State Senator District 35
Description: The South Dakota State Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of South Dakota. It is a bicameral legislative body, consisting of the Senate which has 35 members, and the House of Representatives, which has 70 members. The two houses are similar in most respects; the Senate alone holds the right to confirm gubernatorial appointments to certain offices. The Legislature meets at the South Dakota State Capitol in Pierre. It begins its annual session of the second Tuesday of January each year. The legislative session lasts 40 working days in odd-numbered years, and 35 days working days in even numbered years. Term: 4 consecutive 2 year termsSalary: $14,778.60/year + $157/day for legislators who reside more than 50 miles away from the capitolRequirements for Office: 21 years old; 2 years residency; qualified voter; may not have been convicted of bribery, perjury or other infamous crime; may not have illegally taken public moneys .Petition Requirements: Depends on party and legislative district. See SD Secretary of State s website for details.
What should our state government do to support access to affordable housing?
How do you view the initiative and referendum process in South Dakota? Are there any changes to this system that you would support?
How will you protect voting rights while maintaining the security and integrity of our elections?
What should our state government do to support access to affordable, quality childcare?
What do you see as the most important challenges facing our state?
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Habitat fo Humanity has been working in this area for many years and is the only current source of low income housing. The only current alternative is mobile homes like those used by FEMA when there are disasters.
I still believe that the initiative process is workable and have used it myself when I was working to get Commissioner Districts set up.
We now have a secretary of state that is dedicated to voter integrity and must require a picture identification of each voter. I would like to also require continuous photographic coverage of all voting. This is now possible. We also have to have police coverage of all high volumn voter areas. Military always had a two person required for security. All votes opening should require both a Republican and Democrat representive present. Once opened all security is lost.
This is the most difficult as cost becomes the primary problem. Hopefully large companies would look into in house childcare that would be tax deductible. Best care vs cost of the number of children per caregiver needs to be regulated.
Education is always the key to success and is number one with class size the big factor. We have limited school choice and a portion of the taxes should follow the student. In my district Ellworth AFB is very important and we need to increase the school size to meet the expected B-21 arrival. There is a building boom currently going on to meet the housing requirements. We must look to the future to meet water requirements with the main possibility being the Missouri River pipeline.
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