By: Karla Lems - SD District 16 Representative

The South Dakota ballot box will determine the future for South Dakota in many ways.  One of them is in the form of Referred Law 21, or RL21.  

I wish I could sit down with each of you to explain every step that has led to RL21 being on the ballot.  I could visit with you for hours, but I only have a few paragraphs to try and explain this.   However, it IS very important for you to understand.  It IS very important to South Dakota.  It IS very important to FREEDOM.  So here we go. 

Three years ago this month, Tyler and I stood in front of a judge in a crowded courtroom, surrounded by our children,  extended family, dear friends, social workers and adoption case workers.

When prompted, we raised our hands in the air and promised to be Mom and Dad to a sweet little boy in foster care, who needed a forever home to call his own. 

With the upcoming election looming, there is a hesitancy across rural America about what the months ahead could look like. I sit down with Steve Stratford, of Stratford Angus and Pratt Livestock, to discuss his fall cattle market predictions, the policy challenges facing independent beef producers, and marketing strategies to maximize the value of your calf crop.

Fanchon Stinger is the Emmy winning co-host of PBR Now and a contributor to Western Sports Roundup and NFR Tailgate airing on Cowboy Channel and PlutoTV. She is an actress who appeared on God’s Not Dead: A Light In Darkness in 2019. In 2020, Stinger became a bull owner in PBR (Professional Bull Riders), partnering with 12-time Stock Contractor of the Year Chad Berger and Daniel & Melissa Brunner in the ownership of the bucking bulls “Stinger” and “Lill Hott,” who compete on the PBR Tour.

In 2021, she co-founded and launched the charitable initiative Grit & Grace Nation, inspiring middle and high school girls to lead with courage through exposure to successful female mentors and western values of faith, family, & freedom. Stinger shares her journey, provides mentorship programs and scholarship opportunities nationwide plus appears at PBR events as part of Grit & Grace Nation’s alliance with PBR to honor deserving girls.

We will not yield. We will not bend. We will STAND OUR GROUND. All eyes are on South Dakota as citizens lock arms to fight for their God-given, Constitutionally-protected private property rights.

In an explosive interview, Ed Fischbach (known as the Godfather of the carbon pipeline battle), exposes the greed, corruption, and power grab happening in our beautiful home state.

Together, we celebrate the victories when people get involved and stand firm in what is right.