Opinion

To the Editor, It’s good that lawmakers are addressing election security. I support all efforts to restore voter confidence.

Records from the earliest days of rustling horses, mules, and cattle on the northern prairie show a wide variety of atrocities committed by the Wessington Hills thieves. It was reported that Fred Chamberlain and others of “Doc” Middleton’s Nebraska gang bragged of hanging an old Dutchman to throw suspicion off of themselves for the stealing horses in the Niobrara River valley.

Representative Rocky Blare District 21 Aurora, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory, Tripp Counties Committees: Chair of Transportation, State Affairs Capitol Address: 500 E. Capitol Ave.

Governor Kristi Noem is now accepting applications for the Governor’s Office Summer 2023 Internship Program. Student interns will work with staff on various projects based on interests and strengths.

To whom it may concern, By now, everyone in Gregory County has heard of the proposed Gregory County Pump Storage facility and the companies backing it, specifically Warren Buffet’s financial company.

Area farmers are reminded that the deadline to purchase a NAP policy is March 15, 2022. The Gregory County FSA Office in Burke, SD may be contacted at 605-775-9122.

MountRushmore:PreservingfreedominAmerica The celebration of Presidents’ Day always brings attention to South Dakota. When people think of our state, they think of Mount Rushmore – and rightly so.

Democracy is not a spectator sport; it invites (and needs) participation from everyone, and the rules on voting have generally evolved to accommodate the lifestyles and preferences of those voters. Recently and in many places, we've seen efforts to move the process of voting away from what works for the voters and toward the desires and designs (whatever they are) of others.

Those early settlers (really squatters) who established a residence in what is today Gregory and Tripp counties had three different centers (headquarters) of horse and later cattle rustling to deal with. They were “Wessington Hills,” “Niobrara River Valley,” and “Lyman County.”

Governor Kristi Noem released polling data indicating that South Dakotans strongly prefer the elimination of the grocery sales tax to other potential tax cut options. A memo summarizing the poll results is attached.