The 102nd Legislature, 1st Session just concluded its 12th official day and I know I am already getting…tired, nauseated, and grouchy. (No, I don’t have a virus…unless you call politician-itis.) Why? In addition to more wrangling than you would see at a Texas rodeo, I’m disappointed and in some cases, appalled about some of the [...]
Thanks to Don1 for letting me know that Senator Ken Haar appeared on KLIN’s DriveTime Lincoln show to talk about LB583, (to download and read on your computer, click here) his bill that would award all of Nebraska’s electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote in Presidential elections. Yesterday we published an [...]
Examining the blizzard of bills introduced in the Unicameral is likely to make one’s eyes cross. We are working through them, however. We’ve been hearing from a number of Nebraskans who are passionate about one issue or another and from those who are passing along information to help us out. We appreciate the interest, the [...]
One of our members sent us a copy of the letter he wrote to Nebraska District 21 Senator Ken Harr, who introduced the very ill-advised LB583 “Adopt the Interstate Compact on the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by Popular National Vote” (If you prefer to read the bill online without downloading the [...]
Thanks to Don for the excellent presentation last Monday evening about Sustainable Development. We have only begun distributing the information we’ve discovered in our research on this subject. To see our previous articles, click here. We are currently developing an information page on this topic that will include resources and references. Again, much thanks goes [...]
Definitions from Webster’s Dictionary: Extremism: The quality or state of being extreme advocacy of extreme measures or views Related: Extreme: a: existing in a very high degree b: going to great or exaggerated lengths c. exceeding the ordinary, usual or expected Barry Goldwater said the following in his speech accepting the Republican Party’s nomination for [...]
I definitely make mistakes on occasion. Today I made one when a broadcast information about an upcoming meeting. My apologies to all for my error and any confusion I’ve caused. To clarify, the meeting is: Monday, January 10th 7:00pm – 8:30pm The location is in Lincoln. As explained in my original post, it doesn’t seem [...]
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 [...]
Ringing in the New Year A bit of entertainment for your New Year’s Eve…we thought folks might enjoy a montage of some classic movie scenes ringing in the New Year, and we thought we’d highlight one of our favorites. Because we love It’s a Wonderful Life, we thought we’d highlight its ending scene… Best wishes [...]
By Shelli Dawdy During this seemingly endless lame duck session of Congress, there have been several pieces of onerous legislation discussed, debated, and commented on. Recognizing the likelihood of a historical drubbing on Election Day, Democrats withheld action on key legislation, clearly planning an effort to pass their wish list before losing their current level [...]