A silent majority no more?

Today I opened my mailbox and saw that I had a letter from a citizen, of Sidney, NE. Inside the writer passed on to me a letter from a group calling itself, the Sidney Citizen and detailed some thoughts I have been having for some time now.

I am asking the writer of this document to contact me directly at mrmikerowland@mac.com or to reply with an email address that preserves you privacy and identity. I want to talk with you in more detail about your letter.

I agree that the local press is doing a poor job of reporting the news in an unbiased way and I sincerely hope to change that in the very near term.

Michael Rowland

This issue will not go away very soon and I intend to be on the leading edge of reporting what is going on as well as offering a visible point person for those who are constrained to speak out because of a fear of retribution from their employers or their customers.

Making a change in theGuardianNews

Folks,

I have mulled over the local choices in media. We have the Sun-Telegraph as a newspaper, KSID radio station, and  a relatively new outlet called the SidneyStageCoach.com. I started writing this blog last year as an outlet for my thoughts and to get into publication views I thought the available press routinely ignores. I know there are a host of people out there who are interested in the views that are not put out by the Chamber of Commerce or the Jaycees. It's not that these groups are necessarily bad or their ideas are patently detrimental to the livelihood of the community.

John Edwards no humanitarian

In an effort to paint himself as somehow more human, John Edwards, the former candidate for the highest office in the land, is in Haiti. Edwards is supposedly assisting the devastated people of the island nation to get back on their feet.

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Rambling Man

The following rebuttal is to the Sun-Telegraph Editor's Report.

The link to the article is provided as a courtesy.


I can't believe what I am reading. This story meanders through several thoughts held together by the basic premise that politicians of any ilk can't be trusted with a potato gun. The thing I can't figure out about the piece is that if you wouldn't support the current legislation, why the hell would you criticize Scott Brown for opposing it. Voting against a specific measure isn't the same as being against the idea that lies beneath it. It would be nice if when you refer to the sides, you label them with their party affiliations so that the truly asleep for the last year will one day wake up and understand that the Democrats were excluding Republicans and the Republicans acted to block a very bad health care bill from passage.

Ben Nelson's Column out of touch with reality.

Publisher's Note:  Sidney Stage Coach writer Tamara Nelson called me up and told me that the column contained herein was not an opinion piece by the Epaper, but rather a press release from the Senator's office. It was originally posted here as an opinion of the epaper due to the lack of attribution. SidneyStageCoach.com has since begun to post pieces with attribution. TheGuardianNews apologies for the confusion this post may have created.  Edits to the original story are in green.

In this column I will refute in stark detail the inanity of the Senator Ben Nelson's column supporting the Health Care Debate. My comments will be inserted herein in red and italics.

Scott Brown Wins Massachusetts Seat and claims an election year full of "Surprises."

In a stunning upset victory last night in the Massachusetts Senate Race, Scott Brown may have sent a new shot heard 'round the nation and it may have significant implications for democratic strategies in Health Care, Energy and a whole host of other changes they want implement.

The Plot Thickens, Slightly

Saturday, the Sun Telegraph posted the following letter to the editor from Herb Nelson, a long-time Sidney resident:

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Sen. Nelson Is No Coward

Issue No. 1, the Sidney Citizen

 Publisher's Note: This is the first Issue of an anonymous letter circulated around January 13th, 2010. The contents of the letter were made known to a small group of people, including the publisher of theguardiannews. Some of the questions contained herein were addressed to City Council at the January 26th, 2010 meeting under a separate post on this site. A few people have requested to have the contents of this letter published and I am providing it here for their benefit. Except as previously noted, I have no opinion on the material contained herein, but the public may which to comment, which are welcome.

The Senate is Watching me now...

Several weeks ago, I asked Ben Nelson to contact me personally to talk about his stand on issues of importance to me. Today, I received a phone call from one of his people in Scottsbluff who assured me that by talking to her it would be the same as talking to him. She calmly expressed her ability to relay my concerns to some other people who control Ben Nelson and that she felt she could answer all of my questions to my satisfaction.

I explained to her that I wanted to talk to Nelson personally, that I wanted to convey my opinions as well as the opinions of many people I come in contact with over his position on health care, energy and government spending. She told me that Senator Nelson was far too busy to talk with every citizen who wanted to meet with him and that my concerns would be relayed to the Senator.

The gist of the conversation was this: The Senator has heard what you want to say before and he doesn't want to answer to anyone who doesn't agree with him. His staffer said that the Senator took the advice of the citizens of Nebraska into consideration when he negotiated the changes in the health care bill he sold his vote for. He is far too busy to meet with the people whose fortunes and livelihoods he is selling down the road for generations to come, even for 10 minutes on the phone.

Even though I am not from Nebraska originally, Nelson is my representative and frankly I am entitled to speak with him. The argument that he simply can't meet with everyone is false, primarily due to the fact that everyone doesn't want to talk to him at the same time.

Perhaps the future former Senator should go back and try to understand that voting for the democrats isn't the same as voting for Nebraskans, whether they were born here or not.

Michael Rowland
Sidney