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Who’s Hate-filled and Bitter? Marriage, Domestic Partner Benefits & Fairness Ordinance

Originally published August 23, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Who’s Hate-filled and Bitter? Marriage, Domestic Partner Benefits & Fairness Ordinance

Filed Under: City of Lincoln, Education, Featured, Morality, State Legislation Tagged With: 2000, 2012, 2013, benefits, board of regents, bob phares, bob whitehouse, chuck hassebrook, civil unions, colleges, constitutional amendment, danielle conrad, domestic partner benefits, government employees, homosexuality, howard hawks, jeremy nordquist, jim mcclurg, kent schroeder, lincoln fairness ordinance, marriage, nebraska, petition referendum, sara howard, state senators, tim clare, universities, university of nebraska, unmarried cohabitation

Unicameral’s Bills, Bills, Bills Leave Nebraska in the Red and THIS Nebraskan Seeing Red

Originally published April 16, 2012, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Unicameral’s Bills, Bills, Bills Leave Nebraska in the Red and THIS Nebraskan Seeing Red

“‘Next January … you are going to be begging and pleading and scratching and clawing for every dime,’ Omaha Sen. Burke Harr warned his colleagues during floor debate . . . ‘We don’t have the money.'” ~ “’Sadly, the . . . senators who supported these proposals have no plan for our financial future except […]

Filed Under: Budget, Deserving of Darts, Featured, Government Spending, Governor, Nebraska, Senators, State Legislation, Unicameral Tagged With: 102nd legislature, 102nd legislature 2nd session, 49 nebraska senators, budget shortfall, burke harr, cost of tax cuts, cost of voter id, danielle conrad, dave heineman, federal funds, Fiscal Responsibility, government spending, governor dave heineman, governor heineman we balanced our budget, how states have balanced budget, lb1110, lb1110/lb599, lb239, lb599, lb599a, legislature, lincoln journal star, matthew 23:24, medicaid, medicaid expansions, medicaid for illegals, ne revenue projections, nebraska bailouts, nebraska balanced budget, nebraska budget, nebraska budget deficit, nebraska budget shortfalls, nebraska general fund, nebraska general fund growth, nebraska legislature, nebraska revenue projections, nebraska stimulus, nebraska stimulus funds, nebraska tax relief, nebraska taxes, nebraska taxpayers, nebraska unicameral, omaha senator burke haar, prenatal care, prenatal care coverage, reckless spending, senator conrad, senator danielle conrad, senator harr, state government spending, state senator conrad, state senator harr, tax cuts, tax relief, Unicameral, unicameral 2012, voter id, welfare spending, william f. buckley quotes

Deserving of Darts: NE Unicameral – Voter ID Bites the Dust

Originally published April 1, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 5 Comments

Deserving of Darts: NE Unicameral – Voter ID Bites the Dust

The Nebraska Unicameral, is, as we all know, a one house legislative body, and, officially “non-partisan”. After having observed the legislative process for quite some time, both from a distance, and up close, we stopped puzzling over this paradigm. What the Nebraska Unicameral is, is clear. Last fall, Linda wrote the following article: Nebraska is […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Elections, Featured, Government Spending, Nebraska, REAL ID, Republican Party, Ruling Class, Senators Tagged With: 1919-1920 nebraska constitutional convention, abbie cornett, amanda mcgill, annette dubas, bill avery, brad ashford, brenda cook, brenda council, burke haar, charlie janssen, charlie janssen voter id, danielle conrad, election fraud, filibuster, gwen howard, heath mello, how did my state senator vote on voter id?, how many republicans are in the nebraska unicameral?, how to steal an election, jeremy nordquist, john fund, john seiler, kathy campbell, ken haar, lb239, lb239 voter id, leroy louden, louden present not voting, mike flood, ne unicameral, ne vote for cloture, ne voter id, nebraska, nebraska constitution, nebraska history, nebraska is a one party state, nebraska legislature, nebraska state legislature, norm wallman, norman wallman, red states, roll call vote voter id nebraska, russ karpisek, senators vote on voter id, senators who voted against voter id, state legislation voter id, state legislation voter identificaiton, steve lathrop, super majority republicans, unicameral 2012, unicameral legislature, vote fraud, voter fraud, voter id, voter id cloture vote, voter id filibuster, voter id legislation, voter id nebraska, voter registration fraud, voting fraud

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 […]

Filed Under: 2010 Election, Featured Tagged With: addison, amanda mcgill, amendment 1, amendment 2, amendments to nebraska constitution, american revolution, ballot, ballots, benedict arnold, bill, bill avery, brent smoyer, campaign, campaigning, campaigns, cato, chad wright, City of Lincoln, county board, county commission, danielle conrad, democrat, democrats, election 2010, election day, election issues, george washington, greg butcher, Health Care, healthcare, impacting the election, influence of cato, jim smith, john comstock, kent rogert, Lancaster County, law, legisalture, Legislation, legislative candidates, legislators, lydia brasch, making phone calls, nancy russell, ne election, november 2, nullification, polling places, republican, republicans, rides, sample ballots, sign waves, spending deficit, state of nebraska, state sovereignty, tom dierks, Unicameral, volunteering, vote no on amendment 1, vote on tuesday, walking blocks

GiN Election Information: Now Available Here In Printable Form

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

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 […]

Filed Under: 2010 Election, Featured Tagged With: amanda mcgill, amendment, amendment 1, amendment 2, amendments, ballot, bill avery, borrowing, brenty smoyer, candidates, chad wright, city funding, city government, county board, county government, danielle conrad, debt, deficit, district 26, district 28, district 46, economic development, election 2010, election day, electionne, federal funding, funding sources, gin, gin cheat sheet, Government Spending, Grassroots in Nebraska, greg butcher, indebtedness, lancaster, lancaster county commission, mesures, nancy russell, nebraska constitution, november 2, projects, questions, shane osborn, state treasurer, tom dierks

Volunteer Opportunity: Affect NE Unicameral District 46 – Walk for Chad Wright SATURDAY

Originally published October 22, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 8, 2011. Leave a Comment

Volunteer Opportunity: Affect NE Unicameral District 46 – Walk for Chad Wright SATURDAY

UPDATED March 8, 2011: This article is in reference to the 2010 Election for a State Legislature seat, NOT for the 2011 City Council Election. As Linda noted in her article “2010 Election NE Unicameral: Show These 3 Senators the Door“, we’ve learned over the last year and a half through working on and researching […]

Filed Under: 2010 Election, Featured, Unicameral Tagged With: candidates, chad wright, danielle conrad, district 46, election 2010, legislature, nebraska, state legislature, Unicameral, wright

2010 Election NE Unicameral: Show These 3 Senators the Door

Originally published October 22, 2010, By Linda. Updated October 22, 2010. 1 Comment

2010 Election NE Unicameral: Show These 3 Senators the Door

We urge everyone to do their homework and make up their own minds about who they believe is worthy of their vote. However, if you are looking for some insight from those of us at GiN, we have included information here for your consideration about where we stand regarding particular districts and a few candidates. […]

Filed Under: 2010 Election, Featured Tagged With: 10th Amendment, abortion, amanda mcgill, balanced federalism, ballot, bill avery, budget, candidates for legislature, chad wright, chairman, Constitution, constitutional, danielle conrad, danielle nantkes, district 26, district 28, district 46, election 2010, election day 2010, election recommendations, federal deficit, filibuster, legislative districts, legislative races, legislature, legisltaure, limited government, nancy russell, ne 2010, ne election, nebraska, nebraska candidates, november 2, racists, senators, sovereignty resolution, state budget, state senators, state sovereignty, Tenth Amendment, tom dierks, tony fulton, Unicameral, voter's guide, votes, voting

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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