LAST CALL: Not Signed a Petition Yet? AND A Toast
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
Why Process Matters
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
Why Every Lincoln Voter Should Sign Referendum Petition
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
City of Lincoln Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Referendum Petition Drive
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
The Few . . . The Placated . . . The Occupiers
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
City Attorney RE Occupy Lincoln – Double Standard, Double Talk
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
For A Grassroots, Spontaneous Movement – Occupy Groups Are A Lot Alike
As I mentioned in our last article about the Occupy movement, I’m aware that a lot of people observing it, especially locally, dismiss those involved, labeling all the participants as “a bunch of dumb kids” who are incoherent and “don’t even know why they are protesting”. Even people who think the occupation of public property… more