VIEWPOINT | We must avoid South Dakota constitutional torpor

Guest column by John Fiksdal, president of Media One, Inc.

REPRESENT: verb /ˌreprəˈzent/ Origin: Middle English, from Old French representer, from Latin repraesentare — re- (intensive) + praesentare “to present.” To act or speak on behalf of someone or something, especially in an official capacity.

As the old country music classic pines, “Here We Go Again.”

For the third time in 7 years, Legislators are taking another whack at direct democracy in South Dakota by making it nearly impossible to pass a constitutional amendment. Here comes Amendment L on the next general election ballot, which again attempts to raise the amendment pass threshold to over 60 percent.