8 Broadcaster Press March 14, 2017 www.broadcasteronline.com Play Bach At The National Music Museum On March 18, people all over the world will play Bach — just because they can. Bach in the Subways [or, Museum] is a worldwide internet-driven event, celebrating Bach’s birthday and classical music. General info at http://bachinthesubways.org/ The National Music Museum in Vermillion is inviting people to be one of many informal Bach performers — solo or as a group — at the museum throughout that day. It will be a bit like street-musicianship, but without the donation hat. There may or may not be an audience – just museumgoers passing by. The museum is welcoming students, educators, community-member musicians, amateur or professional — on all types of instruments. Bring your own instrument — though the museum will provide its Clavinova for keyboard performances. One or two Bach pieces per performer is fine. Timeslots will run from about 9:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. throughout the museum day on March 18. Performers will play in the NMM lobby, hallway or concert hall, and their museum admission will be free. In 2015, Bach was played on bassoon, tuba, vibraphone, viola and piano at the National Music Museum. The NMM hopes to fill its March 18 schedule with instrument diversity again. Veterans Keep Marching On By Secretary Zimmerman SD Department of Veterans Affairs George Washington once said, “When we assumed the soldier, we did not lay aside the citizen.” There was no waiting line for our men and women in uniform when they raised their right hands and volunteered to serve. There shouldn’t be a waiting line when they return home and need our help getting the care they’ve earned. Unfortunately, it took the government thirty plus years to recognize that there was a link between Agent Orange and the devastating health effects on our service members. Veterans waited decades to get the care they desperately needed and clearly earned. The VA now recognizes certain cancers and other health problems as presumptive diseases associated with exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicides during military service. Veterans are encouraged to partake in the VA's Agent Orange Registry health exam to ensure that the research continues, presumptives are recognized and care is provided to our veterans. Conflicts change, contaminants change, but the fact that our heroes are exposed to these toxins has not changed. Recently the VA launched the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry in response to concerns that veterans who deployed after 1990 were experiencing a range of respiratory illnesses. The goal of the registry is to help researchers study the health effects of burn pits and other airborne hazards. We encourage veterans to visit the registry site (www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/burnpits/ registry.asp) to ensure that our heroes will not have to wait four decades for resolution. Wars, conflicts and battles have been fought throughout the years and continue today. Continued research is vital if we are to complete our promise to take care of the men and women who served. STAR TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EQUALIZATION MEETING WAKONDA LEGION HALL MONDAY, MARCH 20th, 2017 7:00 P.M. To review your tax assessment for 2017 please contact the Township Clerk prior to March 16th, 2017 to set up an appointment. RON PETERSON TOWNSHIP CLERK (605) 263-3526 Stories you missed this week because you’re not a Plain Talk subscriber The decision made by Vermillion citizens on what to name the new aquatic center currently being constructed in Prentis Park. The Clay County Commission’s plan to deal with a problem with the lights in the courtroom of the Clay County Courthouse. A report of how a “Shark Tank” competition helps bring out VHS students’ entrepreneurial spirit. Retailers Welcome Court Decision On Tax Fairness Law Pierre, SD – The South Dakota Retailers Association (SDRA) today welcomed a summary judgment by Circuit Court Judge Mark Barnett regarding South Dakota’s lawsuit against three large online retailers. SDRA says the ruling is precisely what is needed to move South Dakota one step closer to tax parity between South Dakota brick and mortar stores and giant out-of-state companies. Although the ruling resulted in the entry of a judgment in favor of out-of-state online retailers, Judge Barnett’s Order specifically recognized that he was bound by existing United States Supreme Court precedent “…even when changing times and events clearly suggest a different outcome; it is simply not the role of a state circuit court to disregard a ruling from the United States Supreme Court.” This week’s decision by Judge Barnett is an important and necessary step toward U.S. Supreme Court reconsideration of now-outdated tax precedents set by the Court in cases from half a century and a quarter of a century ago. Last year, South Dakota passed a law, SB 106, requiring large out-of-state companies that sell goods into the state to collect and remit South Dakota sales tax on those purchases. The law applies only to businesses whose sales in the state exceed $100,000 annually, or that make 200 or more separate transactions in the state in a year. Following passage of SB 106 last year, the State of South Dakota filed a lawsuit seeking a determination that the state may validly require out-of-state retailers that conduct significant business in the state to collect and remit the state’s sales tax on purchases made in the state, even if they do not have a physical location in South Dakota. The state’s lawsuit was filed one year after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy recognized in his concurring opinion in DMA v. Brohl that, “[t]he Internet has caused far-reaching systemic and structural changes in the economy” so that “a business may be present in a State in a meaningful way without that presence being physical in the traditional sense of the word.” Justice Kennedy called on the "legal system [to] find an appropriate case for this Court to reconsider" its prior decisions in 1967 and 1992. 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"Right now, giant out-of-state conglomerates are able to avoid collecting and remitting taxes only because of a loophole that was created before there was an internet, and before e-commerce,” said SDRA Executive Director Shawn Lyons. “Online commerce is expanding dramatically, and the tax inequity gap between in-state retailers and outof-state online retailers is widening. We are encouraged that this ruling gets us one step closer to having the U.S. Supreme Court take another look at this crucial tax issue, and one step closer to tax fairness.” State Senator Gary Cammack, owner of Cammack Ranch Supply in Union Center, South Dakota and president of SDRA’s Board of Directors, agrees. “Only the U.S. Supreme Court can overturn the 1992 court decision, and Judge Barnett’s decision helps us move the issue along,” Cammack said. “Larger online retailers should play by the same rules as the small businesses on Main Street, and this ruling is one of the necessary steps in accomplishing that.” South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley also praised the decision. “South Dakota retailers should have a fair and equal playing field with other large out-of-state companies that have been benefiting from an outdated sales tax structure,” said Attorney General Jackley. “The South Dakota Retailers Association and their retail partners should be commended for their diligent work on this case and serving as a strong voice for South Dakota’s retail industry.” Lyons said it’s important to note that the law passed by South Dakota last year did not implement a new tax. “When South Dakotans make purchases, whether that’s in a store in their hometown or online from a company based in another state, the consumer has a legal obligation to pay taxes on those purchases,” he stated. “The law we passed in South Dakota in 2016 says the burden shouldn’t be on the customer, it should be the responsibility of those huge companies to collect and remit the tax. 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