We had a great program at Kiwanis today. It was Senator Greg Adams, Speaker of the Nebraska Unicameral and our Seward and York County representative. Charles Lieske, Director of the Seward Area Chamber of Commerce and Chamber members joined Kiwanis for the meeting. We are approaching the mid point of this years 60-day session and the Senator discussed many of the pending issues. Nebraska is very unique not only with our non-partisan Unicameral Legislature but also in the very democratic way in which it operates. Senator Adams is one of 17 of the body's 49 legislators what will be term limited out after this year. When asked his reaction to the relatively new, 2 consecutive, 4year term limitation, he expressed his support for limitations but felt that 3 terms may be more appropriate. He cited examples of historic legislation that took several years to fine tune and develop support. I have know Senator Adams for many years through the Nebraska League of Municipalities meetings. We often attended the same sessions when he was Mayor of York and I was on the Seward City Council. He brought his experience as a school teacher, superintendent of York Public Schools and Mayor to the legislature which helped move him into his leadership position. He has served our District and the State of Nebraska commendably and his leadership will be missed. I wish he had those 4 more years.
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