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Following the Jon Bruning Money Trail

Originally published May 11, 2012, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Following the Jon Bruning Money Trail

As noted in the title, this article is about the subject of money, including campaign fundraising and expenditures and income / wealth earned by Bruning during his years in public office. Earlier today, we published an article, pictured at right, which covered a broad range of topics about Nebraska’s current Attorney  General; some, we think, […]

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GiN Tea Party Questions: GOP Employee Seems to Protest Too Much

Originally published September 3, 2011, By Shellinda. Updated October 13, 2012. 13 Comments

GiN Tea Party Questions: GOP Employee Seems to Protest Too Much

  Thursday’s post, “Tea Party” People: See Anything Wrong With This Email?, has attracted a LOT of traffic, but only one comment so far.  In our opinion, however, that comment and our response to it merit more attention from our readers than it’s likely to get if it’s just appended to the original article.  For […]

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“Tea Party” People: See Anything Wrong With This Email?

Originally published September 1, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 1, 2011. 8 Comments

“Tea Party” People: See Anything Wrong With This Email?

A snapshot of an email received by GiN’s Norlyn and forwarded to me is included below for readers’ consideration. Norlyn’s included note… “Start here. Note the ‘From’, the speakers, and the ‘paid for by’. Does anyone else see a problem here? Anyone?”   Linda and I have the same questions. What say YOU?    

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ACTION ALERT: Lancaster County Board Hearing Tuesday

Originally published February 12, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated November 29, 2011. 1 Comment

The Lancaster County Board is holding a hearing on what to do with the proceeds of Lancaster Manor. Tuesday, February 15 5:00pm City Council / County Board Chambers 555 S. 10th St. Lincoln, NE 68508 Board Member Brent Smoyer sent the following information about the meeting: Now, the endowment folks are rallying to push for […]

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Election Results: Who Says Every Vote Does Not Count?

Originally published November 3, 2010, By Shellinda. Updated November 3, 2010. 4 Comments

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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Lancaster County Board Needs Brent Smoyer

Originally published November 1, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated November 29, 2011. Leave a Comment

Lancaster County Board Needs Brent Smoyer

by Shelli Dawdy **Updated May 8, 2011**: We believe it’s important to note that GiN is currently evaluating it’s policy regarding candidates and elections. While we have never endorsed a candidate, we have become increasingly uncomfortable with articles such as this one, which comes too close to an endorsement for our comfort. We are doing […]

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Stopping The Big Government Trend: Have We Earned It?

Originally published October 31, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 31, 2010. Leave a Comment

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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(2010 Election) Lancaster County Sample Ballot Available Here for Viewing & Downloading

Originally published October 30, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 17, 2014. Leave a Comment

(2010 Election) Lancaster County Sample Ballot Available Here for Viewing & Downloading

Updated October 23, 2012: If you’re looking for a SAMPLE BALLOT for the Lancaster County, NE, GENERAL Election – November 6, 2012, click HERE LOOKING FOR A MAY 1, 2012, PRIMARY SAMPLE BALLOT? CLICK *HERE* For those interested in taking an advance look at the ballot prior to Tuesday, we’ve located the sample ballot provided […]

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Candidate Interviews on Lincoln KLIN Radio

Originally published October 29, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 29, 2010. Leave a Comment

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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Election 2010: A Whole Lotta Hype or Can YOU Help NE?

Originally published October 21, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated December 2, 2011. Leave a Comment

Election 2010: A Whole Lotta Hype or Can YOU Help NE?

By Shelli Dawdy There’s been a lot of hype about November 2, 2010, a good deal of which amounts to distracting people from focusing on important races and issues within their state, county, and local area. I hope I’m wrong about what may happen when reality starts to set in in the weeks and months […]

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