PIERRE — Hundreds of property owners concerned about South Dakota’s eminent domain laws, or lack thereof filled the South Dakota State Capitol Rotunda Thursday to rally Governor Kristi Noem to call a special session of the legislature to address the issue…
Spink County landowner Ed Fischbach also called out South Dakota senators who killed a bill aimed at clamping down on the use eminent domain. Jared Bossley’s farm in Brown County has been the focal point for the eminent domain issue. His land was surveyed by Summit Carbons Solutions employees without his permission. The presence of supporters in the Capitol stunned him…
Representative Jon Hansen of Dell Rapids says the rally shows the time for the Governor and legislators to pick sides has arrived…
The rally took place in the Rotunda, just feet from Noem’s office on the second floor of the Capitol. Bossley was presented a stack of over 2000 signed petitions calling for a special session by the Legislature to be presented to Noem’s office.
