What I taught my students
SHARED FOR INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ABOUT NEBRASKA'S ELECTION RACES THAT HAVE RECEIVED LITTLE ATTENTION! BELOW ARE ARTICLES THAT FURTHER EXPLAIN SIGNIFICANT ISSUES AND CANDIDATES' POLICIES.... ALWAYS INFORM YOURSELF BEFORE DETERMINING WHICH CANDIDATE TO SUPPORT! For years, when I stood at the front of a public school classroom, I taught my students a simple, unbreakable rule: accountability is not optional. Do your work, follow the rules, and take responsibility for your actions. Somewhere along the line, the politicians running Lincoln forgot that lesson. When Governor Jim Pillen hands out a $2.5 million, no-bid state contract to one of his top campaign donors, he isn’t just wasting taxpayer money; he is breaking the basic trust we place in our government. He is treating our state budget like a personal piggy bank for his friends. I f my students tried to pull a stunt like that, they’d be in the principal's office . When the Governor does it, it's jus...