JAKE SCHOENBECK FOR DISTRICT 2 HOUSE

Brandon, SD – Today, I am excited to announce my candidacy for South Dakota’s House of Representatives in District 2.

South Dakota is an incredible place for families and businesses to thrive and prosper. From a young age, I was raised with a strong appreciation that South Dakota’s success and the preservation of our freedoms requires strong leaders in Pierre and in our communities. As the newest member of South Dakota’s Legislature, I will be a trusted, conservative voice for Southeast Minnehaha County.

After growing up in rural South Dakota, I earned a business degree from the University of Minnesota. While living in the Twin Cities, I quickly realized that the community around me was not where I felt at home. I knew South Dakota was where I wanted to build a career and start a family and was fortunate to make my way home. Today I live in the rapidly growing area of Eastern Sioux Falls and work as an internal auditor for Plains Commerce Bank.

I’ve been blessed to grow up in a state that values the life and pursuits of every individual. For our state to continue to be a place that fosters the next generation of Americans, we will need strong leadership in our communities and continued investment in our future. This starts with the education of our children and in the infrastructure that enables us to create community growth. If elected, I plan to do everything I can to provide a bright future for our state.

It would be an honor to serve the people of Brandon, East Sioux Falls, and Valley Springs. I humbly ask for your help in the coming months, both physically and financially, to support my candidacy. You are going to see me in the community, at your events, and at your door. I want to hear your ideas and feedback on what our community needs. You can reach me at SchoenbeckForHouse@gmail.com. I look forward to hearing your voice and earning your vote in 2022.

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David Barranco, Candidate for Sioux Falls City Council is hosting a free get together on December 30 at Thunder Road in Sioux Falls.  Join Dave and his family from 5:30 – 7:30 at this event.

 

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Gov. Noem Announces Bill to Restore Protections for Prayer in Schools

PIERRE, S.D. – Today, Governor Kristi Noem released the text of legislation to restore protections for prayer in schools. This bill will guarantee an opportunity to pray in schools at the start of every school day.

“Every student deserves the opportunity to begin their day with a calm, silent moment,” said Governor Kristi Noem. “I hope students will take this opportunity to say a quick prayer or reflect on their upcoming day. However they choose to take advantage of this time, it will be beneficial to students and teachers alike.”

Governor Noem previewed this legislation earlier this year when she promised to put prayer back in South Dakota schools. You can read the legislation here.

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Shorma to run for South Dakota House of Representatives in 2022

William Shorma (R) of Dakota Dunes, SD is announcing a run for the South Dakota House of Representatives in the new District 17 during the 2022 Election Cycle

The area’s included in District 17 include, Vermillion, Meckling, Burbank, Elk Point, Jefferson, Mc Cook Lake/Wynstone, North Sioux City, and Dakota Dunes and Rural Area’s.

Mr. Shorma served in the 2016 Senate when selected and appointed by Governor Daugaard to fill an open seat for the session, and worked with all members of the legislature to protect all SD citizens.

He will begin his campaign in earnest in Mid February 2022.

Mr Shorma states that “I will continue to use common sense to support and protect all the rights of the citizens of District 17 and South Dakota.  I look forward to meeting and hearing from as many of the voters as possible to understand their concerns.”

His 40 years in leadership of Family owned Manufacturing, Farming, and Small Businesses, as well as Non-Profits have given him the experience and wisdom to challenge the logic of may bills that come through the legislature.

Shorma states that we must keep laws from complicating business and stay out of the way of business in South Dakota. “We must also understand the concerns of individuals and our aging population.  We must spend your state tax dollars carefully to have the greatest impact on quality education, healthcare, agriculture, business growth, Amendment rights and human rights.”

William and Marcie Shorma have been married for 46 years and have lived in South Dakota since 1992. They have 3 married daughters and 10 grandchildren.

I personally believed that Secretary of Health Kim Malsam-Rysdon would be going to either Avera or Sanford, and that assumption has proved correct, as the announcement came out this morning:

Kim Malsam-Rysdon is stepping down as state government’s secretary of health on January 7. She is joining Avera, where she will be vice president for public policy.

Read it here at KELOland.

Again, good for Kim, and congratulations on her new role with the organization.

It didn’t take long for the local branch of Gannett corporate to announce they’re selling off their local news offices after they closed down their printing operation for the Argus Leader in the state:

Following the closing of the printing facility earlier this month, the Argus Leader building in downtown Sioux Falls will be put up for sale on Monday.

and..

“The Argus Leader as an institution isn’t going anywhere.”

Read that here.

They aren’t going anywhere?

Well, a good chunk of the operation just moved to Iowa. Let’s see how long “not going anywhere” lasts.

The Sioux Falls Stampede offered teachers a chance to “Dash for Cash” for their classrooms… when they could have… I don’t know… just written them a check. https://t.co/xWELOqTFvJ

— Steve Staeger (@SteveStaeger) December 12, 2021

So this weekend, as half-time entertainment, in a state where teacher pay is among the lowest in the nation, the Sioux Falls Stampede Hockey team put 5k in the center of a rink, and had teachers demean themselves scramble to stuff as much cash into their coats for school supplies as they can, like the birthday booth at the Flandreau Casino. Wow.

Next time, maybe they could just write a 5k check to an elementary school instead of using them as monkeys to entertain the crowd? (What’s next? Bums fighting for money?)

 

Update.. And we made the Drudge Report (h/t to Michael Wyland)

SALT in the Wound
By Sen. John Thune

I may be a little biased when I say this, but South Dakota is the best place in the country to live, work, and raise a family. We have great people who are hardworking and God-fearing. South Dakota boasts a strong economy with one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. And we value personal freedom and fiscal responsibility. We want people to keep more of their hard-earned money and make their own decisions about how they use it. That’s why South Dakota is one of the few states in the country that doesn’t have a state income tax.

Unfortunately, Washington Democrats are trying to capitalize on states like South Dakota that practice fiscal responsibility by penalizing our taxpayers and rewarding those in other high-tax states. That’s right, Democrats want to use your tax dollars to subsidize millionaires who live in states like New York and California. It sounds crazy, but this proposal is a key pillar in the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spending spree bill and the second most expensive item over the first five years of the bill’s lifetime, should it be enacted.

It’s called the “state and local tax deduction,” or SALT deduction. It’s a federal law that allows taxpayers in states that have a high state income tax to deduct a portion of that expense from their federal income tax. It forces federal taxpayers in all 50 states to offset the high taxes certain states have chosen to impose on their residents. It’s unfair, and it has the potential to reward fiscal irresponsibility.

The Republican-led Tax Cuts and Jobs Act capped the SALT deduction at $10,000 in order to protect the vast majority of affected middle-income taxpayers. Democrats, however, plan to lift the cap to $80,000 without an income limit, tilting the benefit disproportionately to high-income individuals who mainly live in Democrat-led, high-tax states. Under the Democrats’ proposal, approximately 70 percent of the tax benefit would go to the top 5 percent of households, and nearly one-third of the tax benefit would go to the top 1 percent of households. As for lower- and middle-income families, this benefit would do almost nothing. In other words, Democrats want folks in states like South Dakota to pay for a tax break that would be a windfall for some of the wealthiest individuals in our country who are living in high-tax states.

I believe that it is fundamentally wrong for the taxpayers of South Dakota to be subsidizing wealthy Americans because their states have decided to enact policies that require them to take more money from their citizens. I’m confident that South Dakota taxpayers don’t want their money being used to make the rich richer. It’s clear that Democrats in Washington could learn a thing or two from the way we do things in South Dakota – we aren’t interested in being told how to live our lives by out-of-touch Washington bureaucrats, and we definitely aren’t interested in bailing out costal elites in blue states.

For months, I have been sounding the alarm on many of the egregious items in the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spending spree. This is one of the worst, and I’m curious to hear how Democrats square their campaign slogan of wanting the “wealthy to pay their fair share” with their proposal to give the wealthy a massive tax break. The bottom line is that the Democrats’ bill is full of radical and irresponsible policies that will hurt middle-income families and increase the role of the federal government in their lives. Folks in South Dakota hired me to be a good steward of their tax dollars, which is why I will continue to speak out and work to stop these damaging and irresponsible proposals.

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