Meet the Candidate: Carl Perry
Perry looking to switch chambers in District 3
Longtime House Rep. Carl Perry is running for the South Dakota Senate in District 3 against Katie Washnok. The race is one of the most expensive legislative races in South Dakota this primary season.
District 3 is made up of Aberdeen.
The Dakota Scout sent a series of questions to all legislative candidates running in contested races for the state House and Senate in the June 4 primary election. Candidates were asked to limit their responses to each question to 150 words or less.
Age:Â 71
City of residence: Aberdeen
Profession:Â Retired Business Leader Education Collections
Public service/community service experience: Start Hub Group, Past Jaycee President, Current CCR Gospel Trio, Past NSU Foundation President, CART Community Action Response Team, Past Board American Collectors Association, Past North East United Way of South Dakota, Chairman of Aberdeen Regional Airport Board, Healthcare Financial Management past President, Past Officer Coalition of Higher Education Association, Exchange Club of Aberdeen member & past president twice, South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry Past Board, Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce Member & Enhance Aberdeen Committee
Family information: Jason- 43 & Jaime live in Portland, TX, Son Travas 47 & Jill live in San Francisco, CA. Married 50 years December 24, 2024 to Sheryl
1) What's the government's role in facilitating economic development in South Dakota?
Here are four functions of government:
The legal and social framework, Â
Provide public goods and services,
Stabilize and improve the economy.Â
Maintain competition of government and entrepreneurship.
2) If you could have dinner with any person, dead or alive, who would it be and why?
Billy Graham, President John Kennedy or President Ronald Reagan
3) Does the "Landowner Bill of Rights" -- adopted by the Legislature amid opposition to carbon pipeline companies using eminent domain -- strike the right balance between the interests of property owners, counties and the ag industry - and should voters get a say when they head to the polls in November?
No Eminent Domain for Private Gain!
I am for the Referendum and voted against the SB201.
I am a supporter of Protecting Landowners Property Rights
