Meet the Candidate: Lana Greenfield

Former state lawmaker seeks return to chamber she represented just one term ago

Former House lawmaker Lana Greenfield is seeking election to the South Dakota House in District 22. Kevin Van Diepen and Terry Nebelsick are also running.

The district includes all or some portions of Beadle, Clark, and Spink counties.

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: 73
City of residence: Doland
Profession: Retired teacher, current business owner
Public service/community service experience: Spink County coalition and steering board, Doland Study Club, Spink County Republicans, James River Women's Federation, BCRW
Family information: Husband, Don- married 53 years
Sons: 
Brock- State Commissioner of School and Public Lands, resides in Pierre with wife, Kelli. 
Blake- Physicians Asst., Ellsworth Air Force Base, lives in Rapid City with wife, Amber and daughter Brielle. 
Laci- President of Sodak Title Co., Rapid City. Has two children, Gavin and Shayla and is engaged to Tony Hudson. 

1) What's the government's role in facilitating economic development in South Dakota?

 The government’s role in economic development is to create fair trade practices and promote competition in a stabilized manner.

2) If you could have dinner with any person, dead or alive, who would it be and why?

If I could have dinner with anyone, I think it would be Ronald Reagan because he is quoted so  much throughout history . I would ask him if he really made so many profound statements or if  he had a ghost writer responsible for some of the sayings! 

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?

The pipeline bill is no compromise. It simply states that farmers can be offered just compensation for their land when the farmers do not want land taken by this method at all, regardless of the amount. This is a green deal where the government subsidizes a business that does not need it.