These five measures were just dropped today by the South Dakota Legislative Research Council over to the Secretary of State’s office. And it could make voters having to vote on the 2020 South Dakota election ballot question if someone is importing a whole lot of California crazy:
5Measures_peoplesparty by Pat Powers on Scribd
Representing a new group calling itself “South Dakota Community Action,” this group which has a facebook page, but doesn’t seem to be registered as a political entity, is promoting a plethora of measures which will likely draw strong opposition:
Title – An initiated measure to have employer show cause for termination.
Attorney General’s Statement –
Legislative Research Council Comments – LRC Comments
Fiscal Note –
NOT CIRCULATING: The sponsor(s) has not submitted a petition for SOS approval.Title – An initiated measure for Medicaid expansion.
Attorney General’s Statement –
Legislative Research Council Comments – LRC Comments
Fiscal Note –
NOT CIRCULATING: The sponsor(s) has not submitted a petition for SOS approval.Title – An initiated measure to increase the minimum wage.
Attorney General’s Statement –
Legislative Research Council Comments – LRC Comments
Fiscal Note –
NOT CIRCULATING: The sponsor(s) has not submitted a petition for SOS approval.Title – An initiated measure on State procurement of telecommunication services.
Attorney General’s Statement –
Legislative Research Council Comments – LRC Comments
Fiscal Note –
NOT CIRCULATING: The sponsor(s) has not submitted a petition for SOS approval.Title – A resolution to call a convention to initiate a change to the United States Constitution.
Attorney General’s Statement –
Legislative Research Council Comments – LRC Comments
Fiscal Note –
NOT CIRCULATING: The sponsor(s) has not submitted a petition for SOS approval.
$15 an hour minimum wage, a call to amend the US Constitution, mandatory Medicaid expansion, making employer have to have have cause for termination.. It’s like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez decided to move to Pierre, and start throwing out edicts.
The “South Dakota Community Action Group” that’s promoting these measures has both an open page openly promoting it’s measures…
And a closed group, which appears to have much less support, as well as showing allegiance with an organization that no one has ever heard of:
If you dig a little further into this “Movement for a People’s Party,” and go to the parent organization’s website, the group lays out their manifesto, on what they want to accomplish nationwide:
WE’RE BUILDING A PARTY THAT WORKS FOR US
Our vision is a coalition party that will deliver what regular people take for granted in so many other countries: single payer health care, free public college, money out of politics, an infrastructure jobs program, a $15 minimum wage, financial regulations, and more.
We need actual representation in our government. A majority of people in the US don’t feel represented by either the Democratic or Republican parties. We’ve watched these parties turn their backs on us to answer every call of the billionaires and donors. Overwhelming numbers of Americans understand these parties cannot be salvaged. Polls show that almost two out of three Americans are now calling for a major new party. It’s time to build the party we’re looking for — one that brings us all together.
Free College, single payer health care, $15 minimum wage.. etcetera and so on. The group seemingly is taking the core issues from the Socialist Democrat movement, and unhinging it from the Democrat Party because they’re too conservative for them, and are openly calling for their own group.
Well, good luck with that.
The two people promoting the measure in South Dakota, Paul Thronson (a registered Democrat) and Nick Zachariasen (A registered Libertarian) aren’t familiar names, and don’t seem to be politically active in the state up until now. And taking on one ballot measure, much less five at once is not a task for the faint-hearted.
I can’t help but wonder if they understand what they’re getting themselves into. Especially when they’re proposing measures as politically charged as some of these are.
It would seem to make their facebook group of 18 people political outliers against the majority of the state. Not to mention the fact that they’re going to be woefully understaffed within a week’s time, once they start circulating petitions. If they get that far.
Again, good luck with that.
We’ll revisit this down the line, and see if they get to the starting line. On any of the measures.
You wonder if the “free college” crowd understand that the easiest way to accomplish that is for the higher education educators agreeing to work for the $15 minimum wage part of their plan. Labor cost is a huge part of higher ed. Wonder if college professor crowd is good at math and have figured out where “free” cuts the hog??
Lee, when you attended college, it was closer to free than what students pay now. Start with free, than negotiate to half tuition. Sounds fair doesn’t it? There is so much government waste and cronyism. Maybe instead of blaming others start with limiting state government and putting taxpayers first.
As in past years, do NOT sign any of these petitions! That is the simplest way to send a message to these out of state agitators.
Ask the people gathering signatures if they are being paid, if they are South Dakota residents and for how long, and any other thing you can think of. And then WALK AWAY?
You’re afraid to see how the majority feels on these issues?
waste of money and effort…never tried to go to the legislature because democrats can’t win elections
these are all liberal measures, I agree with Springer…don’t sign any of these measures….
The “net neutrality” law is clearly some rich guy’s attempt to end-around the FCC. What the leftist tekkies call ‘neutral’, I call a massive subsidy paid by you and me to to massive data users who truly believe internet access is a basic human right.
Similar measures are making the rounds in the southwest promoted by solar advocates saying utilities should provide free access to the power grid so home solar producers can sell their excess power. You and I paid for that grid, why should they get to use for free?
It looks like they have a lot of changes and work to do to fix all the suggestions LRC made
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders should come to South Dakkota and speak about free College, single payer health care, $15 minimum wage. Introduce a state income tax and tax the wealthy. Doable!