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Where in Lincoln is this?

October 5, 2009 at 8:21am By: Mr. T Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

EDIT: Nice guess Mike! You correctly identified where this was! 

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Dear Lincolnites: Cut the Cattiness

October 2, 2009 at 8:05am By: Mr. Wilson Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

Mayor Chris Beutler wants us to play nicely, Lincolnites. If we do that, we will soon have a national championship basketball team.

Or something like that.

Beutler promoted two things in a speech yesterday. First, he pointed out that Lincoln has been a pretty darn good place to weather the recession, and it’s a pretty darn nice place any old time. I tend to agree. He also argued for more “civility” in the city. Fair enough; incivility isn’t doing the national health care debate any favors, and it’s not likely to help things locally. In my own little bubble I haven’t seen much of a local spike in incivility. Maybe I’ve ignored it, or maybe my bubble hasn’t been big enough lately. I think the common sentiment is that incivility is high, so I’ll assume the mayor isn’t just being hypersensitive. Let this be a reminder to all of us to disagree without being disagreeable.

Apropos of nothing, this comment from the LJS article made me chortle:

Did Mayor Seng finally have the sex-change op? You’d think so, based on the frump factor exhibited my the current mayoral iteration.

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Even the Big Dogs Are Barkin’

October 2, 2009 at 8:00am By: Mr. Wilson Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

I was wondering if local leaders would ever speak up about Lancaster Manor. This morning we hear from State Senators Ken Haar, Amanda McGill, Bill Avery, Colby Coash and Norm Wallman:

At the very least, the County Board should wait for completion of the audit being conducted by state Auditor Mike Foley before making a decision. And it is worrisome that, “The County Board said it would like to sign a purchase agreement by Nov. 4, the date by which state Auditor Mike Foley said he would have his audit report of the manor completed. Even if the audit is not done by then, the County Board intends to proceed with the sale, according to Commissioner Bob Workman” (LJS, Aug. 27).

I personally still haven’t decided if the sale of Lancaster Manor is a good thing or not, or at what price it becomes a good thing. My problem—and the problem so many other people have—is with the County Board’s seeming obliviousness to some very reasonable concerns (such as waiting until after the audit) from the public. At the very least there’s a perception problem going on and the Board isn’t taking that problem seriously. I doubt a letter from a handful of State Senators will change that.

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Match Game

October 1, 2009 at 8:00am By: Mr. Wilson Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

Could the City Council finally be getting ready to do something about the mega-generous 2-to-1 retirement match for City employees? After their discussionless disapproval of the M Class Employees’ contract it sure appears that way. That’s great news, but it’s a bit of a dirty move to spring the news on a single union so late in the contract negotiations game. Honesty and forthrightness anyone? No?

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Ricky, Is That You?

October 1, 2009 at 7:55am By: Mr. Wilson Posted in The Lincolnite Blog

A young driver, traveling with teenage passengers, drives recklessly through a residential area, loses control, and gets into a scary wreck. Gosh that sounds familiar. At least this time nobody died.

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