Thanks to Don1 for letting me know that Senator Ken Haar appeared on KLIN’s DriveTime Lincoln show to talk about LB583, (to download and read on your computer, click here) his bill that would award all of Nebraska’s electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote in Presidential elections. Yesterday we published an [...]
Examining the blizzard of bills introduced in the Unicameral is likely to make one’s eyes cross. We are working through them, however. We’ve been hearing from a number of Nebraskans who are passionate about one issue or another and from those who are passing along information to help us out. We appreciate the interest, the [...]
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One of our members sent us a copy of the letter he wrote to Nebraska District 21 Senator Ken Harr, who introduced the very ill-advised LB583 “Adopt the Interstate Compact on the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by Popular National Vote” (If you prefer to read the bill online without downloading the [...]
Michigan News Governor Rick Snyder Delivers First State of the State Speech Highlights of Governor Rick Snyder’s State of the State speech http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/story.aspx?id=569803 A mixed bag but not entirely unexpected from a moderate. The Dashboard idea is a good one as a step towards transparency however Detroit International River Crossing is one where serious questions …
Banning texting while driving-let's look at the necessity, enforceability and effectiveness of Rep Morgan's bill. Continue reading →
Thanks to Don for the excellent presentation last Monday evening about Sustainable Development. We have only begun distributing the information we’ve discovered in our research on this subject. To see our previous articles, click here. We are currently developing an information page on this topic that will include resources and references. Again, much thanks goes [...]
What is this all about? ONLY elected precinct committeemen get to vote for the leadership of the Party. Do I yet have your attention? Ponder the fact that ONLY elected precinct committeemen get to elect the Party leadership. Don’t you … Continu...
Jan 12, 2011 The Salt Lake Tribune reports: First published Jan 04 2011 Updated Jan 5, 2011 A pair of University of Utah public safety officers are on paid administrative leave after internal guidelines that would ban the open carrying … Continue...
Definitions from Webster’s Dictionary: Extremism: The quality or state of being extreme advocacy of extreme measures or views Related: Extreme: a: existing in a very high degree b: going to great or exaggerated lengths c. exceeding the ordinary, usual or expected Barry Goldwater said the following in his speech accepting the Republican Party’s nomination for [...]