2008
District 10 candidate answers insightful
I found their answers interesting, especially to measure 11. Hunt said this:
8. Do you approve or disapprove of Initiated Measure 11, which would ban all abortions with exceptions for the mother’s life, rape or incest?
I support Initiated Measure 11. It will stop abortions being used as birth control, protect over 800 unborn children in South Dakota annually and protect the health of women. The drafting of this measure was led by the attorney general who supports it. It provides the exceptions the general public asked for in 2006.
What!? So now our AG supports unconstitutional laws! That’s scary.
And Shantel gives the Deb Peters answer.
8. Do you approve or disapprove of Initiated Measure 11, which would ban all abortions with exceptions for the mother’s life, rape or incest? I support any measure that reduces the number of abortions used for birth control but strongly believe that better education on reproduction would lessen the number of women who have to make that difficult decision.
Pettigrew Heights; Investment or Boondoggle?
Nobody from the planning office is talking.
“All we can say at this point in time is that we’re evaluating,” planner Russ Sorenson said.
Okay, so you take almost a million of taxpayer’s money but you can’t tell the citizens or even the council what’s going on? And you wonder why we don’t trust this mayor? This secret BS has to end. If non-profits want to buy this property and are asking for tax incentives, it should be public information. Period. Of course Mr. Know-it-All city attorney would probably disagree, because, you know, he has a law degree and we don’t, blah, blah, blah.
Councilor Kermit Staggers said it would be a “disservice to the taxpayers” if the city loses money. Staggers says he wants more information about the project.
“It’s not like this has been something that has just transpired,” he said, “and the City Council should know more about this. If it’s about contract issues, we can go into executive session.”