by Mick Mines | May 6, 2019 | Advocacy
Wonks Nebraska political wonks (and you know who you are) can scarcely contain their jubilation over this week’s legislative agenda. In non-nerd terms, both the major tax bill and the appropriation bill will be debated back-to-back. Insert giddy emoji. Tune in...
by Mick Mines | April 30, 2019 | Advocacy
Death & Taxes Three things are certain in life: death, taxes and change. You can’t avoid change, it’s mandatory. Progress however is optional.” – Unknown DEATH Sen. Chambers introduced LB44, his latest attempt to abolished the death...
by Mick Mines | April 22, 2019 | Advocacy
Serenity Now! Revenue Committee Chair, Lou Ann Linehan, stepped-up her game at a press conference last Wednesday. She outlined a legitimate property tax plan that would shift some costs for funding K-12 and community colleges from property taxes to sales taxes. The...
by Mick Mines | April 15, 2019 | Advocacy
Turnin’ Up The Heat It’s hot in the Capitol. Yes, it’s literally hot in the building! Happens every year. Seasons change, temperatures fluctuate, and the building’s heating and cooling system (patented by the Romans) cannot be adjusted without...
by Mick Mines | April 8, 2019 | Advocacy
Smarts and Insurgents Last week’s floor debate was mostly noise. Not to be critical of all noise. Just the chest-thumping, nose-twerking, bruised-ego kind of adult noise that entertains political wonks on public television and does little to move policy forward. Think...
by Mick Mines | April 1, 2019 | Advocacy
Feelings In the 1949 comedy, “It Happens Every Spring”, a college professor (Ray Milland) accidentally discovers a fluid that when wiped on an object (like a baseball) is repelled by wood (a bat). The Prof takes leave from the university to pitch in the...
