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January 18, 2013 · By Bob Ellis · 0 Comments
These are the latest bills being monitored at American Clarion. A couple of relatively new arrivals are the tourism tax and the bill promoting school safety
I still support SB 70 at face value. However, some conservatives have pointed out a number of concerns about the bill. One involves certain statements within the bill which, at first glance seem reasonable, but could be misused by liberals to thwart accountability (i.e. kill good measures or shield bad ones).
One concern I’m hearing a lot is the bill’s very large size; the text of the bill is over 9,600 words long. Understandably, the legislation deals with several areas of the criminal justice system, but a much better quality product would result if this one large bill was broken down into several smaller ones.
This bill is scheduled for a hearing in committee today, so it will be interesting to see if any of these issues are discussed.
| Bill | Title | |
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| + | HB 1010 | provide for exceptions from certain misdemeanor offenses relating to possession of handguns. |
| ? | HB 1018 | revise certain provisions concerning elections and petitions. |
| - | HB 1066 | continue the current rate of the gross receipts tax imposed on visitor-related businesses. |
| ? | HB 1072 | repeal certain provisions providing a criminal penalty for a political party to endorse or nominate a judicial candidate. |
| + | HB 1087 | authorize individual school boards to create, establish, and supervise individual school sentinel programs to promote school safety. |
| ? | SB 5 | establish the public purpose and goals of postsecondary education, to provide for the funding of higher education, and to create the Council on Higher Education Policy Goals, Performance, and Accountability. |
| + | SB 36 | protect the identity of the person or entity supplying the intravenous injection substance for executions and to increase the penalty for a violation of those provisions. |
| + | SB 68 | revise the controlled substance schedule and to declare an emergency. |
| + | SB 70 | improve public safety. |
| + | SB 81 | prohibit certain political activity within the Office of the Secretary of State. |
| ? | SB 82 | provide for the nonpolitical election of the secretary of state. |
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Forces antagonistic to religion dominate our courtrooms, our classrooms, and that most potent platform of public influence, the entertainment industry. Stridently ideological and convinced that the forces of reason and progress are on their side, these secular shapers of culture will not be satisfied until every last vestige of religious influence is exorcised from the public square. These individuals reject the fact that the Christian religion played an integral role in the shaping of America's political traditions and the spirit of liberty and equality that is unique among nations.
As Sherlock Holmes and Mr. Spock were always fond of noting, when attempting to unravel a whodunit, a useful postulate is: “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” Point in case is the targeting by multiple government departments and agencies at the federal and state level, by elected officials, and by Democrat Party organizations of Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of True the Vote, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring honest elections and ballot integrity by targeting voter fraud.
South Dakota state legislators Representatives Stace Nelson (R-Fulton), Manny Steele (R-Sioux Falls), “Chip” Campbell (R-Rapid City), Don Kopp (R-Rapid City), Liz May(R-Kyle), Lance Russell (R-Hot Springs), and Senators Tim Begalka (R-Clear Lake), and Phil Jensen (R-Rapid City), join together to express deep concerns and opposition to the wide spread amnesty for illegal aliens proposed in US Senate Bill 744 being considered by Congress.
We have not forgotten the 2007 McCain-Kennedy amnesty bill that was killed in the face of intense outrage from the American people. This administration has engaged in criminal conduct by granting amnesty through presidential edict to certain illegal aliens. If we were outraged back in 2007 at the McCain-Kennedy amnesty bill, we are now outraged to the hundredth power at the latest attempt by Congress to shove amnesty for illegal aliens down our throats.
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard announced today that he will appoint Vern Larson of Vivian as Commissioner of School and Public Lands. Last month, Commissioner Jarrod Johnson resigned from office, effective Aug. 15. The Governor’s appointment of Larson will be effective at the same time.
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"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the party over to the so-called moderates wouldn't make any sense at all." - Ronald Reagan, Nov. 10, 1964 |
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