Opinions

Body It’s taaaaaax season! But not the type of tax season where you are asked...er...forced to open your checkbook, debit card or ACH transfer to fund our streets and roads and parks and pools and such. It’s tax setting season.

Body I’ve had the pleasure of working with some great people in this business over the past 50 years, and I hope I’ve made many friends along the way. I wanted to mention that at the beginning of what will likely be my final column.

Body Last week I had the pleasure of being hosted by a really nice seed company that came to town. I listened to all of their speakers and was really impressed by their leadership, their perspective and their frame of mind when it came to doing business in our “capitalistic” society.

Body I’m sitting in some pretty big desks at the moment. Between the years of service that retired last year I counted at least 125 total years of service to the “press industy.

Body A good friend of mine celebrated his 70th birthday this week, so he planned a golf outing in Lincoln with many participants. We called it “geezer golf.

Body I don’t often like to do a column in lieu of a story, and most times I don’t like to have a column before I write said news story, but in this case - the timing and the opportunity are too good.

Body One of my favorite things to do is visit public libraries. When we lived in Omaha I had the luxury of using the college library at UNO and then also the multiple city libraries that were strategically scattered around the area (but none next to my house of course.

Body More new wrinkles arrived on the national scene last weekend when President Joe Biden stepped away from his re-election campaign and endorsed VP Kamala Harris as his choice for the Democratic presidential nominee. We’re learning plenty about that in the state and national news.

Body What a week. I always thought that with all the nasty rhetoric and name calling and jibes thrown in the last election or two that there would certainly be more crazy folks attempt to take the life of a person wanting to lead our country.

Body After listening to the presidential debate last Thursday, June 27, I’m more convinced than ever that the American people should have a bona fide third party candidate. But it still won’t happen this year.