City of Lincoln: Mayoral and Council Elections Sample Ballot and Information

  There is an election today, Tuesday, May 3, for a number of offices within Lincoln government including Mayor, several city council seats, Airport Authority, and Board of Education. For those looking for some additional information about the election, I’ve put together some links here that may be helpful. The Lancaster County Election Commissioner’s website [...]

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Washington and Missouri Say Buh Bye to Red Light Scamera Peddlers

The Newspaper Reports: The city council in Washington, Missouri no longer believes that red light cameras have a positive impact on safety. Members voted 6 to 2 on Monday to allow the automated ticketing contract with American Traffic Solutions (ATS) &...

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Mayor Beutler: Crafty Politician, Walter Mitty, or Just Going Rogue?

By Shelli Dawdy As I noted yesterday, Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler held a press conference earlier this week wherein he announced a methane gas drilling project that was just beginning at the Bluffs Road facility. The City’s Public Works department had commenced drilling 60+ wells and installing a piping system to capture methane gas from [...]

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Time To Take the Bite Out of Beutler Before He Implements Cap & Trade in Lincoln

By Shelli Dawdy Just when I thought I could not possibly ever be surprised at what might come out of my television, I was reminded that my brain is simply not wired to conceive of the endless number of nonsensical ideas politicians will attempt to implement while we’re all looking the other way. I really [...]

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GiN on KLKN TV: Tea Party Movement Impact In Nebraska

By Shelli Dawdy Lincoln’s KLKN TV contacted me Friday, requesting an interview regarding recent developments in the primary elections. The reporter, Stephanie Costanzo, informed KLKN had done a story everyday this week on the tea party’s impact and they were looking for the local perspective. Did the successes in other places in the country provide [...]

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