THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE 37 STATE SENATORS WHO STUCK IT TO THE TAXPAYERS.  THEY OVERRODE THE VETO OF LB 759 ON 5-27-2003.

 LET ‘EM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL!

            NAME                                     DISTRICT                               EMAIL ADDRESS

Ray Aguilar*                                         35                                             raguilar@unicam.state.ne.us

Tom Baker                                           44                                             tbaker@unicam.state.ne.us

Chris Beutler                                         28                                             cbeutler@unicam.state.ne.us

Patrick Bourne                                      8                                              pbourne@unicam.state.ne.us

Kermit Brashear                                   4                                              kbrashear@unicam.state.ne.us

Curt Bromm*                                        23                                             cbromm@unicam.state.ne.us

Pam Brown                                          6                                              pbrown@unicam.state.ne.us

Dennis Byars                                        30                                             dbyars@unicam.state.ne.us

Ernie Chambers*                                   11

Jeanne Combs                                       32                                             jcombs@unicam.state.ne.us

Matt Connealy                                      16                                             mconnealy@unicam.state.ne.us

Jim Cudaback                                       36                                             jcudaback@unicam.state.ne.us

Doug Cunningham                              40                                             dcunningham@unicam.state.ne.us

Pat Engel*                                            17                                             lengel@unicam.state.ne.us

Paul Hartnett*                                       45                                             phartnett@unicam.state.ne.us

Carol Hudkins*                                     21                                             chudkins@unicam.state.ne.us

Ray Janssen*                                        15                                             rjanssen@unicam.state.ne.us

Joel Johnson*                                        37                                             jjohnson@unicam.state.ne.us

Jim Jones*                                            43                                             jjones@unicam.state.ne.us

Bob Kremer                                          34                                             bkremer@unicam.state.ne.us

Lowen Kruse*                                      13                                             LVKruse@aol.com

Dave Landis                                         46                                             dlandis@unicam.state.ne.us

Leroy Louden*                                      49                                             llouden@unicam.state.ne.us

Vickie McDonald*                               41                                             vmcdonald@unicam.state.ne.us

Mick Mines                                           18                                             mmines@unicam.state.ne.us

Dwite Pedersen*                                 39                                             dpedersen@unicam.state.ne.us

Don Pederson                                       42                                             dpederson@unicam.state.ne.us

Marian Price                                         26                                             mprice@unicam.state.ne.us

Ron Raikes*                                         25                                             rraikes@unicam.state.ne.us

DiAnna Schimek*                                  27                                             dschimek@unicam.state.ne.us

Ed Schrock                                           38                                             eschrock@unicam.state.ne.us

Elaine Stuhr                                          24                                             estuhr@unicam.state.ne.us

Arnie Stuthman                                     22                                             astuthman@unicam.state.ne.us

John Synowiecki*                                   7                                                     jsynowiecki@unicam.state.ne.us                      

Nancy Thompson                                 14                                             nthompson@unicam.state.ne.us

Floyd Vrtiska*                                       1                                              fvrtiska@unicam.state.ne.us

Roger Wehrbein                                  2                                              rwehrbein@unicam.state.ne.us

 *asterisk denotes that senator is up for re-election in 2004.

 Send mail to: State Sen. _________________, Dist. # _______, State Legislature, P.O. Box 94604, Lincoln, NE. 68509-4604.  Fax # for all: (402) 471-2126, but address fax to individual state senator. 

 BECAUSE OF THE 37………

  1. we will continue to pay 5.5c, instead of 5c, per dollar sales tax.  Add city sales taxes, and many will pay 7c per dollar sales tax.
  2. sales tax expanded to labor services in construction and repair of personal property, computers, vacuums, etc. and to utility, telecommunications, pest control, security, car washing, towing, and painting, animal and detective services, newspaper supplements, etc.

3.   state income tax increase of an average of 2.2% will become permanent.  Nebraska households of 4, with    $50,000 yearly income, will pay $100 more in taxes annually.

  1. cigarette tax increase of 30c per pack will continue. 
  2. 25% increase in beer and liquor taxes.
  3. owners of $100,000 homes may pay about $50 more annually in property taxes because of cuts in state aid.

 THE FOLLOWING “SWELL 12” STATE SENATORS VOTED “NO” ON LB 759 AND “NO” ON THE OVERRIDE OF THE GOVERNOR’S VETO.  CONGRATULATE THEM:

 NAME                                                 DISTRICT                                           EMAIL ADDRESS

Carroll Burling*                         33                                                         cburling@unicam.state.ne.us

Phil Erdman*                                        47                                                         perdman@unicam.state.ne.us.

Mike Foley*                                          29                                                         mfoley@unicam.state.ne.us

Mike Friend                                          10                                                         mfriend@unicam.state.ne.us

Jim Jensen                                            20                                                         jjensen@unicam.state.ne.us

Chip Maxwell*                                      9                                                          cmaxwell@unicam.state.ne.us

Ray Mossey*                                        3                                                          rmossey@unicam.state.ne.us

Don Preister*                                        5                                                          dpreister@unicam.state.ne.us

Mark Quandahl*                                31                                                         mquandahl@infobridge.com

Pam Redfield                                        12                                                         predfield@unicam.state.ne.us

Adrian Smith                                         48                                                         asmith@unicam.state.ne.us

Gene Tyson*                                         19                                                         gyston@unicam.state.ne.us

 * asterisk denotes that senator is up for re-election in 2004.

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