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Paul Hammel
Omaha World-Herald
A citizens group and Gov. Pete Ricketts scrapped last week over recent appointments to the state board that awards state lottery funds for environmental projects.
The Friends of the Environmental Trust called Rickettsâ appointments to the Nebraska Environmental Trust board âunfortunateâ and âbackwardâ because the appointments resulted in a panel that consists entirely of white men and has no representatives who live west of Hastings.
âThe mission of the Nebraska Environmental Trust is statewide, and the board should reflect our entire citizenry,â said former Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler, who chairs the Friends group and introduced the bill that created the trust when he was a state senator.
January 29, 2021 - 4:09pm
The Friends of the Environmental Trust oppose Governor Pete Ricketts’ recent appointments to the Nebraska Environmental Trust Board. Chris Beutler is the chair of the Friends groups and former state senator who introduced the legislation that created the board. He said the mission of Nebraska Environmental Trust is statewide but now all the board members are men from eastern Nebraska. We think the trust is going backwards in that whole area of diverse representation, he said.
Beutler calls for more racial, gender, age, and geographic diversity on the board. He said the move violates the clear direction of society to have boards that represent all the people of Nebraska.
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KLKN-TV
Former Mayor Beutler responds to Chief Bliemeister stepping down
The former City of Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler, who appointed Bliemeister in 2016, tells Channel 8 News he was shocked to learn the news.
December 23, 2020 9:35 am
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Chris Beutler, the former mayor who served the City of Lincoln for 12 years, tells Channel 8 News he was shocked to hear the news of Lincoln Police Chief Jeff Bliemeister stepping down to accept a job in the private sector.
Beutler, who appointed Bliemeister in 2016, says he believes the Chief has worked hard to serve the residents of Lincoln for the last four years.