03/03/2026
What happened in Pierre goes hand in hand with possible data centers in South Dakota and our county. Here is a story from my friends Walter and Heather Stein, regarding their property in North Carolina: "We were a couple days from closing on the land we were selling in Western North Carolina, and our realtor tells us the buyers backed out because they caught wind of a potential power line to a potential data center and the power line was proposed to go straight through our property. So we lost 80k that day. Then, after we called the TVA ( Tennessee Valley Authority), they said the power line would reimburse us for the 10-foot-wide strip through the middle of our property. That potential power line would render our property unbuildable."
Iām so proud of these great folks who showed up to Pierre to support HJR5001 today. Never forget ā you may get knocked down 9 times; but you must get back up 10. You only fail if you quit.
After todayās vote, this I can promise you ā we will never, ever stop fighting. I will never apologize for running the ball as far down the field as fast as possible to protect our property rights.
My phone is blowing up with angry farmers and ranchers who are very unhappy that our legislature FAILED to give the people a say to put an end to eminent domain for private gain once and for all.
Outside of the political fishbowl where gossip and games are king, the people wanted true and meaningful safeguards, not just for carbon pipelines, but against other modern takings by private companies justified for āeconomic developmentā or āincreasing the tax base.ā
We are more energized than ever before to keep taking the punches and standing firm for property rights. We will not bend. We will not waiver. And we will never cave to fear.
We will be very active in the primaries ā funded and ready to support true property rights champions.
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