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The idea of turning down federal money to feed kids while spending up to $100 million a year on a private school voucher scheme is ludicrous.
Help us REPEAL the LB753 voucher scheme
@SOSNebraska
.
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Just realized that
@jim_pillen
supported a $15 million buyout for Frost, but opposes $10k student loan forgiveness for 1500 Nebraskans......
Time for new Blood
@Blood4G
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Quick reminder.
48 counties in Nebraska have no school that would benefit from Katie and LuAnne Linehan's voucher scheme bought and paid for by Betsy DeVos.
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I had forgotten about the fact that LB753, tax credit voucher, is really about the Ricketts family getting huge tax credits and then profiting off them at the school they run.
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Carol Blood is on CNN right now about Pete Ricketts using tax payer dollars to recruit unvaccinated nurses to work in Nebraska nursing and veteran homes.
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Prediction.
A bunch of Nebraska Republican candidates are going to try to walk back their position tomorrow after the vote in Kansas.
Don't let them.
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Do you know what Nebraska has that Iowa doesn't?
The referendum process.
School voucher schemes have never survived a vote of the people in any state in this country.
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This is an excellent time to remind everyone that Nebraska voters defeated Constitutional Amendments to allow public funding of private schools three times - 1966, 1970, and 1976. It's also failed in every other state in recent history.
The voters have spoken and don't want
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The override of the Joe Ricketts son's veto of SNAP benefits succeeds with 30 votes! Exactly the number of votes needed!
ELECTIONS MATTER!
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Spent 1.5 hours getting friendly people to sign the petition to allow Nebraskans the opportunity to vote to repeal the LB753 voucher scheme for private schools.
28 signatures. One polite person said "no" and we had a good 10-minute conversation. Nearly half of the signers came
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I wonder how many high school seniors the University of Nebraska could recruit to train to become teachers for $72 million.
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Pic from the Omaha drive thru petition signing to Repeal the LB753 tax credit voucher scheme to fund
@PeteRicketts
daddy's private unaccredited school.
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Just heard from a teacher getting signatures to repeal the LB753 voucher scheme at a baseball tournament in three rural Nebraska counties.
People are lined up to sign the petition.
Join the silly fun at
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Three blockers sent by
@LouAnnLinehan
to intimidate a teacher today at a library in Lincoln.
It helped us. Another 100-plus signature event to let Nebraskans vote on the plan to give
@PeteRicketts
daddy's private school's taxpayer money.
Sadly, she had to endure this.
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I am blown away by the dozens of late night texts from teachers in rural areas with amazing signature counts.
Rural schools do not want LB753.
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Pillen keeps saying our petition drive failed because we didn't suspend the law.
To be clear (rinse, repeat), we never set a goal to get the 200k raw signature necessary to suspend the law. NEVER.
We look forward to exposing their voucher scheme's grift and false promise.
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Text from a volunteer for
@SOSNebraska
.
"Just had a conversation with a farmer who said: "Pete Ricketts and the rich SOBs wanna send their kids to private school on my dime, and that's unacceptable.""
@PeteRicketts
Nebraskans don't wanna fund ur daddy's private school.
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The response from rural Nebraska and private school parents to our petition to overturn the LB753 voucher scheme has been nothing short of amazing.
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Extremists tried to take over the LPS Board.
They lost.
Overwhemingly.
Nebraskans love their public schools and don't want them privatized.
Join our campaign at
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The Gospel I believe in encourages us to feed the children, not unacreddited private schools that discriminate.
#repeal753
Today, we reflect with joy and gratitude on the reason for the season. Merry Christmas Eve, Nebraska!
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@jim_pillen
please stop texting my 15 year old daughter about abortion during the school day!
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@MorePerfectUS
My Starbucks name on the app is "Unionize Starbucks".
Today, in the DC area they shouted it for my order.
The places started clapping.
#keepupthefight
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Over 100 signatures today at the Kool-Aid parade in Hastings.
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"OMG. We are averaging one signature per minute this morning."
Text from a retired teacher.
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@TeamPillen
Signing a bill to deny Nebraskans the right to vote on the issue of taxpayer money for private schools.....
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Teacher: "Meet me at Exit 420. I got a few petitions and am on my way to Cornhusker State games."
Drops 100 signatures on me and darts off.
Next text from a couple six miles away about wanting to sign, and I spend 20 minutes on their deck on a beautiful night just chatting.
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Betsy DeVos backed candidates are currently losing for Mayor in Chicago and Lincoln. Let's hope the trend continues.
#novouchers
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Shout out to
@arizona_sos
, who were the inspiration for our effort to put a repeal of vouchers on the ballot in Nebraska.
Mad props, friends!
Support our Schools group says it has enough signatures to put Opportunity Scholarships law on the 2024 ballot. Opponents vow to fight on.
From
@asanderford
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The response in rural Nebraska to our petition to save Nebraska schools has been overwhelmingly positive. Big news is coming next week!
Join the fun at .
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De-fund public schools and the university system and let kids go hungry.
That's the Pillen way......
Gov. Jim Pillen’s administration decides not to participate in a new summer child nutrition program worth $18 million to Nebraska kids.
From
@cgonzalez_NE
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Reminder.
@OWHnews
@GovRicketts
didn't want the Federal Pharmacy Program in Nebraska.
Now they are taking credit for it.
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Private Schools: We want tax money.
Will you:
1. Accept all God's children? NOPE!
2. Follow all the rules public schools follow? NOPE!
3. Let the public have access to your curriculum? NOPE!
4. Protect public school funding? NOPE!
Taxpayers: Yah, we oppose this.
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Yes, we've hit our initial goals, but Betsy DeVos just bought 100k in radio asking people to remove their name. And Pillen sent a letter.
So, our new goal is all the sigs we can possibly get before Mobday, August 28.
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When the creators of the LB753 voucher scheme say the quiet part out loud....
"We have to trick voters...."
A former lobbyist from the “school choice” movement shared exactly what the goal is. They speak of “opportunity scholarships” when school choice already exists, instead of calling the grift what it is, because as Senator Lineman said, people wouldn’t understand.
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For the second week in a row, the police have been called by a bystander who witnessed a
@BetsyDeVos
paid blockers harrassing a retired teacher.
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So, the volunteer in Wilber, who was surrounded by 5 blockers yesterday, got 146 signatures.
Hey
@BetsyDeVos
, please send more blockers today.
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We have had petitions for less than a week and 57 people have already turned in notarized petitions of signatures from their friends and family.
That is amazing and exceeded any reasonable expectation.
Thank you, everyone.
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"You can not stop me. I can not be stopped."
Mad respect for
@senatormachaela
. I am so glad she survived the onslaught of hateful ads paid for by Betsy DeVos.
NE State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh (D-Omaha) prepares to filibuster every bill on the legislative agenda unless Republicans pull their anti-trans bill.
"If people are like, 'Is she threatening us?,' let me clear: Yes, I am. I am threatening you."
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Teacher dropping off petitions tonight: "I'm sorry, I only got a few this weekend."
Drops of 132 signatures.
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We've been at it since 7 this morning all across the state.
The universal feedback is that people are more energized now thanks to the press release from
@LouAnnLinehan
,
@PeteRicketts
, and
@BetsyDeVos
attacking teachers and public schools.
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Sen. Linehan says she is "gleeful" we didn't submit enough signatures to suspend LB753.
Let me be 100% crystal clear. We never planned to suspend the law. Not once. Not ever.
In fact, we look forward to publicizing their SGOs and voucher scheme's grift and false promises.
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A retired teacher volunteer got 35 signatures in an hour today in front of a public library. She said people were fired up and lined up to sign to Repeal the LB1402 voucher, which gives $10 million in taxpayer dollars directly to private schools.
#repeal1402
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We've had our best 36 hours of the campaign since
@BetsyDeVos
funded attack add began.
We've had the most signatures turned in, greatest number of counties qualified or close and tripled our individual fundraising.
And I got to spend a great day in Tecumseh, Nebraska.
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Making tremendous gains all over Nebraska today. Rural Nebraska does not want their tax dollars going to fund
@PeteRicketts
daddy's private school.
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@jamestalarico
Watching and supporting your fight from Nebraska where Nebraskans will vote on the Repeal of a Voucher Scam in the November 2024 election.
@SOSNebraska
#voucherscam
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When they get the headline right........
Opponents of Nebraska Plan to Use Public Money for Private School Tuition Seek Ballot Initiative
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Volunteers were super busy collecting signatures in Elkhorn this morning. It's literally our best performing legislative district for
@SOSNebraska
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I broke down and cried on a Zoom with
@SOSNebraska
supporters today.
I've worked in politics since my first campaign in 1988, and this has never happened.
These people are special and they amaze me.
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Even the Grinch supports saving our public schools from vouchers.
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A graduate of Hillsdale College enthusiastically signed my petition today to let Nebraska voters vote to Retain or Repeal the LB753 voucher scheme.
Just. Let. That. Sink. In. For. A. Minute.
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I find it hilarious that the
@BetsyDeVos
decline to sign people who show up to intimidate our volunteers thinks that tactic works.
Teachers by nature and passion are focused, resolute, deescalate, and adjust a thousand times a day.
And now they're more motivated.
Add an
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Kicking off the campaign to repeal the LB753 voucher scheme tomorrow. Please like and share.
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Quick Reminder.
Currently, Nebraska is the only state to have a voucher scheme on the ballot in November 2024.
The scam to privatize our public schools stops here!
Please share this with all your friends across the country. Join our campaign
@SOSNebraska
.
#REPEAL753
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Nebraskans will get to vote to Repeal the LB753 Voucher Scam that funds
@PeteRicketts
daddy's private school with taxpayer money.
I'll just be sitting here personally calling 1,700 volunteer circulators to congratulate them.
Please support them with a monthly contribution of
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“We’ve already heard from Nebraskans all across the state, and they are outraged over the Legislature’s action to ignore the will of the people,” said Jenni Benson, president of the Nebraska State Education Association and a board member of Support Our Schools Nebraska, which
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Um, Dad, I didn't leave Nebraska for Steamboat, Colorado, because of high taxes. In fact, taxes are higher here."
Says the kid who gets to ski, fish, hike, golf, and mountain bike every day.
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FACT Check: Nebraskans do NOT support LB753 and tax credit voucher schemes and have defeated them on the ballot on three occasions.
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In a time of teacher and staff shortages, huge class size and case loads, Pillen continues to threaten school districts to spend his "record education funding" on anything but education.
The goal is to weaken public schools and fund private schools.
#repealvouchers
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I just realized that today
@jim_pillen
signed a bill to give taxpayer dollars to
@PeteRicketts
daddy's unaccredited private school in Bellevue.
I was too busy today (organizing people to Repeal the bill) to notice.
Join our campaign to give voters the opportunity to Repeal
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Private School Activists: "We just want competition."
Public School Supporters: "Follow the same rules and have an anti-discrimination clause."
Private School Activists: "Oh. No. We don't want to compete that way."
#noLB753
#repealLB753
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Over 2,000 signatures tonight at the Metro drive-thru locations.
Yes,
@wesjensen86
, I was wrong when I said we'd get 300 at best!
Last chance tomorrow all day at OEA (4202 S 57th) until 8pm.
@SOSNebraska
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The powerful state teachers union, the Nebraska State Education Association, has pledged to launch an initiative petition drive and put the issue before state voters if LB 753 passes.
After Thursday’s vote, NSEA President Jenni Benson said legislators aren’t listening to
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Why is
@LouAnnLinehan
afraid to let Nebraskans vote on whether taxpayer money should go to
@PeteRicketts
daddy's private school?
Oh. I know why.
New group urges Nebraskans to 'decline to sign' petition seeking to overturn scholarship act
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Tax credits for
@PeteRicketts
to give to his daddy's unaccredited private school is what
@LouAnnLinehan
chose over feeding children.......
I grew up in the back of a Methodist Minister's car. That's how I learned to organize.
I have a different understanding of the teachings of
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Dear
@BetsyDeVos
,
Nebraskans will not let billionaires from Michigan defund our public schools to fund
@PeteRicketts
daddy's and
@charliekirk11
private schools without a vote of the people.
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Reports are off the charts today!
Rural Nebraska does not like the idea of taxpayer money for
@PeteRicketts
daddy's private school!
@SOSNebraska
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This is the new Nebraska GOP.
The Coven Queen
@senatormachaela
doing her best Chris Farley impersonation. May he rest in peace, her not so much.
#LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder
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Quick reminder.
Nebraska has the referendum process, and voters have turned down public funding for private schools three times on the ballot.
In recent history, voucher schemes have failed every time they've been on the ballot in other states.
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If you are in Lincoln, please drop by Gere Library before 2 pm to sign to save public schools.
There is a super friendly teacher there and an aggressively loud and angry blocker.
If you have already signed, feel free to stop by and give our volunteer a high five.
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If you sign up to get signatures to repeal the LB753 voucher scheme for private schools we are NOT expecting you to stand in front of a Walmart and confront people.
That's not our vibe.
Our vibe is:
- ask your friends and family to sign.
- sit at a coffee shop and text your
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The authorities have removed blockers from several locations for their aggressive behavior today. Our volunteer teachers are great at de-escalation and making others follow the rules.
Help support these brave volunteers at .
This petition blocker in the Old Market eventually gave up because petition volunteers ignored him! Thank you to them for coming back each day even though you get bothered a heckled. It’s for a great cause!
♥️🇺🇸♥️
#SOSne
@SOSNebraska
#ILovePublicSchools
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All the haters of
@janekleeb
in this thread are a testament to the fact that she is hugely successful. Thank you for everything you do, friend!
Nebraska's Jane Kleeb receives $3 million grant to fund clean energy advocacy | Tap on the picture to learn more 🔽
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In Nebraska, 48 of 93 counties don't have private schools.
Repeal the LB753 Voucher Scheme to use taxpayer money to fund private schools.
#repeal753
When 42 of Iowa’s 99 counties don’t have private schools, it’s crucial that we keep tax dollars in our public school system.
That’s one way we can strengthen rural communities and set Iowa’s youth up for success.
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Waiting for just one more rural Nebraska State Senator to stand up against vouchers. Their colleagues in other states have.
🔥 States across the nation are rejecting ESA voucher scams 👏 AZ's catastrophic rollout of universal ESA vouchers has become a cautionary tale — and in many states, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are waking up ⏰
#AZVouchersHurt
#AZVoucherWatch
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A beautiful picture from Britton Mikkelsen and Owen Micah Saucedo wedding this summer. This is the moment Britton was asked if she left Nebraska for Minnesota because of high taxes.
Actually, Britton decided to leave Nebraska when then Governor Heineman told an assembly at
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"Thirty-two legislators sent a clear message that they weren't interested in what their constituents thought. Voters in May and November can be just as clear in sending a message about being heard."
@SOSNebraska
via
@JournalStarNews
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Please like and share this everywhere. Seven Republican former state senators spoke out against the LB753 Voucher Scheme.
Seven Republican former State Senators speak out Against the LB753 Voucher Scheme and call to respect Nebraskans’ right to vote on the issue. Read their Omaha World Herald OpEd at and Contribute to the campaign to Repeal LB753!
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Reports so far from early events today:
Hastings - 262
Lincoln Haymarket - 212
Norfolk and Pilger - 91
And everyone is having fun!
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It's been a long weekend getting A LOT of signatures. I'm tired. I'm emotionally, mentally and physically drained. I miss my kids, my wife, and my cat.
And then I see this and I'm back off the couch to get back to work.
@TheCD2Elector
is one of the most amazing organizers,
@JamesFosket
@TheCD2Elector
@CNN
Precious isn’t a con artist… she really believes in the crazy stuff.
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I am proud of this because Nebraskans don't support taxpayers paying for unaccountable private schools that can intentionally discriminate.
#neleg
, our neighbors all have
#schoolchoice
. Why don't we?
South Dakota - Tax-credit scholarships
Wyoming - Charters
Colorado - Charters
Kansas - Tax-credit scholarships, charters
Missouri - Tax-credit ESA, charters
Iowa - ESAs, tax-credit scholarships, charters
Nebraska - 0
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I am absolutely blown away by the number of signatures and dollars we continue to bring in every day, from every county.
Let's keep it up until our turn this coming Wednesday!
@SOSNebraska
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They are straight up lying to Nebraskans.
Our petition only addresses the 4th item, tax credit vouchers.
Not the first 3 items.
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All it would take is one more rural State Senator to stand up for their public schools and prevent this in Nebraska.
Just one.
“If the school goes down,” Hood said, “the town goes down with it.”
Inside the rural Texas resistance to the GOP’s private school choice
#schoolvouchers
#txlege
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I just realized that the Lancaster County Attorney could investigate if Ricketts daddy got DeSantis to give Sasse the college job and then buy a governor so his little boy could be Senator.
#lostopportunity
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@jandrewclark
@jamestalarico
Oddly, you didn't ask if Texans support taxpayer funding of private schools.
In Nebraska, 69% oppose taxpayer funding of private schools. You should test it.
Follow our campaign defeat the
@betsydevos
Voucher Scam on the November 2024 ballot.
@SOSNebraska
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157 signatures tonight in Holdrege in two hours. It was an amazingly energizing experience.
Sign the petition!
HOLDREGE
Tues. July 18, 5:30 - 7:30 PM
417 Burlington St, Holdrege
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