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The Tuesday, May 7, City of Lincoln General Election ballot has two proposed amendments to the City's Charter. Understandably, voters are looking for additional information about those amendments before heading to the polls. Read more »
While it seems like fundamentally bad P.R. for a City's controlling political party majority to turn on a siren that blares, "WE HATE BUSINESS", desperate political times apparently call for desperate political measures. Read more »
On April 15, 2013, Nebraska Watchdog published “Lincoln council candidate mistakenly signed petition to raise taxes”, reporting that Gaylor Baird signed a document calling on the City Council to raise the property tax levy by 5-cents in 2011. The candidate responded to Watchdog’s inquiry by explaining that when she’d been [...] Read more »
For those voters seeking to be better informed for the Tuesday, May 7, 2013, City of Lincoln General Election, a brief overview of what happened in the April 9 Primary and what will appear on the May 7 ballot: 13.35% of registered Lincoln voters cast ballots in the local Primary [...] Read more »
By popular demand, here is the official Sample Ballot for the City of Lincoln General Election on May 7, 2013. In addition to listing the candidates for City Council, Lincoln Public Schools Board of Education, and Airport Authority Board of Directors, it’s very important to note that the General Election [...] Read more »
Updated Monday, May 6: The General Election is Tuesday, May 7. See our Elections page for a SAMPLE BALLOT and a complete list of current articles. Note that there is a new article about candidate Mark Whitehead, published Monday, May 6. Tuesday, April 9, was the Primary Election for several [...] Read more »
Tuesday, April 9, is the Primary Election for several local government entities. Click HERE to see / get the Official Sample Ballot. This article focuses on one of the candidates for the three at-large City Council seats – Trent Fellers – on Tuesday’s ballot – for an explanation, read note [tippy [...] Read more »
Tuesday, April 9, is the Primary Election for several local government entities. Click HERE to see / get the Official Sample Ballot. This article focuses on one of the candidates for the three at-large City Council seats – Roy Christensen – on Tuesday’s ballot – for an explanation, read note [tippy [...] Read more »
*SAMPLE BALLOT FOR MAY 7, 2013 IS HERE* Tuesday, April 9 is Primary Election day for the following local government bodies: City of Lincoln Council – three at-large seats (see footnote[1. Note that the City of Lincoln Council has seven positions. Four of the seats are held by districts and [...] Read more »
Nebraska’s First District Congressman Jeff Fortenberry is convening townhall meetings during Congress’ August recess. We at GiN have long believed that Mr. Fortenberry should be replaced with an actual limited government representative because the evidence shows that he cannot be described as such. As Linda wrote in a September 2011 [...] Read more »