JOIN THE DOUGLAS COUNTY BUDGET FIGHT

NTF monthly meeting is Wed. June 15, 6:30 PM at Millard Library, 132nd & Westwood Ln. Agenda: Power Point presentation plus project packets on how to lobby and monitor your Douglas County Commissioners to hold the line on tax hikes and cut the budget for FY 2011-12. Please come & bring friends! Three commissioners already are listening to us! We must pack the public hearing on June 28 with active taxpayers who can face down their commissioners and demand no tax hikes!

NEBRASKA TAXPAYERS TEA PARTY

Nebraska Taxpayers for Freedom and several other groups will co-sponsor a tax day Tea Party on Saturday, May 7, 10 AM to 1 PM at Walnut Grove Park, 152nd & Q Streets, Omaha. The theme of the event is "Stand Tall and Speak Up." The purpose of this tea party is to mobilize citizens to become taxpayer watchdogs over local and state taxing authorities and to become conservative activists. Several state senators and local officials will speak. Keynote speaker: James Mason II, Tea Party Patriots-NE. chairman. Also, patriotic music and a Flag ceremony. Prizes for best sign and best costume. Portapotties will be available. Snack vendors will be present. Please come and bring friends. Meet and socialize with your fellow conservatives!

Conservative Ladies' Night Out

Nebraska Taxpayers for Freedom cordially invites you to our “Conservative Ladies’ Night Out.” Wednesday, March 23, 5:30 – 8:00 PM, at Pasta Amore, 11027 Prairie Brook Rd., in the Rockbrook Shopping Center, SW corner of 108th & West Center Rd. This is a free event, however, individuals may order drinks, dinner, snacks, etc. Social time first, followed by the following speakers: Jean Stothert, Omaha City Council member, and Mary Ann Borgeson, Douglas County Board member. Our speakers will discuss why they entered politics, what they hope to achieve in the political arena, and why other women should get involved in conservative politics as activists and/or candidates. Please come and bring your lady friends.

BECOME A TAXPAYER WATCHDOG

Last year, the Douglas County Board of Commissioners raised our property taxes by 2c per $100 valuation, despite protestations from county taxpayers. Taxpayers suffering during this recession did not need a tax hike. The county now is formulating its FY 2011-12 budget. The only way to head off another tax hike and to lower the county property tax rate is to understand how to analyze the budget to find waste, inefficiencies, and duplications, then make suggestions to cut the budget. That is why we are mobilizing taxpayers to become citizen auditors. Learn how to become a citizen auditor at our next meeting on Wed. March 16, 6:30 PM at Millard Library, 132nd & Westwood Lane in Omaha. Guest speakers: Two county administrators who will explain the Douglas County budget process.

LB 48: Stop Illegal Immigration in Nebraska

I have attended many hearings at the Unicameral Legislature over the years, but never have I witnessed such a disgusting spectacle as the one I sat through today. Conservative Sen. Charlie Janssen meticulously explained his bill, LB 48, to stem the tide of illegal immigration in Nebraska. Sen. Janssen painstakingly researched the content of his bill and studiously avoided anything that might conflict with federal law or previous federal court decisions. Nonetheless, several liberals on the Judiciary Committee engaged in a feeding frenzy shark attack to make his legislation seem like a sinister network of human rights violations. These senators consumed most of the hearing time, leaving only 3 min. apiece for only a few supporters and opponents to testify on LB 48. Sen. Council played the race card, naturally, and henpecked Sen. Janssen about hypothetical situations that probably would never arise. Freshman Sen. Burke Harr, a former prosecutor, launched a legal assault that concentrated mostly on supposedly vague grammar. Sen. Amanda McGill, the siren of the Left in the Unicameral, tried to paint Sen. Janssen as a right-wing flamethrower. Not to be outdone, newly-re-elected Sen. Steve Lathrop peppered Janssen about police procedures and regulations about which Janssen would have no knowledge, not being a law officer. Sen. Scott Lautenbaugh, who supposedly is a conservative, did not show up for the hearing to defend Sen. Janssen. The Judiciary Committee majority undoubtedly will stick their daggers into the heart of LB 48. Therefore, it will be a challenge for conservatives to muster 30 state senator votes to drag this bill out of committee onto the floor of the Legislature, where all senators can debate its merits. Start lobbying now! Polls show that 75%+ of Nebraskans support legislation like LB 48.

Tea Pot Whistle Alert!

Time for the first NTF Tea Party Tea Pot Whistle! Our notice to you taxpayers to get into gear right now! Please join our Nebraska Taxpayers for Freedom Citizen Auditor Project. This series of seminars will show you how to become a really aggressive taxpayer watchdog! Growl!!!!!!!!! The next seminar in our series will show you how to methodically examine a city budget and find waste, inefficiencies, duplication, and fraud. You will receive a hard copy packet to take home to use after seeing a Power Point presentation on the screen. Please join us at Millard Library in Omaha on Wed. Feb. 16, 6:30 PM, at 132nd & Westwood Lane. We may have lost a battle in the Mayor Suttle Recall, but we have not lost the war to restore Omaha and other cities to fiscal sanity.

HEAR THE TEA POT WHISTLE BLOWING

Nebraska Taxpayers for Freedom is beginning a new project called “Tea Pot Whistle.” This Tea Party project is a regular alert, calling your attention to an important upcoming political event or situation or a vote by elected officials. When you hear the tea pot whistle blowing, you will know that it is time to take action! Calling a city council member, emailing a state senator, calling into a radio talk show. Hear the tea pot whistle alert by logging onto this blog. It will be your signal to take action immediately.

HELP RECALL OMAHA MAYOR SUTTLE

NTF will have its last meeting of the year on Wed. Nov. 17, 6:30 PM at Millard Library, 132nd & Westwood Ln, Omaha. You can sign and circulate Recall Omaha Mayor Suttle petitions and NTF petitions to curtail illegal immigration in NE. Get a Legislative Watch Project packet that will inform you how to lobby and monitor your state senators. You can grab our latest issue papers on reform of the Comm. of Industrial Relations, ObamaCare, and the Omaha Fire Union contract. Please attend and bring friends & neighbors!

TEA PARTY TOWN HALL MEETING

The general election of 2010 is now over, and conservatives have won notable victories at the local, state, and national levels. But now is not the time to sit back and relish our victories. We must forge ahead immediately to make an impact in the upcoming legislative session in Lincoln. NE Taxpayers for Freedom will sponsor a Tea Party Town Hall Meeting on Tue. Nov. 9, 7 PM, at the Papillion, NE. City Library at 222 North Jefferson Street. We will show a Power Point presentation on how to lobby and monitor your state senators and distribute Legislative Watch Project packets that you can use to lobby and monitor votes in the 2011 session. Issues discussed will include Commission of Industrial Relations reforms, illegal immigration, and the City of Omaha “wheel fee” on neighboring communities. Please attend and bring friends & neighbors!

CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES SUPER SATURDAY

Fiscal conservatives eagerly are awaiting Tuesday, November 2, when we will have the opportunity to “take out the garbage” and elect fiscal conservatives to national, state, and local offices. Many conservative folks attend tea parties, our Nebraska Taxpayers for Freedom meetings, and other similar events. However, it is not enough to sit, watch, and listen. Conservatives must become active and actually help conservative candidates campaign and win elections. Therefore, we invite conservative-minded people to attend our Nebraska Taxpayers Super Saturday, to meet and volunteer to help conservative candidates that weekend. Here is the information: Saturday, Oct. 2, 9 AM – 11 AM, 2819 South 125 Avenue #362 in Westwood Plaza on the south side of West Center Rd, Omaha, in the east-west strip mall directly south of Hooters. Free coffee, orange juice, and donuts. You can make a difference this November, but you must volunteer some time and effort.