South Dakota governor sues for Mount Rushmore fireworks over tribal objections

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By Associated Press -April 30, 2021 4:05 PM

The Republican governor successfully pushed last year for a return of the pyrotechnic display after a decadelong hiatus. Now she's back at it.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem sued the U.S. Department of Interior on Friday in an effort to see fireworks shot over Mount Rushmore National Monument on Independence Day.

The Republican governor successfully pushed last year for a return of the pyrotechnic display after a decadelong hiatus. The event drew national attention when Donald Trump joined Noem on July 3 to give a fiery speech. But the state's application to hold fireworks this year was denied by the National Park Service, which cited safety concerns and objections from local Native American tribes.

Noem's lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for South Dakota, argues that the decision was "arbitrary and capricious" and violated the powers granted to the agency in the Constitution. The state last year signed an agreement with the Trump administration and the Department of the Interior to work towards returning the pyrotechnic display this year.

https://americanindependent.com/south-dakota-governor-kristi-noem-sues-for-mount-rushmore-fireworks-over-tribal-objections-lakota/

[Wingus Dingus]

1. Michelle Bachmann-esque crazy eyes.

[PortTack]

2. OFFS...national park..federal land..hello state wants to tell the federal government what it can and

Can’t do on federally held land?! What an idiot

[mzmolly]

3. She's

vile.

[silverweb]

4. Laser light shows are better.

And they don't maim people, start fires, or pollute the air. Just sayin'....

[CurtEastPoint]

6. and scare the crap out of animals. And some people.

[silverweb]

7. Absolutely right!

I forgot that, but shouldn't have. Thanks for the correction!

[Submariner]

5. signed an agreement with the Trump administration and the Department of the Interior

And I guess we're supposed to be convinced by a science illiterate prez, and his fracking lobby leaders running Interior, that all decisions made were above board taking into full consideration the potential for environmental impact and stakeholder cultural resource impacts.