Some Election Day Comic Relief

We all know voting today is very important – of course! But this had been a long, long, long, long election cycle (did I say it was long?).  We think everyone needs a little political entertainment today, so we submit a little set of videos for your enjoyment:  Send this page to Print Friendly [...]

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Lancaster County Board Needs Brent Smoyer

by Shelli Dawdy The City of Lincoln has had some serious budget problems for many years running, and there seems no end in sight to the trend of living beyond our means, especially considering the May 11 vote to approve the building of the new arena. There have been a number articles on the topic [...]

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Stopping The Big Government Trend: Have We Earned It?

Those of us who believe our state and our country are going very much in the wrong direction should expect it will require much from all of us. Are we all doing all that we can do? George Washington’s favorite play was Cato, the story of a Roman who struggled, along with others to preserve [...]

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Lancaster County Sample Ballot Available Here for Viewing & Downloading

For those interested in taking an advance look at the ballot prior to Tuesday, we’ve located the sample ballot provided by the Lancaster County Election Commission. Note that the sample includes all of the offices in the county, so it is more extensive than the ballot any voter will see in any given precinct. As [...]

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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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Candidate Interviews on Lincoln KLIN Radio

Several candidates we mentioned previously have been interviewed on KLIN’s Jack and John In The Morning Show and Drive Time Lincoln with Coby Mach. Click the candidate’s name to listen to the interview. We recommend keeping an eye on KLIN’s front page as there seem to be new interviews added daily. Brent Smoyer for Lancaster [...]

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Nebraska Needs A State Treasurer! Vote NO on Amendment 2

By Shelli Dawdy There are two proposed amendments to the State Constitution on the ballot next Tuesday. To read about Amendment 1, click HERE. Amendment 2 is a proposal put forward by Nebraska’s legislature to eliminate the State Treasurer’s office. We are intuitively opposed to the elimination of a core constitutional office.  Someone needs to [...]

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Nordquist Says Health Care Survey Responses Positive – Why?

This is an update regarding the request for action summarized in our article: “YOU Can Do Something About That Health Care Law”. One of GiN’s members, Don, heard a news report on KLIN during the noon hour.  Senator Nordquist reported that, of the approximately 500 responses to date, most have been positive. As we have [...]

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Amendment 1 Smooths and Widens the Path to Fiscal Irresponsibility

The State of Nebraska already gets 40 percent of its operating funds from the federal government. But such money comes with strings attached. In return, the state relinquishes control over significant parts of its budget to the whims of federal bureaucrats. Now, ask yourself this question — Do you really think it’s wise to allow [...]

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