leader Blake Curd, R-Sioux Falls, called for a joint rule delaying debate on the measure until Wednesday.
A majority of the chamber stood to support the motion, which drew applause from supporters of the ethics law who watched from above, some wearing yellow Represent South Dakota T-shirts.
Democrats earlier in the day said waiting until next week to consider the bill that would strike the provisions written into state law upon the passage of Initiated Measure 22 would allow for additional public input. Democratic leaders said they'd planned to call for the same rule as they had the support of at least a pair of Republicans frustrated that the bill had sped through the House State Affairs Committee, Senate State Affairs Committee and House chamber in less than a week.
The call from Curd and support from Republicans came as a surprise as the group had passionately advocated for the bill's passage. Curd and other Republican leaders earlier in the day said they weren't concerned about the potentially negative optics of expediting the bill's path through the Statehouse.
Delaying the debate and vote on the measure likely won't alter the outcome in that chamber, where 27 lawmakers have sponsored the bill. And the support will likely also find support with Gov. Dennis Daugaard, who on Thursday told reporters that he planned to sign the bill assuming it was "technically sound" when it reached his desk.
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PIERRE — South Dakota senators on Thursday pumped the brakes on an accelerated effort to gut a voter-approved ethics law.
Minutes into the Senate discussion on House Bill 1069, Senate Majority Leader Blake Curd, R-Sioux Falls, called for a joint rule delaying debate on the measure until Wednesday.
A majority of the chamber stood to support the motion, which drew applause from supporters of the ethics law who watched from above, some wearing yellow Represent South Dakota T-shirts.
Democrats earlier in the day said waiting until next week to consider the bill that would strike the provisions written into state law upon the passage of Initiated Measure 22 would allow for additional public input. Democratic leaders said they'd planned to call for the same rule as they had the support of at least a pair of Republicans frustrated that the bill had sped through the House State Affairs Committee, Senate State Affairs Committee and House chamber in less than a week.
The call from Curd and support from Republicans came as a surprise as the group had passionately advocated for the bill's passage. Curd and other Republican leaders earlier in the day said they weren't concerned about the potentially negative optics of expediting the bill's path through the Statehouse.
Delaying the debate and vote on the measure likely won't alter the outcome in that chamber, where 27 lawmakers have sponsored the bill. And the support will likely also find support with Gov. Dennis Daugaard, who on Thursday told reporters that he planned to sign the bill assuming it was "technically sound" when it reached his desk.
LINK
Posted on 1/31/17 at 8:14 am to LSUTigersVCURams
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All those states up there are like that. Corruption is a way of life around there but nobody knows about it because who the hell pays attention to South Dakota.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 8:59 am to Masterag
Can we do this at the federal level, please?
Posted on 1/31/17 at 9:00 am to Masterag
That's fricked up
Posted on 1/31/17 at 9:00 am to Masterag
Their senator John Thune is one of the most corrupt POS in the senate
Posted on 1/31/17 at 9:00 am to Masterag
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But the state’s overwhelmingly Republican legislature is racing this week to set aside that new law by using its emergency powers, prompting cries of protest from voters and critics, who are calling the hasty efforts an antidemocratic power grab. In effect, they say, the state’s voters are being told that their votes don’t matter. “You have usurped the right of the people to make a decision that’s fully within their power,” Roxanne Weber, a software engineer from Pierre, told a state Senate committee on Wednesday, before the panel voted to send the plan to repeal the ethics package to the full Senate — a final step before it can go to the governor.
DRAIN THE SWAMP. GET EM OUT
Posted on 1/31/17 at 9:02 am to goldennugget
quote:What has he done?
Their senator John Thune is one of the most corrupt POS in the senate
Posted on 1/31/17 at 11:43 am to KaiserSoze99
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Can we do this at the federal level, please?
x 50
I thought trump might take a crack at it. Maybe he will, but I'm not holding my breath.
At the moment, we currently have legalized bribery. why should we not be able to see if our reps are voting for big donors' special interest or the people's interest.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 12:18 pm to Masterag
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I thought trump might take a crack at it. Maybe he will
A guy who won't even release his own tax returns???
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