Meet the Candidate: Josephine Garcia
Garcia running in three way primary for Watertown House seats
Josephine Garcia is running for the South Dakota House in District 5. Also running is incumbent lawmaker Bryon Callies and area attorney Matt Roby.
The district is located in Codington County and is made up of the community of Watertown.
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.
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1) What's the government's role in facilitating economic development in South Dakota?
Let it happen organically…let our state grow without the help of outside interests, big corporations, foreign governments and entities.
2) If you could have dinner with any person, dead or alive, who would it be and why?
I would love to meet Jesus Christ. We need him now more than ever as our country has no faith or hope.
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 landowners bill of rights is a nonsense as we already have the constitution to protect our rights. It’s a bill concocted by lawyers of the pipeline to get their way after the PUC denied Summit Carbon Solutions a permit last year.