Tuesday, April 9 is Primary Election day for the following local government bodies: City of Lincoln Council – three at-large seats (see footnote1 for more information) Click HERE for a list of the current members of the City Council with term expiration dates IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT [...]
If you have not as yet signed the referendum petition, would like to, and have not been able to find a circulator, you may want to put in a request to have someone bring you a petition TODAY. more
A great deal has been said in the Lincoln Journal Star and elsewhere about the "fairness" ordinance passed by the Lincoln City Council. It is a great mistake to say that the process by which the Council amended the ordinance does not matter. It matters a great deal. more
As many Lincolnites know, a referendum petition effort has been organized by Nebraska Family Council and Family First in response to the Lincoln City Council’s vote on Monday, May 14 to create protection for a new class of persons based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Members of the City Council subverted the rule of… more
A petition drive is currently in progress to allow the people of Lincoln to vote on the anti-discrimination ordinance passed by the Lincoln City Council on Monday, May 14, but time is of the essence. Organizers only have 15 days from the date the ordinance was approved to secure 2500 signatures on referendum petition forms. more
UPDATED: 7:34pm March 19, 2012 Fellow Lincolnites, Mayor Chris Beutler wants to hear from you in the annual “Taking Charge Citizen Satisfaction Survey“. Input will be taken through this Wednesday, March 21. I have just filled out the survey myself and would advise making use of the comment box at its conclusion. Long time readers… more
Our December 10 article about democracy, “income inequality”, and political influences was, in part, motivated by a number of comments by Occupy Lincoln (OL) members on our site. We decided to address those comments in articles, because we believed they’d raised some issues worth writing about. Since we had already planned to point out problems… more
Members of the Occupy Lincoln group noticed our recent article, “Occupy Lincoln Tipi Smokes and City Ordinances Burn, Officials Fiddle” and left a number of comments there. Because we’ll be referring to some of those comments in the body of this article, we’ve linked directly to them so those who wish may see a particular… more
We here at GiN have been focused a lot on the City’s handling of the Occupy Lincoln issue, first and foremost because of the need for justice – the need for justice for all. Since it’s Sunday, a day of rest and reflection seems appropriate. In considering what I might share here, I wondered what… more
Earlier this week, Julie Schmit-Albin, Linda and myself spoke with reporter Kay Kemmet from the Omaha World-Herald about the City’s handling of different groups and their use of public spaces, and specifically, of course, their handling of the Occupy Lincoln group. Her story was published on Friday; click the image to read it in full.… more