From my mailbox, former South Dakota Republican Party Chairman Dan Lederman is urging Republicans and others to make sure they get out and vote YES on Referred Law 21 tomorrow via an e-mail blast:
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Hello,
As a former legislator and chair of the South Dakota Republican Party, I am writing to ask for your vote on an important ballot measure.
Referred Law 21 provides landowner protections, revenue for counties and the potential for thousands of jobs along with major economic impact for South Dakota’s economy.
Please vote Yes on RL21
Opposition to the measure is funded by extreme liberal groups like the Jane Fonda Climate Fund and a New York City progressive group called the New World Foundation. Both groups have been funding the text messages, postcards you have received that make outlandish claims about the measure.
The simple fact is that RL21 will give farmers protections that guarantee utility companies respect their property rights and provides $1 per mile tax revenue to counties and landowners affected by transmission lines.
When I served as chairman of the SDGOP, I was proud to support President Trump and the historic tax cuts he passed. Part of President Trump’s agenda was to make America energy independent and under his leadership we went from dependence on foreign energy to becoming a net energy exporter. As we go to the polls tomorrow, let’s vote to return President Trump to the White House so he can continue his work making America Great Again and let’s vote YES on Referred Law 21 to give our farmers the rights they deserve to continue feeding the world and creating American energy!
If you want to know which side you should be on when voting on RL21, just compare who supports and who opposes the measure.
Supporters of RL21 include groups including, South Dakota Corn Growers, South Dakota Chamber of Commerce, South Dakota Farm Bureau and South Dakota Ethanol Producers.
Opposition to RL21 include groups that want to destroy production agriculture and block energy production like the Sierra Club, Dakota Rural Action, Jane Fonda, Bold Nebraska and Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb.
Please join me in supporting our farmers, our ag economy and President Trump’s goal of making America energy independent by unleashing South Dakota’s biofuel industry.
Please Vote Yes on RL21!
See you at the polls,
PS. Find out more about Referred Law 21 by clicking the image below
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Gideon. You had my vote until you decided to come out against 21. Puc’s job is looking at all facts and making decisions based on those and not your bias. I now don’t believe you can do that. Too bad.
You can say that members of a quasi-judicial body shouldn’t ever form opinions and rally for what they believe is right, but I’m guessing you would have no problem with a circuit judge participating in Freshman Impact classes and lecturing on the perils of drunk driving, even when they are routinely called upon to adjudicate drunk driving trials.
If, in fact, I actually ever had your support, all I can say is you aren’t the first person I’ve disappointed by speaking out for what I feel is right, and you won’t be the last. I invite you back anytime, but just know that I don’t change my principles for popularity.
We’re voting Yes…
For the Farmers…With the Farmers!!
Many farmers are voting no as they see this as useless and silly.
Real farmers vote no.
Enough said
You couldn’t be more wrong!!
Real Farmers know the facts & Vote YES!!
Should be noted that Dan makes money from Summit.
Very disengenuous that Lederman pens this email as “a former legislator and chair of the South Dakota Republican Party”.
Equally disnegenuous that the fact you mention is not included as a disclaimer to the blog post.
I agree with everything Dan says in the email but he did get the dollar per foot wrong when he said one dollar per mile. Other than that, he is spot on and let’s hope common sense rules the day and RL 21 passes!
Vote Yes to end the Amanda Radke lying.
RL21 is here because of Biden signing the inflation protection act which raised the federal taxpayers’ subsidies from $50 to $85 per metric ton on sequestered carbon. The vote in the Senate was 50 Democrats for and 50 Republicans against, including Rounds and Thune. Kamala broke the tie with a yes. Lederman and the rest of the greedy Establishment Republicans are lying about Trump supporting this boondoggle:
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00325.htm
Vote no on the Biden/Harris agenda.
Maybe. But it’s there nonetheless. This isn’t a vote to stop the pipeline and carbon capture. This is a vote to protect landowners if/when it happens.
EOR production is a big reason the oil industry wants carbon capture.
If the technology is there that it serves value to both the ethanol & oil industry this should be a no brainer.
Why are republicans in the business of trying to ban legal commercial activity? That should be reserved for the left.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/carbon/us-carbon-pipeline-company-pledges-no-oil-recovery-bakken-drillers-want-it-2024-03-11/#:~:text=Environmental%20groups%20generally%20oppose%20EOR,production%20is%20a%20future%20likelihood.
“As a former legislator and chair of the South Dakota Republican Party,”
LOL! That’s ancient history, Dan.
How about “As paid lobbyist and political consultant to Summit Carbon Solutions,” as a more contemporary and accurate intro?