Meet the Candidate: Rick Weible

Weible looking to unseat Senate Majority Leader in District 8

Rick Weible is running for the South Dakota Senate in District 8. He faces current Sen. Casey Crabtree in the June primary.

The district includes the communities of Madison, Arlington, and Volga within its boundaries.

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: 51
City of residence: Elkton
Profession: Computer and Network
Public service/community service experience: 15 years of public service - four years City Council  - St. Bonifacius, MN, 10 years Mayor for City of St. Bonifacius, MN, one year City Council, Elkton SD.
Family information: Married 28 years, wife Gretchen, 1 son who graduated from SDSU

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

Limited through low, predictable, and stable taxes, with limited regulations that promote safety, with a legal system that maintains a level playing field for growth while maintaining consumer protections.

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

John Locke, to discuss how his vision for America would end up to where we are now, and how he would encourage us to return to the corner stones of pursuing Liberty.

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 Landowner Bill of Rights, made things worse for property owners, cities, townships and counties.  Now our local levels of governments has no say or input, and the land owners have no local authority to which they can easily discuss issues, mitigation options or the future development of an area.  Now the PUC is completely overwhelmed to make a decision, to where they may not consider local safety standards, zoning or capabilities, this bill made the process worse not better.  This is why I support the voters having a say in this, and I hope they vote to stop this erosion of property rights in the name of globalist profits, while risking our safety.