UNL is a Top-Five Institution
By: Mr. Wilson on
February 21, 2007
...in sticking it to the RIAA.
Potholes in paved City streets and alleys can be reported in three different ways. Persons may report a pothole online, call the Street Maintenance office at 441-7701 or leave a recorded message on the "Pothole Hotline" at 441-7646.
Residents impacted by the decisions of government, business and civic leaders should be the ones dictating Lincoln's future, a privilege that should not be abdicated to, nor usurped by, a handful of residents. A community vision, demands community input.Yeesh, that's vile stuff. Whether or not you like the 2015 Vision Group and/or its pillars, Cerny and Soto are clearly being unfair here. Likewise in their closing sentence:
We must all participate in creating the 20/20 Vision of our future, and we cannot allow a "them" vs. "us" mentality to jeopardize an enhanced quality of life for everyone.The "them vs. us" mentality originates with Cerny and Soto. The 2015 Vision Group has gone out of its way to offer participation opportunities for all Lincolnites, and their efforts have only just begun. (Whether or not they listen to the input they receive will be seen in the coming months.) I wonder if Cerny and Soto are willing to go to the trouble to subject their ideas to the same scrutiny? And I wonder if Cerny and Soto bothered to try to work with the 2015 Vision Group before penning such a divisive piece? I have no problem at all with folks proposing "2015 visions" of their own. In fact, I encourage it. (I suspect the 2015 Vision Group does as well.) But this piece is so laden with put-downs and the very "them vs. us" mentality that the authors condemn, that it is very difficult to judge their ideas on their merits. The authors would do well to bury the hatchet and try to work with or parallel to the 2015 Vision Group, rather than trying to improve the community with ten pillars and a handful of cheap shots.
Members of the Legislature in all cases except treason, felony or breach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest during the session of the Legislature, and for fifteen days next before the commencement and after the termination thereof.I'm not looking for the mass arrest of state Senators or anything, but that just seems wrong. If a Senator does something worthy of a Nick Nolte-esque mugshot, I think the public deserves the chance to point and laugh (and scold). Surely the creators of the law should be held to a standard at least as high as the public, no?