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Nebraska Legislators To Meet TONIGHT in Lincoln

UPDATE: I just received confirmation from Sen. Tony Fulton’s office that this meeting will occur TONIGHT at the time and place indicated below.  Here is a copy of a press release from Sen. Colby Coash’s office, dated November 5, 2010, with more information:

The Lancaster County Delegation will be hosting a town hall meeting on November 17, 2010. Senators Kathy Campbell, Colby Coash, Danielle Conrad, Tony Fulton, Ken Haar, Amanda McGill and Norm Wallman will be present.

LOCATION: LPS District Office, 5901 “O” Street (Board Room)

DATE: Wednesday, November 17, 2010

TIME: 5 PM to 8 PM

SCHEDULE:

5-6:30 PM: Discussion on Child Welfare- Due the impending changes and the citizens’ expressed concerns regarding the administration of child welfare services in Nebraska, we welcome a dialogue with our constituents on this matter.

6:30-8 PM: Open

Several GiN members report receiving a forwarded email notifying them that the Nebraska State Senators who represent Lancaster County residents in the Unicameral plan to meet with the public this evening at the Lincoln Public School Administration building, 5901 “O” Street, between 5:00 and 8:00 p.m.  Apparently, the meeting was mentioned during an interview of State Sen. Colby Coash on KLIN’s Drive Time Lincoln radio show last night.  Senator Coash specifically mentioned immigration and child welfare would be among the topics of discussion.

We are still searching for some official notice of this meeting, but we are aware that the same group of Senators met last November at about this time for the purpose of discussing upcoming legislative issues with the public.

We will add an update to this post if / when we can find official information somewhere. If anyone reading this has a link to an online notice, please share it by posting a comment, below. For now, to reiterate:

Nebraska Senators representing Lancaster County residents in the Unicameral

Lincoln Public Schools Administration Building

5901 O St.

Lincoln

THIS EVENING (WED., NOV. 17TH)

5:00pm to 8:00 pm

We urge all who are able to attend this meeting. As noted above, there was a similar meeting last year. Linda and only a handful of other citizens attended. The vast majority of the crowd of 75 to 100 people were all lobbyists of one kind or another and they were pushing on our legislators to spend more money and devise new methods of collecting revenues, such as adding a tax on a soda pop.

We have reported before how Linda stood up and informed all that she thought she had come to attend a townhall meeting of citizens only to find special interest groups who refused to have their funding cut despite a budget shortfall while also cavalierly talking about taking more of her hard-earned money. It bears repeating that as Linda reminded all present just whose money was spent by government, heads were shaking, either in disbelief or disagreement.

Your Nebraska Senators need to hear from taxpayers who wish to see the budget cut. Try to attend this meeting.

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Shelli Dawdy is first and foremost the mother of three children whom she has taught at home via the classical method since removing her children from school in 2001. During her early years as a homeschool mother, she worked part-time as a freelance writer. Born and raised in the Iowa, Shelli and her husband moved to the state of South Dakota in 1997, attracted to its more limited government and friendly tax environment. In 2006, Shelli and her family relocated to Lincoln, Nebraska, when her husband’s employer offered a new position. She took a break from work and politics for a time, recognizing the need to focus solely on her childrens’ schooling with two now of high school age. Distressed by many things she was witnessing on the national political scene and disillusioned about the Republican Party, she decided to start writing again, this time online. Motivated to get involved with others at the grassroots level, she networked with activists on the social media tool, Twitter. She was involved in organizing the first tea party rallies inspired by Rick Santelli’s “rant” on CNBC in February 2009. Recognizing that activism should generate on the local level, she founded Grassroots in Nebraska in March of 2009. The group’s mission is a return to Constitutional, limited government, according to its original meaning. While the group has held several tea party rallies, it’s focus is to take effective action. Among its many projects, GiN successfully coordinated testimony for the hearing of the Nebraska Sovereignty Resolution, networked with other groups to ensure a large show of public support at the hearing, and coordinated follow up support to ensure its passage in April 2010. While working to build up GiN throughout 2009, she was asked to work as writer and producer of the documentary film, A New America, which lays out how Progressivism is responsible for how America has moved away from its Constitutional roots. You can see more of her work on Grassroots in Nebraska (GiN) and StubbornFacts