20 years ago today, I was woken up as a young night reporter by my colleague and friend @cory_golden, who told me to turn on the TV. I saw the damage of the first tower, in a city and region I visited often because my mom's family called it home.
Then the second plane hit. We all knew war was coming, and there was work to be done. I remember the conversations with first responders, soldiers and airmen from those days. The anger. Fear. And resolve.
But the thing I remember most is the sense of national unity and purpose. I'd grown up in a time of relative prosperity that had given way to political sniping and divide. Then, as now, people wondered if we could come together again as a people.
#Omaha’s @jeanformayor is picking up the expected endorsement today of the @omahaPOA, the union that represents the city’s 800-plus police officers.
The news is the timing. The endorsement comes before the April 6 city primary, which is being contested by a number of candidates.
The union’s leader, Sgt. Anthony Conner, confirms that the union stayed neutral in 2017’s race between Stothert and Democrat Heath Mello.
They endorsed former Mayor Jim Suttle in 2013. Police unions nationally have started floating toward Republicans on the top of the ticket.
Typically, the two biggest union endorsements in city elections are the unions that represent Omaha police officers and firefighters. Stothert has clashed with both unions at times, often about retirement costs. But she’s grown the OPD, adding officers and a fifth police precinct
Here’s a look at the resolution the @NEGOP is considering today expressing disappointment in @SenSasse.
A quick update: There's quite a bit of party business to get through in this central committee meeting before they get to new business. I'd expect something on the Sasse resolution around lunchtime central time.
For folks interested in party small ball, they're discussing platform amendments, GOP candidates who need support (including Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert), breaking up into congressional districts and being wooed. These are a lot of the core GOP activists in the state.