2010 Election NE Unicameral: Show These 3 Senators the Door

We urge everyone to do their homework and make up their own minds about who they believe is worthy of their vote. However, if you are looking for some insight from those of us at GiN, we have included information here for your consideration about where we stand regarding particular districts and a few candidates. [...]

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Fur Flying Over Journal Star Column on Progressivism By Shelli

By Shelli Dawdy The publishing of my editorial in the Lincoln Journal Star on Wednesday and resulting comments on the paper’s website is a good time to recall other GiN members’ articles and urge GiN members and site visitors to engage in the debate. At the beginning of October, the Lincoln Journal Star published three [...]

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Election 2010: A Whole Lotta Hype or Can YOU Help NE?

By Shelli Dawdy There’s been a lot of hype about November 2, 2010, a good deal of which amounts to distracting people from focusing on important races and issues within their state, county, and local area. I hope I’m wrong about what may happen when reality starts to set in in the weeks and months [...]

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DOA or Resurrecting the Dead? Nordquist One World & LB 1110

Six months ago we labeled LB 1110 “the bill that just won’t die”.  This “dead” piece of legislation, the people connected to it, and entities who are pushing for it,  just keep creeping up every time we turn around (pun not intended…but it works). The “zombies” here simply cannot be ignored because resurrection efforts have [...]

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What We Can Do To Stop Health Care: So Far It Is NOT Enough

Two-thirds of Nebraskans don’t want the health care law implemented. Of that number it’s impossible to know how many realize that there is more than one way to fight its implementation. Considering the potential damage the fully implemented law would cause to the economy, quality of care, medical innovation, and individual liberty, it stands to [...]

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Jeremy Nordquist Confused About What Sustainable Means

This article is part of a continuing series about Nebraska Senator Jeremy Nordquist (7). There are several important reasons why we are allocating so much time to this topic. We ask that regular readers of the GiN site visit daily at least through this weekend and share this information with whomever they believe would be [...]

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Nebraska: We Have Our Very Own Community Organizer

This one’s going to take several rounds of darts… Omahan Jeremy Nordquist just keeps coming to our attention because Nebraska’s two largest newspapers seem to have him on speed dial. If there’s a need to get a quote from someone on the opposite side of an issue from a Republican, or there’s a big spending [...]

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ACTION ALERT: Avoid More Rate Increases! Weigh In On LES Cabling Project

Thanks to Don Raskey, who has followed this issue, gathered information, and kept us informed for the past several months. The bulk of information for this post was provided by him. ***ACTION ALERT*** It’s possible to avoid a source of electrical rate increases in the immediate and long term IF those of us who want [...]

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Lincoln Arena: A Shell Game With Bailout Money

Editor’s Note: Thanks to Don Raskey for this excellent, well researched article. Don worked hard with the No2Arena people to get the full facts in front of Lincoln voters. His continued efforts to follow up are much appreciated. By Donald Raskey The mayor and the Joint Public Agency (JPA) have been touting the future $50 [...]

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Ever Try To Pin Jello To The Wall?

I’ve been scratching my head for a long time now about something. A lot of people say they are sick of politicians. But most politicians seem to think we want politically correct double speak. In asking questions about principles and positions on issues, its like trying to pin jello to the wall. [originally published on: Aug 22, 2010]

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