John Hansen of the Nebraska Farmers Union had a memorable description of President Trump’s Nebraska speech: “the great reassuring of the sheep speech.”
His argument? Trump spent less time making the case for Nebraska candidates and more time talking about his favorite subject, Donald Trump.
And Hansen, a former livestock producer, delivered the punchline: “You reassure the sheep right before you shear the sheep.”
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$1 million and a 50-year wait for public records? Attorney Daniel Gutman explains why he believes a Nebraska Supreme Court ruling in the Flatwater Free Press case provides a path to challenge DHHS’s estimate, and requires the agency to justify its numbers.
Watch the full interview with Gutman and parent Curt Safranek on YouTube @danparsonsshow or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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Curt Safranek wanted answers about Nebraska’s developmental disability services. DHHS responded to his public records request with an estimate of nearly $1 million—and a completion date in 2076.
Even after he narrowed the request, the estimate remained nearly half a million dollars, with a 25-year wait.
Safranek and his attorney, Daniel Gutman, join Dan Parsons to discuss the lawsuit, the services Curt’s 24-year-old son Will depends on, and why families are demanding transparency.
The records concern communications surrounding a proposed $420,000 consulting contract to review Nebraska’s controversial interRAI assessment system. Safranek explains his concerns about the review’s independence, while Gutman outlines their challenge to the state’s cost and time estimates.
What does accountability look like—and what happens to families while they wait?
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What sets Cindy Maxwell-Ostdiek apart in Nebraska’s District 4 race?
She points to listening, learning from constituents and finding policies that work across party lines.
Watch the full District 4 candidate episode of “Road to the Legislature” on The Dan Parsons Show YouTube channel.
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