South Dakota Landowners Thursday (Oct. 26, 2023) have called on state Senator Lee Schoenbeck of Watertown to resign following a series of texts he sent to South Dakota Treasurer Josh Haeder while Haeder was serving on the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission during the Summit Carbon Solutions permit request hearing for their proposed carbon capture pipeline. Haeder sat in for Commissioner Kristie Fiegen who had a conflict of interest which prevented her from participating in the hearing.
The PUC voted unanimously (3-0) to deny Summit’s permit request.
Following the hearing, Haeder received a series of text messages from Schoenbeck, who is the Senate Pro Temp. Read those comments by clicking here: Schoenbeck comments to Haeder.
Landowner Ed Fischbach released the following statement:
“This is intimidation and totally unacceptable behavior from a sitting senator in a leadership position. Because of this, our landowner group is calling for Senator Schoenbeck to resign.”
(News partner Hub City Radio contributed to this story.)
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