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Under Those Sermon Subpoenas: “Disappeared” Ballot Initiatives

Originally published October 28, 2014, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Under Those Sermon Subpoenas: “Disappeared” Ballot Initiatives

Subpoenas issued to a group of pastors ordering them to turn over sermons to the City of Houston made news headlines October 14. For several days, the only information I had was gleaned from a few passing references on TV and stories featured adjacent to other news I was reading. Some included a few lines […]

Filed Under: City of Lincoln, Featured, Local Tagged With: annise parker, ballot initiative, ballot measures, city council, equal rights ordinance, f, fairness ordinance, government corruption, homosexual and gender identity ordinance, houston, mayor, nebraska, pastors, petition drive, petition referendum, subpoenas, texas

Leirion Gaylor Baird’s Tax-Raising Petition Story Tough to Swallow

Originally published May 6, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Leirion Gaylor Baird’s Tax-Raising Petition Story Tough to Swallow

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 “asked to sign the petition […]

Filed Under: 2013 Elections, Budget, City of Lincoln, Elections Tagged With: 2013, budget, channel 10/11, city council candidates, City of Lincoln, leirion gaylor, leirion gaylor baird, local elections, lplan2040, may 7 election, mayor, mayor's environmental task force, nancy hicks, nebraska watchdog, petition to raise taxes, property taxes, rosina paolini, san francisco mayor, tax increases, Taxes

Lincoln Arena: A Shell Game With Bailout Money

Originally published October 9, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. Leave a Comment

Lincoln Arena: A Shell Game With Bailout Money

Editor’s Note: Thanks to Don Raskey for this excellent, well researched article. Don worked hard with the No2Arena people to get the full facts in front of Lincoln voters. His continued efforts to follow up are much appreciated. By Donald Raskey The mayor and the Joint Public Agency (JPA) have been touting the future $50 […]

Filed Under: Bailouts, Budget, City of Lincoln, Featured, Government Spending, Like Drunken Sailors, Local, Stimulus Tagged With: american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009, arena, babs, babs bonds, bailout, bailout bill, bonds, building america bonds, chris beutler, City of Lincoln, debt, federal deficit, federal dollars, federal subsidies, fiscal federalism, joint public agency, jpa, lincoln ne, mayor, national debt, nebraska, new arena, no2arena, state sovereignty, tarp, Tenth Amendment

City of Lincoln Budget Process: The Mayor’s Approach is Flawed

Originally published May 28, 2009, By GiN Admin. Updated January 25, 2011. Leave a Comment

Notes: If you are a property owner in Lincoln, it’s important to take notice of the Mayor’s Budget and the “Taking Charge” project, which is stated as an effort to obtain residents’ input. It’s important to pay attention to the budgeting process overall and the Mayor’s project in particular as it appears higher property taxes […]

Filed Under: Budget, City of Lincoln, Lancaster County Tagged With: budget meeting, budget process, cents per resident, chris beutler, city, City of Lincoln, council, Government Spending, increase, mayor, mayor's office, nebraska, property, public survey, scientific, tax, Taxes, unscientific

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