Don't go near the water in South Dakota

 

Top headline:  South Dakota Searchlight

Photo:  Retiring Guy (9/17/2020)

Bottom headline:  South Dakota Searchlight

Joshua Haiar reports how one GOP lawmaker just ruffled some feathers:

One of South Dakota’s top lawmakers said Wednesday that it may be time to move beyond financial incentives and consider new regulations on agriculture to address the state’s polluted rivers and lakes. 

“I think it takes more than the carrot to address this,” said state Senate President Pro Tempore Chris Karr, R-Sioux Falls. 

Karr said he doubts the problem will be appropriately addressed “until we get serious about some different types of regulations.” 

“And that’s pretty scary for folks, especially for those that are in the community that starts with the letter ‘A’ and ends with ‘G,’” Karr said. “We can sit here and talk about it, and dance around it all day. I think you can have some incentives, but we’re going to have to look at some restrictions as well, and regulate.” 

He made the comments during a meeting of the Legislature’s Executive Board at the Capitol in Pierre.