So, picture yourself yesterday, all geared up to vote. It’s the good ‘ole US of A and you, as a responsible, thoughtful citizen are going to exercise your right to vote for who will represent you in public office. You head off to your usual local polling place (a school), turn into the parking lot… more
UPDATED May 16, 2012: Note that this article was published earlier in the day Tuesday, before the polls even closed. I am not going to make any changes to this article so that you can read it, as written, before the race was declared. The only point to note, I believe, is that it is… more
Imagine your own response in confronting a ballot with the following two names as your choices for representation in the Nebraska Legislature: Brenda Council Ernie Chambers One resident in that district, in confronting such a choice when filling out her early voting ballot, recognized these two individuals constitute no choice at all for herself or… more
For an alternative to Lee Terry in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, check out Brett Lindstrom. more
We have uploaded the Statewide Candidate List – the full and official list candidates – released by the Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office on March 9, 2012 (the filing deadline for candidates is March 1, 2012) to our Scribd account. Click the image below to view / download the list from Scribd. If you’re looking… more
As noted in the title, this article is about the subject of money, including campaign fundraising and expenditures and income / wealth earned by Bruning during his years in public office. Earlier today, we published an article, pictured at right, which covered a broad range of topics about Nebraska’s current Attorney General; some, we think,… more
Jon Bruning Last summer, we published articles about three of the five GOP primary candidates running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson. Those three articles were informational in nature, not analytical. (We hope to update these with some analysis in short order, time permitting): Senator Deb Fischer Hat in Widening GOP… more
Nebraska’s 2012 Primary Election is Tuesday, May 15. The Polls are open 8:00AM – 8:00PM (listed here as central time). Last Tuesday, we published an official election calendar distributed by the Nebraska Secretary of State, along with Voter Registration for each Nebraska county as of April 6, 2012. Click HERE to view that article. The… more
Nebraska’s Primary Election is May 15 In addition to the information provided below, readers may want to visit the Secretary of State’s page – HERE - which lists information for each County Clerk in the state (although no websites). If you’re not sure about your voter registration status click HERE to check. Here are all… more
The Nebraska Unicameral, is, as we all know, a one house legislative body, and, officially “non-partisan”. After having observed the legislative process for quite some time, both from a distance, and up close, we stopped puzzling over this paradigm. What the Nebraska Unicameral is, is clear. Last fall, Linda wrote the following article: Nebraska is… more