We're strong supporters of Senator Scott Lautenbaugh who deserves to be re-elected to his District 20 Legislative seat. Not only has his past performance merited re-election, but his ability to work on redistricting in the upcoming post-census legislative term will be invaluable (and helpful to Republicans).On the other hand, we have the other candidate, Carl Lorenzen, who claims to be a Republican conservative but somehow gets better than 2/3rds of his money from Warren Buffett and a bunch of labor unions. Doesn't sound very conservative.
With that said, Carl got his due from active Blair Republican Tim O'dell who ran a great ad in the Blair newspaper further exposing Lorenzen's not-necessarily-Republican tendencies. O'dell takes note of Lorenzen' funding and then further notes that:
- Lorenzen supports increased taxes on tobacco
- Lorenzen supports Laws to prevent children under 18 from using tanning beds
- Lorenzen supported LB 846, a so-called gas tax, to raise funds for widening Highway 133
The ad notes that Lorenzen lost the 2008 race for that seat by a margin of 56%(Lautenbaugh) to 44%, a landslide in a district that includes his own home of Washington County.
Lorenzen is just another tool of big labor and liberals. We congratulate O'dell for 'outing' him. Maybe after this election Lorenzen will run for the weed or garbage boards....
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Either Lorenzen is hiding something, lazy, courting the "uniformed" vote, or all of the above. I am sure surveys are a total pain in the butt for candidates to answer when they probably receive a lot of them, but this Lorenzen dude hasn't taken the time to answer a SINGLE candidate questionnaire I could find anywhere on-line. To his credit, Senator Scott Lautenbaugh answered virtually every voter survey I saw, notably the prestigious Omaha League of Women Voter's 2010 Voter Guide.
This is utterly shameful Lorenzen refuses to share his policy positions with the electorate, especially when Sen. Lautenbaugh is the one that would not have to fuss with surveys, given that all senators have a lengthy voting history, list of bills introduced and sponsored, and the personal comments made on the record during floor debate and hearings which detail exactly where a senator stands on issues. While it is legitimate to scrutinize a candidate's list of campaign contributors, I believe it is highly insulting when a candidate fails to be transparent with the public. Lorenzen, by his own actions, has shown himself to be patently unfit for public office.
Below are the surveys to which I am referring:
- Omaha League of Women Voters 2010 Voter's Guide (see pages 6-12)
- Nebraska Family First 2010 Voters Guide
- Voters Information Packet (produced by a non-profit, nonpartisan volunteer organization)
- Project Vote Smart "Political Courage Test"
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