Legislature in Session...Beware

The South Dakota legislature is in session. Heard today they may have 500 bills or more to run through the committees. SD is one of a dozen or so states that give every introduced bill a hearing. No legislative chairmen pocket vetos are allowed.

Sounded to me like the Governor didn't really have a plan for South Dakota, but more like a plan for his Governor re-election campaign or advance work for a campaign against US Rep. Herseth.

He spent a lot of time talking about federal military stuff over which he can do nothing but speechify? at funerals. He didn't talk about ...oh say..highway crash deaths caused by drunken drivers. That is something a state can do something about. Even having South Dakota Public TV putting the names, ages, and photos of every innocent SD driver killed by a drunk in a car...the terrorists of the highways.

So, was his state of the state speech a real state of the state speech or just more insurance salesman spin preparing for the closing pitch of the next campaign?

Well, guess you can tell I am back online. More to come if I can keep my computer running for more than a day or two at a time.