NE’s most powerful special interest lobby supports “the public option” for health care and other extreme left-wing agenda items, and in addition to their “investments” in many of our elected officials, NSEA has moved to provide $5,000 for radio ads to advocate for the extension of NE State Senators’ term limits. Read full articleVIDEO Exclusive: NE Teachers’ Union Wants “Pet” NE Senators to “Stay”
NE Teachers Union Funded Term Limit Extension Ads
Radio ads advocating for the extension of the current limit on Nebraska State Senators’ terms have been playing on Nebraska airwaves for the past couple of days[1. The airing of the ads was first reported by Linda and later confirmed by my husband and a number of the attendees at our Thursday, November 1 Election […]
Does Democracy Balance the Income and Influence Equation?
Members of the Occupy Lincoln group noticed our recent article, “Occupy Lincoln Tipi Smokes and City Ordinances Burn, Officials Fiddle” and left a number of comments there. Because we’ll be referring to some of those comments in the body of this article, we’ve linked directly to them so those who wish may see a particular […]
NEGOP Tried to Capitalize on Grassroots Candidate Loss & CIR Reform Failure
Updated Editor’s Note: This is the sixth article in a series about Nebraska politics, particularly as pertains to the Nebraska Republican Party and closely connected groups and their relationship to the “tea party movement”. We recommend starting with the article “Nebraska’s Ruling Class and the Perils of (Assisted) Political Suicide” which includes links to all […]
A More Perfect Union: Obama Labor Day Love (& Hate) Fest
I would really like to thank the President for helping to tee up this article for me. I was busy this weekend and I was trying to figure out how to bring my disparate thoughts together about Labor Day for an article. Thank you, Mr. President, for… Participating in an event organized by labor unions […]
Collective Bargaining (CIR) Shell Bill Hearing WEDNESDAY April 13
Since the February 7 Business and Labor Committee hearing, those interested in the issue of collective bargaining and CIR (Commission on Industrial Relations) have been waiting for the contents of the shell bill introduced by Committee Chair Steve Lathrop at the beginning of the legislative session. At the end of March, details began, finally, to […]
Want Collective Bargaining Reform in Nebraska? It is up to YOU
If you believe collective bargaining reform in Nebraska is important, it’s important to understand that it’s going to be up to the people within the state to keep up the pressure on all of the elected officials. This is particularly true if you recognize how collective bargaining is negatively impacting spending and influencing the outcome […]
In the News: Week of September 4-10, 2009
Across the Country HEALTH CARE: Doctor Shortage Will Worsen Health Bill Impact By Dick Morris and Eileen McGann; September 9, 2009 Why Organized Labor Supports Government Health Care By James Sherk; September 4, 2009 Obama Health-Care Speech Bingo By Jim Geraghty; September 8, 2009 100 Stories of Personal Struggles with the Health Care System You […]
