It will be interesting

The Unicameral is in an emergency session to fix our budget gap shortfall. I have suggested going to a 4-day work week 10 hours a day. This is one of the items that Utah did in there recent budget crunch. Utah has seen a very quick return on that change, it has saved Utah several million dollars in the first quarter of this year. I have heard that the tax increase the governor wanted on Corn and Wheat farmers did not make it out of committee which is good to see. It will be interesting to see what the overall budget bill looks like. It sounds like lower class individuals who want to go to college those scholarships are being chopped hopefully they will be refunded when the state has the money but that I am sure did not feel good.

Another Democrat for SOS

The Nebraska state democratic party will have a contested primary in the Secretary of State race. Kris Pierce is running for the nomination and now Janet Stewart is about to run for the nomination also. Either the democratic party really dislikes John Gale or they dislike Kris Pierce. Some how I feel that it is a little both. Janet Stewart previously ran for the CD1 democratic nomination in 2004 however felt short to Matt Connealy in the primary. This is interesting because the democrats don't have candidates for AG or Auditor, Treasurer, CD1, not too mention Governor. So to have a primary for SOS is really a reflection on the fractious democratic party, in the primary Janet Stewart will win the primary but it won't keep John Gale from easily gliding to a November win.