“I believe I have the votes.” Those six words have become the curse of the Nebraska Legislature. The buzzkill.

Next week, I am going to be taking some time away from work to spend the weekend sharpening my skills, but even before I dust off my pen, notepad, and portfolio, I have been assigned some homework. And, like in middle school, I am already stumped by the assignment.

Epic Option There is no way a 7.5% Consumption Tax on new purchases only will fund current local school, city and county needs. There is no guarantee our local taxes paid will stay local.

It’s easy to understand but hard to remember that the one task of the Nebraska Legislature is to pass a balanced budget during the ninety-day session and to make adjustments to and pass that budget again in the sixty-day session.

Over the Easter weekend I found myself somewhat forced to go through a series of boxes that I had packed away after moving years ago. I would like to say that what I had packed away were treasures that I had wanted to keep forever.

“If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all.” – Thumper “The tongue of the wise makes knowledge attractive, but the mouth of fools blurts out foolishness.” Proverbs 15:2 CSB Nebraska’s unique one-house Legislature is back in the national spotlight again, for all the wrong reasons again. Last year, it was a session-slowing filibuster accomplished by a couple senators who were upset with a bill restricting access to medical services for transgender youth.

The older I get, the more I realize a simple fact of life. There is nothing more important than a good night’s sleep.

Let’s talk about that big day coming up this weekend, Easter. Some of you, like me, consider it a holy day.

If you are a plumper fella like me, there is one rule on laundry day that trumps all others. Never put your jeans in the dryer.

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely is a proverbial saying reportedly coined by the English nobleman Lord Acton in 1857. How much power should be given to the Executive Branch of Nebraska state government is a topic for discussion by state lawmakers and political observers alike.