Laws and Sausages: A Day At the State Capitol

Norlyn wrote an excellent explanation about his impressions of Nebraska’s legislative process following time spent at the State Capitol this past Monday. The visit was motivated by concern about the issues associated with the CIR and the nine bills scheduled to be heard that day. Norlyn’s article is very well written and an unfortunately accurate [...]

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Radio Broadcast Resources 2/4/11: Health Care – CIR – Your Information

This article has been prepared to provide a list of resources for listeners of the Friday, February 4, 2011, radio broadcast. Kaye Beach’s website: Axxiom Amuse Homeschooling Legislation in Oklahoma: As we discussed on the air, there was an effort in Nebraska in the last few years to further insert the State in the affairs [...]

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Political Emails: WHY Do People Forward This Stuff?

It’s difficult to be heard above all the “noise” when trying to get out information discovered about what’s happening in government. One big part of “the noise” is a whole lot of email. Obviously, there are many types of email; what I’m referencing here is of a very particular kind. It’s associated with the explosion in […]

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GiN Meeting NEXT Monday Jan. 10: Taking Action During the Legislative Session

If you’re interested in having an impact on the legislative session that begins today, please plan on attending our meeting next Monday in Lincoln. When: Monday, January 10 Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm Location: See RSVP form below Agenda: Brief overview of GiN’s activities in recent months Presentation on issues likely to arise this session, GiN’s [...]

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Election Results: Who Says Every Vote Does Not Count?

It’s tempting to focus on the historic takeover of the US House by a Republican majority, but we here at GiN march to a different drummer, for the most part at least.  Just as the three most important characteristics of real estate are location, location, location; the three most important characteristics of GiN’s political focus [...]

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Senator Fulton Weighs In Against Amendment 2

Former Candidate for State Treasurer and sitting District 29 Senator Tony Fulton recently wrote an editorial about one of the proposed amendments to the Constitution of Nebraska that is on ballots statewide. (Information on the other amendment can be found HERE.) Against Amendment 2 by Tony Fulton Nebraskans should not abolish the office of State [...]

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GiN Election Information: Now Available Here In Printable Form

For readers’ convenience, we have prepared a printable PDF version of the election information we’ve put out. Feel free to download, print, and share. Just click anywhere on either snapshot below to download and view. If you’d rather view the full-sized PDF before downloading and printing, click HERE. I have set the link to open [...]

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Fred Thompson Hawking Subsidized Mortgages? Huh?

Fred Thompson, former Tennessee Senator, sleepy Presidential candidate, and actor has been hawking government subsidized mortgages. Hello? Has Mr. Thompson heard of the whole Fannie / Freddie / Ginnie / CRA thing? The meltdown, the bailout…? Apparently Fred was half-asleep then, too.

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Cleveland: Mistake By The Lake – At Least It Is Not Detroit!

Thanks to Erick Brockway, aka TowDog, for his post “‘Alleged’ Cleveland Tourism Board Fail”: The “tourism” videos are a riot (warning: a bit ‘o language in there) – especially if you’ve ever been to certain parts of Detroit. It’s funny alright, but, there’s more to this story. Cleveland has become a mistake over time because…(drumroll, […]

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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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