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I am
deeply grateful to the people of Platte and Colfax counties
for the faith and trust placed in me by electing me to the
Nebraska State Senate. Feel free to contact me with
your concerns and ideas. We are in for some very
difficult times and will need to come together to accomplish
what needs to be done. Watch this web page as over
time we develop it into an effective vehicle for the
exchange of ideas.
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Raised on a
farm between Cornlea and Tarnov
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Graduate of
Humphrey St. Francis (1969); Platte College –
Columbus, Nebraska (1971 Associate of
Arts in History); Fort Hays Kansas State
College – Hays, Kansas (1973 Bachelor of
Science summa cum laude triple major:
Psychology, General Science, & Speech);
and Georgetown University Law Center - Juris Doctor (1976). While at
Georgetown served on the Washington
Staff of Sen. Carl Curtis (R-Neb); Invited
participant at Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University:
Innovations in Government (2006);
Frontiers of Innovation (2008) and Harvard
University Business School: Summit on
the Global Economic Crisis (2009); The
Global Economy-Historical Perspectives &
Future Opportunities (2010).
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Practicing
Attorney in Columbus. Served 100
cumulative years as City
Attorney for a number of rural
communities. Member of
Florida & Nebraska Bar Associations.
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Elected
Platte County Nebraska Attorney &
Coroner 1978, re-elected 1982 with
landslide votes. Noted for delivering on
a promise of a
10% budget cut and then holding the line
through a period of 50% inflation. He
accomplished that in part by refusing
all salary raises for 8 years.
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Principal
designer of the Nebraska Cooperative
Government, a unique multi-purpose
political subdivision formed in 1989 by
an Interlocal Agreement, now with 100
cities, counties, and villages as
members statewide, one of the largest in
its kind in the United States.
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Founder and
President of Community Lottery Systems,
Inc. – Lotto Nebraska. Lotto Nebraska
administers the charitable gaming
activities of the Nebraska Cooperative
Government. The Cooperative Government
has raised approximately 25 million
dollars for community betterment and tax
relief in voter approved local
government lotteries. For example,
currently the Cooperative Government is
producing over $1,000 per day in tax
relief and community betterment for the
City of Columbus and its taxpayers, with
an additional $3,000/day for smaller
rural and agricultural communities.
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Co-founder
of Community Internet Systems, Inc.,
headquartered in Columbus and one of
Nebraska’s first Internet companies,
Community Internet / Megavision serves
communities across rural Nebraska with high
speed broadband and Internet. It was the
first to introduce Internet to Clarkson,
Cornlea, Columbus, Duncan, Howells,
Humphrey, Leigh, Monroe, Platte Center,
St. Bernard, and Tarnov. It lead the way
to
broadband to Columbus. He also
co-founded Wire Free Nebraska a wireless
Internet company that serves much of
Platte and Colfax counties.
Community Internet provides
complimentary high speed internet access
to the Columbus and Humphrey libraries;
St. Francis School, Platte and Colfax
county courthouses, and city government
in Columbus, Humphrey, Clarkson, and
Howells which has saved the taxpayers a
lot of money. Over the years it has also provided
complimentary service to the city
government in Creston, Monroe, Leigh,
Platte Center, Duncan, and Lindsay Holy
Family.
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Endorsed by
former District 22 Senators Don Dworak,
Jennie Robak, and Lee Rupp; Nebraska
Right to Life; and National Rifle Association.
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He believes
a Legislator has a sacred obligation to vote
in a manner consistent with the Will of the
People and that
three systemic issues
(democracy, economy, and posterity)
are among Nebraska's
greatest challenges.
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Married to
Michele, Twin daughters: Nicole and
Kristen
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