I’m sure people get tired of me reciting my background but be fair. I have no idea who is reading this and where they are. These “Mel’s Musings” are posted on Mitchell Now and available on the worldwide web. I don’t know if it is one of my lifelong friends reading this or if a stranger half a world away is stumbling across my ramblings for the first time, so that’s why….I was elected to the State Legislature in the fall of 1992 and served twelve years. I served four terms, eight years, in the State Senate (1993-2000) and two terms, four years, in the State House (sessions 2001-2004). During my Senate time, the voters of South Dakota passed an initiated measure to start school after Labor Day. You’re thinking, “I thought this was about Amendment F?”, bear with me…