Some of what you learned in the War College is valid.

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Unlike my own undergraduate experience at South Dakota State, one of my earliest topics of discussion has real world application here and now. Check out the news article that appeared on the 23rd, in a story by Aisha Taylor. That day, the Madison Daily Leader announced the following:
After trying unsuccessfully for 13 years to get a corporate income tax passed in the state Legislature a Madison lawmaker is taking the issue to voters. District 8 Rep. Gerald Lange is circulating petitions to get a six percent corporate income tax on the November 2006 ballot. The tax, which would apply to “any corporation that pays a federal income tax, wouldn’t be imposed on Insurance Companies subject to the premium and annuity tax, and banks andfinancial institutions subject to the net income tax.
This is despite the fact that stuff like this has been killed by the voters for years. Another ballot issue that may face us in 2006 has been proposed by Senator Bill Napoli to freeze property valuations to the value at the time of sale. Petitions are soon to be available at a supermarket near you.

Bob Newland is doing it too – we might see a medical marijuana measure on the ballot. Bob just completed his bike tour and gathered a few hundred signatures towards that goal.

I can almost formulate a movie script imagining Bob and his companion biking around South Dakota. The climax of the film would be getting caught in the fast pace of the Tour DeKota along the way. With dialogue such as "Whoa! Dude, that was scary. Let's go get some more signatures" how can I fail? I smell popular B-Movie here!

What else is coming? JoDean Joy has risen from the grave of political obscurity once again - a May 7/8 Bob Mercer report noted her group is going after video lottery once again with a petition drive for the 2006 election too.

At this rate, you'll hardly be able to find the candidates through all the ballot measures in 2006!

Anyway, the lesson now as back in February when I started this Blog, is that when faced with a legislature unwilling to address issues, the mechanism is there to take it straight to the people. And as of this writing, there are several taking my advice.

**UPDATE** My wife said I missed one. Apparently, there's another ballot initiative coming to push the school start back after labor day. (Probably because our kids don't need that much book larnin' and ejecashun.)

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