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Letter: Stop running red lights

I’m so tired of seeing so many running red lights, especially when hearing of all the accidents in which someone is injured or killed. These people think they are more important than anyone else and having to wait one minute is so horrible they would rather risk other people’s lives. Maybe t…

Letter: Maintain integrity, trust for 4 more years

I urge voters to return Rachel Garver to the office of Lancaster County treasurer.

Letter: Get money out of politics

Is there one person reading this letter who wouldn't agree getting money out of politics is critically needed? But for now we must deal with the political climate as it is. The long term fix has to come from Congress. That, however, does not leave us powerless. We can use our vote to say no …

Letter: Red Cloud deserves better

My husband proudly served District 38 in the Legislature from 2007 to the beginning of 2015. His district included 36 towns, one of which was Red Cloud. I was appalled and disgusted to hear Dan Osborn's filthy language and the lack of respect he displayed in his shocking comments about suppo…

Letter: Anderson gets things done

I am writing to encourage your vote for Kristen Anderson for Clerk of the District Court of Lancaster County. Kristen is a person of high integrity and character. She is organized and gets things done. She looks for new ways to do things and to solve problems. 

Letter: The wisdom of Will Rogers

At election time, I am often reminded of the witticisms of Will Rogers, a humorist philosopher of a hundred years ago. His commonsense sayings appealed to the downtrodden people of the Great Depression. I give you a few from the 1928 election:

Letter: Street work takes too long

In Mayor Gaylor Baird's State of the City address on Oct. 6, she said "Lincoln has invested $473.9 million in streets, which she said has resulted in 603 lane miles of new or improved roadways," (Journal Star, Oct. 7).

Letter: Petition motives draw scrutiny

The silly season is here again. The season when local politics decides that the Nebraska tradition should not be win on the field but rather let's see if we can change the rules. Good Government Lincoln wants you to believe three petitions we will vote on in November are about "better govern…

Letter: The right man at the right time

I’ve met Chris Backemeyer several times and have found him to be informed, articulate and measured in his assessment of our country’s standing in the world and of our needs here at home.

Letter: Osborn had right response

It was a sad day for Nebraska when the president of the United States addressed a crowd in Grand Island and suggested that the annihilation of a couple of American cities would be a small price to pay for achieving his ill-defined goals in his war with Iran, while our governor and our nation…

Letter: Pillen should debate

In a recent interview Jim Pillen says that he won’t debate because it’s “theater." That sounds like code for “I’m scared.” He says that in lieu of a debate he’s had “four years of action” and that should be enough. I, like a lot of others, feel that he has a lot to answer for his “actions” i…

Letter: Trump's promises ring hollow

I see you, Donald Trump — a disingenuous man through and through. Lewd, crude, full of sound and fury signifying nothing, with not a single socially redeeming value attached to your name. The promises you make fall away like ash in the wind, and the darkest truth is this: you never intended …

Letter: A line we cannot cross

I am no one important: just a twice‑married American mother of three, working a modest job and raising kids still in school.

Letter: If you can't win, change the rules

The cartoonish commercial promoting the three amendments put forth by the misleadingly named partisan group “Good Government Lincoln” would change Lincoln’s election rules in ways that raise serious concerns. If you can’t win, change the rules.

Letter: Online sports betting will offer little relief

Proponents of Initiatives 440 and 441 claim online betting will cut property taxes by $166 million, but note this is over the next 10 years— about $16.6 million per year. That might sound appealing until you realize Nebraskans paid around $5.59 billion in property taxes in 2025. $16.6 millio…

Letter: County needs Garver's experience

The true test of a good leader is not whether mistakes happen under their leadership, but how they respond when they do. Do they show up, take responsibility and make meaningful changes? Their actions in those moments speak volumes about their character.

Letter: We need a change

Randall Ritnour was a Republican his whole life, until the party he belonged to disappeared. He switched to independent — until, he says, “I had to admit to myself I was a Democrat.”

Letter: Keep Adrian Smith fighting for us

Few issues matter more to Nebraska than ethanol, and few people have fought harder for it than Congressman Adrian Smith.

Letter: Zoning protects growth

In 1961, the Nebraska Supreme Court decided Schlientz v. City of North Platte. Residents in the 1-mile extraterritorial jurisdiction of North Platte had sued the city claiming, inter alia, that it was unconstitutional for the city to exercise zoning and planning jurisdiction over their prope…

Letter: Gambling offers little relief

I am writing in opposition to Initiatives 440 and 441. Everyone wants property tax relief but is this going to provide it? Let's look at the math. According to Taxreliefnebraska.com these initiatives would provide $166M in tax relief. A closer look puts this in perspective. The $166M is over…

Letter: The one issue missing this election

Tired of political ads? Me too. But during this political bombardment, the one critical issue absent from many candidates' electable equation is the environment. After experiencing years of extreme drought, we're now having record rainfall and record warming years. Evidence the climate scien…

Letter: This Republican has had it

I’m almost 80 years old, and I’ve been a Republican all my adult life. This past May, I did something I never expected to do: I changed my party registration so I could vote in the Democratic primary.

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Letter: The things we take for granted

I’ve lived all of my 68-plus years in Nebraska, and until recently took for granted some things. Since 2015, my wife and I have been traveling to Northern Europe to look where our ancestors came from. While we found many ancestral homes, and some living relatives, what we didn’t find in our …

Letter: Garver best choice for county treasurer

Rachel Garver has been Lancaster County treasurer since 2019. Responsibilities of the county treasurer include collecting funds such as motor vehicle fees and property taxes; then disbursing funds to schools, city and state agencies as directed by statute. Since 2018, seven annual third-part…

Letter: Comstock right choice for Nebraska

We are members of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. We do not agree on every issue. But we agree on the candidate best prepared to represent NU Regent District 1: Brent Comstock.

Letter: We deserve better

It does not escape notice that Pete Ricketts, Jim Pillen and Mike Flood have long been all in for a 34-time felon, sex offender, and serial liar who has dismantled the White House, Kennedy Center, Department of Education, Health & Human Services, and USAID, among others. They have suppor…

Letter: One of ag's greatest strengths

Agriculture is an industry built to withstand challenges, but today’s operating environment feels a little more intense and a little less cyclical. As the CEO of Frontier Cooperative in Lincoln, I've seen firsthand how the cooperative model helps farmers and rural communities succeed in good…

Letter: Putting country, community first

It is becoming increasingly obvious that Donald Trump is losing his grip on power as more Americans realize he is not the answer they were hoping for. Even many Republican candidates are now reluctant to have him campaign alongside them, recognizing that his war in Iran and chaotic tariff po…

Letter: Anderson right pick

It's easy to skip the races at the bottom of the ballot. Clerk of the District Court is one worth stopping for, and Kristen Anderson is the candidate I'm supporting.

Letter: Loyal fan treatment is shameful

We gave up our 20-plus-year volleyball tickets because we didn't want to leave the area around our friends and get worse seats also. I have a friend who sat behind us who called the ticket office and asked what he should donate to get good reseating. He was told $5,000 should get some good s…

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