Just like a social disease, the Pennington County Commission is having trouble getting rid of Delores Coffing
I was having dinner last night with one of the Pennington County Commissioners and several legislators, and he brought up the fact that former commissioner Delores Coffing had shown up at the County Commission meeting asking about a couple of issues that the former commission had worked on. Lo and behold, the Rapid City Journal has a story on it today: On other matters, Coffing asked what happened to two legislative efforts that the previous commission had advocated pursing: a new tax on alcohol that would help counties pay for the costs associated with alcohol abuse, and a new tax on billboards. Coffing said billboard companies should have to pay taxes on their giant signs, just like a homeowner has to pay taxes on his home. “An article in the paper said (billboards) range from $300,000 to $500,000 each. You need a building permit to put them up. They are a structure, but they’re not taxed. These huge signs and the land they sit on are not taxable,” she said. Ron Buskerud, administra...