If you will be in or around Mitchell today or tomorrow, be sure to stop by Dakotafest east of town. Yesturday the four candidates for governor, Mike Rounds, Jack Billion, Tom Gerber, and Steve Willis, squared off on the Dakotafest grounds. Mitchell Daily Republic excerpt:
Two minor-party candidates added some flavor to a gubernatorial debate Tuesday at the Dakotafest farm show near Mitchell, where all four hopefuls were planted behind vanilla milk shakes under an open-air tent.
Tom Gerber, a Libertarian, and Steve Willis, a member of the Constitution Party, participated despite being omitted from the official show program. Their statements during the hour-long debate, along with those of Republican Mike Rounds and Democrat Jack Billion, provided the estimated 200 people in attendance with a veritable buffet of political philosophies to choose from.
Rounds, 51, the incumbent governor from Pierre, said state government is doing a good job with the resources it has.
Billion, 67, a retired surgeon from Sioux Falls, said the government can and should do more.
Gerber, 81, a retired management consultant from Sturgis, said the government is doing the wrong things.
And Willis, 51, a Wells Fargo employee and small-business owner from Sioux Falls, said the government is doing too much.
Read the whole thing. The Daily website also has the closing statements made by each candidate, so check those out as well. If any readers attended and would like to weigh in, drop us an email and I'll post your observations.
As for the schedule for Dakotafest today, this morning a forum was held on "The Future of Farm and Fuel Policy." At 1 p.m., they will be discussing the farm bill, and at 3 will be "How the FSA Should Look in the Future."
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