Tomorrow is election day in America. In my home state of South Dakota, there are a number of issues filling the ballot. There's the very hot topics of abortion, medicinal marijuana, same sex marriage, and taxes on cell phones and cigarettes.
These are all very important topics, and there's been heavy discussion on all of these issues. So I'll write about another concern — getting Steve Kolbeck the job of Public Utilities Commissioner.
With a career heavily involved in the Internet and modern communications, it's important to me to see someone with future vision and an understanding of modern technology in that role. Yes, I'm friends with Steve. We went to high school together. But that doesn't automatically win my vote.
If you read Kolbeck's profile, you'll quickly realize that he's a man of vision who understands modern technology. His opponent, , John Koskan, on the other hand, doesn't even have Internet in his home or a cell phone. So Koskan's main campaign push is wind energy. But he is using the "wind energy" cause to veil his true objective of building nuclear power plants in South Dakota. He is a strong supporter of nuclear energy and sponsored SB165 providing $450,000 tax dollar expenditure on nuclear energy research. Mr Koskan unapprised views on the dangers of nuclear energy concern me with statements such as "Chernobyl is almost humorous". He wants to put South Dakotans in harms way for the benefit of exporting energy to other states.
Voting for Koskan will be a vote against South Dakotans. Kolbeck has my full support tomorrow. He has what it takes to do the job and take South Dakota into a technology future that will create jobs and grow the state's economy. Good luck Sudsy!
