Should we kick Omaha out of Nebraska ? (Lincoln, Imperial: high school, property taxes)

[DTO Luv]

Originally Posted by Bosco55David

Yep. Some people just don't get it, do they?

Exactly, yet somehow I'm showing the unreasonable POV.

[Bosco55David]

Originally Posted by DTO Luv

Exactly, yet somehow I'm showing the unreasonable POV.

And I still haven't heard a valid argument for them wanting to be without Omaha.

[itsMeFred]

Originally Posted by DTO Luv

Where's Nebraska's coal????
Where's Nebraska's oil?????

Without Omaha you'd lose all of the big business in the state.

Also where do you think most of the tourists coming to NE are going? The 2 biggest tourist draws by far are in Omaha.

Ummm... Who are you arguing with exactly?
I said on the second page (nearly a month ago) that we'd be North Dakota.


But you brought up Wyoming. I was merely pointing out that you obviously don't know Wyoming very well. lol
It's a fairly wealthy state.
You do have a pretty city-centric way of thinking, though. Probably why you don't know much about most of Nebraska, much less about Wyoming...

[itsMeFred]

Originally Posted by Bosco55David

I don't understand what the rural areas have against Omaha anyways.

Then you haven't actually been reading the thread.

Again, from page two, nearly a month ago:

Originally Posted by itsMeFred

BTW, since there are a number of folks in this thread who don't get it, rural Nebraska is frustrated by the cities, particularly Omahanlincoln, because of the way our government is set up. In essence, in our state, majority rules (since we don't have a Senate to bring balance to the House). And the majority is in, or near, the cities. And the majority frequently doesn't have a clue what is best for the minority, or even what things are like for the minority.

The country school law that passed several years ago (and has since been repealed) was a perfect example of that. The cities pushed it through because they had the votes and were completely myopic with regards to the way it would affect the truly rural schools. And yet it barely touched those "country schools" on the outskirts of towns that were the supposed problem...

Mostly people are tired of being run over by folks who think Grand Island is western Nebraska.

[Bosco55David]

Originally Posted by itsMeFred

Then you haven't actually been reading the thread.

Again, from page two, nearly a month ago:

No, I saw that post, and it still doesn't contain a valid reason for removing Omaha from the state. By your own admission, your gripe is that the government is set up to give majority rule. Well, it's not Omaha's fault that they hold the majority over the rural portion of the state.

So in essence, that's an argument for changing the way the state government works, not for booting Omaha out of Nebraska.

And also, it isn't like Omaha isn't hampered by the insane ultra-conservative mindset of the rest of the state. Thanks to them, we have to shut our bars down at 1AM. So that system of government works both ways.

[itsMeFred]

you're cherry picking what you read, it would seem.
I think I'm tired of bothering to reply to your posts...

insane ultra-conservative mindset of the rest of the state

Out of curiosity, where else in Nebraska have you lived?

I have a theory... lol

[Chicagoland60426]

That is funny and stupid at the same time. This remind me of a similar situation with Chicago/Northeastern and Illinois. I guess the small town Nebraskans are not please with the urban Nebraskans.lol

[Bosco55David]

Originally Posted by itsMeFred

you're cherry picking what you read, it would seem.
I think I'm tired of bothering to reply to your posts...

I haven't cherry picked anything. You made it very clear that you were unhappy with the fact that the state government is setup for majority rule. Why is it Omaha's fault that they have the largest population in the state? Why is it Omaha's fault that the government is setup the way it is?

Seriously, that's like being on a football team and getting pissed at another player for getting the starting position over you.

And as I pointed out, that works both ways. Omaha has to deal with legislation brought on by the more conservative western part of the state. Did you miss the part where the Sen. Christensen (from Imperial ) introduced a bill specifically targeting strip clubs in the eastern part of the state? How about the last call law?

Your assertion that big bad Omaha is imposing it's will on the poor little rural towns is so horribly incorrect it's laughable.

Out of curiosity, where else in Nebraska have you lived?

I have a theory... lol

Sure, I've only lived in Omaha (and then Council Bluffs and Tampa) but what does that matter? I love the state of Nebraska just the same as I do Omaha. I've never wanted Omaha to leave the state or any such nonsense. However, I have defended Nebraska against the seemingly endless supply of trolls that show up here to disparage it.

There are alot of people here who try to make this an issue of Omaha vs. the rest of Nebraska.

I'm not one of them.

[midwesterner guy]

Originally Posted by Bosco55David

Your assertion that big bad Omaha is imposing it's will on the poor little rural towns is so horribly incorrect it's laughable.

How is this incorrect? Did rural Nebraska vote in the country school law mentioned above? Yet it had a much more profound effect on small rural schools than any in urban areas. Seems like a perfect example to me.

As for legislation dealing with strip clubs and drunken drivers, these would be state wide laws, right? This is different from the effect of the country school law.

Really the town of Omaha doesn't offer much benefit for the rest of Nebraska.

[Omaha Rocks]

Originally Posted by midwesterner guy

Really the town of Omaha doesn't offer much benefit for the rest of Nebraska.

And the rest of Nebraska doesn't offer jack squat for Omaha.

So what's the point?