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I highly suggest that instead of writing columns anymore for the Argus Endorser, Beck just build a bed under his desk and sleep the day away, because his opinion is incredibly off base;
But that openness, it seemed, didn’t extend to any future effort to give cities and counties the authority to ask voters for approval to levy a temporary 1-cent sales tax to pay for certain public works projects – something we’d been trying to pin him down on since the campaign last year.
You might recall such a bill, with the backing of the municipal league and most cities and counties, experienced a brief life in the Legislature last year before being tarred, feathered and run out of Pierre on a rail.
And for good reason, a majority of citizens don’t even want taxpayer money wasted on voting on it, let alone passing it. What world does Beck live in? Why is he under the impression that this would ever pass voters? It would be freaking doomed from the beginning, and the committee overseeing it killed it instead of allowing it to fail in front of voters.
It amazes me that a guy that has a great sense of humor, incredible writing skills and extensive knowledge of open government, sure is naive.