As Linda noted in her article “2010 Election NE Unicameral: Show These 3 Senators the Door“, we’ve learned over the last year and a half through working on and researching legislative issues in Nebraska that the quality of our legislators is in definite need of improvement. Of course, election time is the opportunity to make [...]
By Shelli Dawdy The publishing of my editorial in the Lincoln Journal Star on Wednesday and resulting comments on the paper’s website is a good time to recall other GiN members’ articles and urge GiN members and site visitors to engage in the debate. At the beginning of October, the Lincoln Journal Star published three [...]
By Shelli Dawdy There’s been a lot of hype about November 2, 2010, a good deal of which amounts to distracting people from focusing on important races and issues within their state, county, and local area. I hope I’m wrong about what may happen when reality starts to set in in the weeks and months [...]
Six months ago we labeled LB 1110 “the bill that just won’t die”. This “dead” piece of legislation, the people connected to it, and entities who are pushing for it, just keep creeping up every time we turn around (pun not intended…but it works). The “zombies” here simply cannot be ignored because resurrection efforts have [...]
Two-thirds of Nebraskans don’t want the health care law implemented. Of that number it’s impossible to know how many realize that there is more than one way to fight its implementation. Considering the potential damage the fully implemented law would cause to the economy, quality of care, medical innovation, and individual liberty, it stands to [...]
This article is part of a continuing series about Nebraska Senator Jeremy Nordquist (7). There are several important reasons why we are allocating so much time to this topic. We ask that regular readers of the GiN site visit daily at least through this weekend and share this information with whomever they believe would be [...]
This one’s going to take several rounds of darts… Omahan Jeremy Nordquist just keeps coming to our attention because Nebraska’s two largest newspapers seem to have him on speed dial. If there’s a need to get a quote from someone on the opposite side of an issue from a Republican, or there’s a big spending [...]
Fred Thompson, former Tennessee Senator, sleepy Presidential candidate, and actor has been hawking government subsidized mortgages. Hello? Has Mr. Thompson heard of the whole Fannie / Freddie / Ginnie / CRA thing? The meltdown, the bailout…? Apparently Fred was half-asleep then, too.
Not to be out done by Mr. TowDog, I couldn't help myself but to embellish upon his very entertaining post "'Alleged' Cleveland Tourism Board Fail". Cleveland, otherwise known as "The…
Thanks to Erick Brockway, aka TowDog, for his post “‘Alleged’ Cleveland Tourism Board Fail”: The “tourism” videos are a riot (warning: a bit ‘o language in there) – especially if you’ve ever been to certain parts of Detroit. It’s funny alright, but, there’s more to this story. Cleveland has become a mistake over time because…(drumroll, […]