Omaha Steve
Number of states DUers have donated from to Omaha Steve 4 city council is now up to 19
Last edited Sun Mar 11, 2012, 05:37 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
In order with several duplicates: NY, TX, CA, IN, NE, IA, FL, GA, IL, MI, AK, VA, WI, NM, CO, UT, WA, MN, and now ID.
Almost $1,200 in less than 4 weeks. My local fund raiser is 3-4 weeks away. It will be after my first literature drop paid for by the DU members. My first run of yard signs is paid for too.
I have reason to believe we will have another matching donor event next weekend.
THANK YOU all so much.
Omaha Steve
How come nobody is answering the poor things posts? Jeez, can someone come up with a mole to answer him.
Wasn't it already $1200 two weeks ago?Pre-Campaign expenses. Probably a staff meeting at the local bar, or strippers while Marta is away.
.....and now ID.
Has he changed his "About me" profile?
I happened to drive a bit through Bellevue yesterday, and I can report that I have not yet scene any Steven Dawes (Socialist) signs in any yards or businesses. I'll have to do a little research and figure out precisely where Ward 1 is.
Already done -
Thank you; I was looking for it, but I'm not so good at nadining things.
I'd thought it was the district sitting right underneath Omaha, but it's not.
No problem - It was a .pdf file I found on Bellvue's home page ( http://www.bellevue.net/ ) that I converted to a single .png image. - It is no longer scalable, but instead it fits nicely on web pages.
I find it intriguing that Ward 1 dances around Offutt AFB. I also have a clearer understanding of the flooding problem that OS mentioned. Frankly, I wouldn't have put the town there at all.
The Missouri River's changed course over the years--and thus we have that part of Iowa inside of Omaha--and maybe when the French trappers and fur-traders came to the area during the 1500s, from Quebec, it was a higher and drier site.
Well, thats just it - slow moving rivers meander, over time they bend wildly and then they eventually cut a path straight through all the bends. Then the cycle begins again.
There is at least one story a year that appears from one of the midwestern states where a shipwreck is unearthed from the middle of a farmers field. One would think as this is nothing new, that the city would have set aside all the land encroaching on the rivers to either farming or conservation.
The same thing happens up here when someone thinks it would be just great to build a million dollar summer home on the oceanfront in a small Cape Cod township. Its only a matter of time before the house ends up floating away.
Or the brilliant people who build million dollar homes on cliffs that are crumbling or on hillsides that have suffered from wildfires and mudslides for time immemorial.
Wasn't it already $1200 two weeks ago?Democrats are generous with two things: their pledges, and other peoples' money.
Or the brilliant people whobuildmillion dollar homes on cliffs that are crumbling or on hillsides that have suffered from wildfires and mudslides for time immemorial.
Democrats are generous with two things: their pledges, and other peoples' money.
I hope Socialist Steve Dawes has already spent these DUmmy pledges, because the checks are surely in the mail.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts)
Sat Sep-05-09 08:24 AM
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Please review my application/bio for my local unions election for VP spot
Be honest and don't pull punches. This is for the mailer to each member at my expense. There are 3 very good candidates.
Here it is: Dear Local 251 Members:
I am honored to announce my candidacy for Local 251 Vice President, and I am asking for your vote. As a long-time union member, and as a lifetime advocate for union and worker rights, my qualifications for the position are unique and will benefit Local 251 and its members in a number of ways. My wife of 34 years, Marta, was a member of CWA Local 7400 for the 18 years she worked at the local phone company. She walked the picket line in the 1983 CWA strike which lasted three weeks.
I first worked for the City of Omaha in 1983 as seasonal clerk messenger with Public Works. From that time until 1992 I worked in various locations within the Parks Department. In 1992 I accepted a full-time position with an outside company. My full-time position with the City of Omaha began in December, 1997, as a Park Caretaker at Brown Park. I continued in that job until moving to the Missouri River Treatment Plant in 2006, where my current position is Waste Water Treatment Operator.
During my full-time with the City, I have been a member of Local 251. I have served as steward since 2003, and was elected to one term as Trustee. I currently serve on the Appeals board of the union. I was elected to the Executive Board of Local 251, and have served as delegate to the Omaha Federation of Labor for over two years. I twice served as delegate to the State AFL-CIO convention representing Local 251. I help organize and regularly attend rallies for union activities and benefits, including the latest for health care reform. I was asked to initiate the monthly newsletter in November 2008. The first issue was in member’s hands in January and I research and provide 80% of the content for the newsletter.
I have served as an advocate for unions and worker rights for thirty years, and have been involved in union affairs and gatherings during those years. My organizing history includes a nearly successful attempt to organize a print shop for the Graphic Arts Union in 1980, for which I was fired by the company just as I obtained the necessary number of signed union cards. I took this illegal dismissal to the National Labor Relations Board (Case No. 17-CA-9763) and won the case, though it took four years. I was once fired by the City and looked to Local 251 for help, which was given and was successful, so I understand your concerns.
Please cast your vote for Steve Dawes for Vice President at the union meeting on September 22, 2009. I feel that Local 251 is poised to become an integral part of local union activities, but only if we educate our members on how union processes work, and how the members can influence city politics by attending meetings regularly. We must get union membership up, and get members more involved in local events and national AFSCME gatherings. As your Vice President, I pledge to work to strengthen Local 251. For City of Omaha members, that means becoming the bargaining equal of the Police and Fire unions. I have been active in publicly speaking about Local 251 and its members, no matter the forum, and will continue to work tirelessly for your rights and benefits.
OS
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6470965Even his fellow union deadbeats wouldn't vote for him.
Just did a quick search to see his running tally of donations and this popped up. Old Steve's campaign letter for a union position notes he was fired from two jobs twice and prevailed in some way by union intervention.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6470965
Just did a quick search to see his running tally of donations and this popped up. Old Steve's campaign letter for a union position notes he was fired from two jobs twice and prevailed in some way by union intervention.
Wow Steve, I can't see how the voters of Bellevue can pick against you big guy!
So he's only worked a full time job for 15 years.
He's how old? late 50's?
So he's only worked a full time job for 15 years.
He's how old? late 50's?
Born 1957.
Graduated from high school 1975.
That's why this gap between his starring in Jesus Christ Superstar in high school, and his job at the Omaha waterworks, bothers me so much. It's 30-32 years.
That's a lot longer than eighteen-and-a-half minutes.
Had a child in 1973, when he was a sophomore.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-14-11 03:44 PM
It took a week, I'm back
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I was very low after being screwed by my unions Executive Board out of the Vice President position. It is a week tomorrow morning since I got the news. I'm getting over it. Some friends advised me to look over the rules. Got um! I have to wait three months, but I believe I will become the new VP after that.
This was the first time I ever spent this much time away from the DU. I'm back.
Omaha Steve
That must be the adopted one the big guy pimped for that one contest, on Skins's island (the pimping, not the contest).
Where she begged and pleaded for him to stop, and she dropped out of the contest.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Wed May-18-11 09:05 PM
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Sometimes the most qualified don't get the job (I have applied officially for a new job)
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Edited on Wed May-18-11 09:25 PM by Omaha Steve
Today the Vice President of my local union was granted a disability pension for medical reasons. There is a year and 1/2 remaining on his term. I feel I am the best qualified candidate for the job. But politics can do funny things.
In the 3 way race for the job in the summer of 09, first place got 63 votes. Second place got 61. Third got 59. I missed the run off election by 2 votes. Five people in my shop didn't vote. First place lost the run off election by 1 vote, even though I endorsed her. Some men just don't want to vote for a woman.
Anyway my name is in the hat. It is not an increase in pay like it would be for most of the others that want the job. It is Monday through Friday salaried. Since we cover half of Nebraska there is travel and late nights. It's the grunt work of organized labor. I would love it. I'll have some very good written endorsements behind me.
The Executive board (all elected) will make the decision on the person that finishes the term. I have no idea yet who else will put their name in the hat. As soon as there is a chosen replacement, I'll be sure to post win or lose.
Omaha Steve A.K.A. OS
P.S. The conservatives in Nebraska are going to try to end all public unions at the ballot box. There is a better than 50-50 chance I will have to go back to my current job in Dec. of 2012 should I get the VP slot.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1295967&mesg_id=1295967
Wait.... that was in June. What happened Steve??
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts)
Thu May-19-11 07:57 AM
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Deal reached on labor board (Ne will not end public unions in Waker style)
Edited on Thu May-19-11 08:01 AM by Omaha Steve
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Paul Hammel
LINCOLN — Compromises, like the mythical phoenix, often rise from the ashes in the Nebraska Legislature.
Just when it appeared that a marathon of meetings would be fruitless, State Sen. Steve Lathrop of Omaha announced Wednesday night that interests representing state business groups, public employee unions and employers had agreed on a compromise to reform the State Commission of Industrial Relations.
The deal, which state senators will debate Thursday, would maintain collective bargaining and retain the CIR as the decider of labor disputes involving public employee unions.
But it also would slightly ratchet down the compensation the CIR could order in good economic times. During recessions, the compensation would be ratcheted down even further.
Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20110519/NEWS01/705199836#...
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For the last three months the threat was real that I would lose my right to be in a union. I have received so much support on the DU incluing my first post that made the front page recommended list. That was a few weeks before the Wisconsin news broke. Thank you.
My MRSA is clearing up. I see the infection specialist today. I should go back to work Monday after being on sick leave a month. I had oly been at work for a couple weeks following my surgery when I got MRSA.
It is a good day.
You know, while reading some of the big guy's stuff, it occurs to me that he's slammed some major people in his own labor union, whatever local it is.
One wonders if they should know about it. He's really knocked some of the nabobs.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-02-05 07:35 PM
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here I am by invitation
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Martin Sheen video (graphic) on harp seals.
http://www.seashepherd.org/seals/seals.html
I've having sinus surgery tomorrow. Once I have some time and I'm feeling better, I'll post a little about my wife Marta and I.
OK. Here is the little girl from a broken home we adopted back in Feb. Nobody else wanted her.
http://www.hua.org/Dogs-For-Adoption/Judi.html
Her name is now Sweetie. She is over 15 lbs.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts)
Tue Aug-05-08 06:34 PM
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I gave the gift of life today (stay with me on this)
It was the first time in almost a year. I was over due for my next donation when I was hurt on the job last December. I knew in January I was headed for surgery and should not donate. I was cleared to start donating again a month ago. The last office blood drive happened on a day my co worker was out sick. I wouldn't leave with no one to cover the slot. So today was the big day. I'm O positive. I have a special quality about my blood. I've never had a virus most people have by the age of twelve. I don't have the anti bodies for this virus. I don't recall the name off the top of my head. A little help here. Because of this, my blood is used for newborns, cancer patients, those with aids, and the elderly. I have some friends (here on the Du too) that can't donate for several reasons. I gladly give my gift to those that need it. Bill at work (he can't afford to stay home) started his chemo Monday. I got a special hug before he left today.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-02-05 07:35 PM(Found somebody else to pick his nose for him.) :whatever:
here I am by invitation
I've having sinus surgery tomorrow.
In the 3 way race for the job in the summer of 09, first place got 63 votes. Second place got 61. Third got 59. I missed the run off election by 2 votes. Five people in my shop didn't vote. First place lost the run off election by 1 vote, even though I endorsed her.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-24-10 04:15 PM
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10. I was fired in retaliation to filing a ADA complaint
I got full back pay and benefits.
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10. I was fired in retaliation to filing a ADA complaint
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-24-10 09:21 AMPlease note the title of the thread.
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Omaha parks director job cut (fired me illegally in 07) Edited on Sat Jul-24-10 09:37 AM by Omaha Steve
Just days before my case was to go to binding federal arbitration, the city settled and I was re-instated. My union paid all the costs. Since they settled, there is no online record to share with the DU.
OS
http://www.omaha.com/article/20100724/NEWS01/707249855#...
Published Saturday July 24, 2010
Omaha's former parks administrator says he lost his job because of city budget cuts.
Steve Scarpello's last day as a city employee was July 9, he said in an interview Friday. He said he was told his job was eliminated to save money during a difficult budget year.
Scarpello, 51, said the city offered him another position — concessions manager for the city's golf courses, hockey rinks and other sports venues — but he turned it down.
“I just thought it was probably better for me to advance my career and look for some different opportunities,†Scarpello said.
If he had accepted the position as concessions manager, Scarpello would have seen his salary drop significantly. That position will pay $56,843 next year, according to Mayor Jim Suttle's 2011 budget proposal.
As parks administrator, Scarpello received an annual salary of $86,641.
Scarpello, who worked for the city for nine years, previously served as parks director. In 2006, then-Mayor Mike Fahey appointed Scarpello to replace Larry Foster, who is now parks director in Council Bluffs.
FULL story at link.
Tuesday after lunch I see the neck specialist. My injections for 2 hernias were put on hold when I was diagnosed with MRSA. The doctor that was supposed to do the work left that office. So this will be an initial visit to a different doctor.
Late Tuesday afternoon is my interview with my local unions executive board. I have several written endorsements from area labor leaders that should help. I should know fairly quickly after that if I am the new full time Vice President. If I get it, I will be leaving my plant when they need all the help they can get for flood conditions. It can't be helped. The local has over 550 members across a third of the state. The union office has been short a person since the former VP started his treatment for cancer last Fall. He beat the cancer but doesn't have the energy to work and took a disability.
Wednesday my physical therapy for my shoulder should get back on schedule. I missed therapy for a month while fighting VRSA, and lost ground on my recovery from rotator cuff surgery. My second shoulder surgery in 3 years.
I've not been posting as much as I usually do. Since I got back to work, I have just been so busy. I'll be back in the swing soon. I should hit 29,000 posts this week.
Omaha Steve A.K.A. OS
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Sun Jun-05-11 11:30 AM
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9. My MRSA is long gone
I'm allergic to the #1 drug used against it. Sulfa. I was on two different antibiotics. I also have been showering from head to toe with the soap you use before having surgery. It will take awhile to use up the full gallon. We also had to give baths to the dogs and cats with it, as well as Marta.
I used a full four weeks of sick leave over a five week period. The first three doctors including a dermatologist that saw it didn't know what it was. The dermatologist thought allergy. So the antibiotic the first doctor prescribed and the antihistamine were discontinued so I could take the allergy tests. This happened just as I was getting better.
The allergist knew what it was. That sent me to an infectious disease specialist. Had I not started getting better on my last trip, they were going to start round the clock intravenous drugs. Next step might have been the hospital. Glad I missed out on that.
After surgery, a person is at risk of staff or the MRSA version for a year. I think I got it at physical therapy. Wish I could prove it.
OS
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Sun Jun-05-11 11:30 AMWell, yes, you are.
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9. My MRSA is long gone
I'm allergic to the #1 drug used against it. Sulfa. I was on two different antibiotics. I also have been showering from head to toe with the soap you use before having surgery. It will take awhile to use up the full gallon. We also had to give baths to the dogs and cats with it, as well as Marta.
I used a full four weeks of sick leave over a five week period. The first three doctors including a dermatologist that saw it didn't know what it was. The dermatologist thought allergy. So the antibiotic the first doctor prescribed and the antihistamine were discontinued so I could take the allergy tests. This happened just as I was getting better.
The allergist knew what it was. That sent me to an infectious disease specialist. Had I not started getting better on my last trip, they were going to start round the clock intravenous drugs. Next step might have been the hospital. Glad I missed out on that.
After surgery, a person is at risk of staff or the MRSA version for a year. I think I got it at physical therapy. Wish I could prove it.
OS
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Mon Sep-05-11 06:41 PM
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50. I stood at the cash register and cried (30 year old memories came rushing back)
Another of my old posts.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
Edited on Fri Aug-27-10 07:43 PM by Omaha Steve
Most of you know I was fired illegally for union organizing in June 1980: http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Board%20Decisions/261 /...
The next 4 years were the worst years of my life. More on that in a bit.
This afternoon I did something I haven't done in years. I walked into a Starbucks to order something. I told the Barista at the counter I wanted a large iced tea. I then told him I want to make sure my Barista is a union member. You could see I had upset him. He threw his bar towel against the counter and went into the back room. A young black worker came out with the largest smile she could make. She took my order. A few moments later I was at the cash register. As I paid for my tea she politely said in a low voice "thank you for your support". I said "same to you".
I lost it. I remembered in detail being fired at the age of 23because I wanted a union at my workplace. I had 3 kids to feed. I was black listed. It was 82 when I got my first work after being fired. I worked for 10 weeks as a paid picket in the Hinky Dindy (UFCW) strike. I would not find any work again until late June of 1983. Payroll had some problems. I got my first check for 6 weeks just before Marta went on strike against Ma Bell for 3 weeks. The last unified national strike against AT&T before break up the following first of the year.
I remembered loosing my unemployment appeal. Winning the first round with the NLRB. Loosing the next round with an administrative law judge. My appeal to the board was upheld. Industrial Label appealed to the appellate court in St. Louis. I won there. After close to 4 years I got a settlement check on the condition I turn down in writing my right to reinstatement at the company. Otherwise the company was ready to stall by appealing to the US Supreme Court.
It was a while before I learned it was the first black to sit on the NLRB board that made the difference in my case. Howard Jenkins Jr. was nominated by President Kennedy. He stayed through 5 different Presidents and earned the nickname Mr. NLRB.
My barista of choice asked if something was wrong? I could only say tears of joy as I walked away. I'm sure several people in the store wondered where the nut bag came from.
OS
Had a child in 1973, when he was a sophomore.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Fri Mar-07-08 04:07 PM
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I got fired on 2-22-07, a year later I'm getting promoted
Edited on Fri Mar-07-08 04:38 PM by Omaha Steve
For those that don't know I was illegally fired last year. It was blatantly in retaliation for an ADA charge I filed against my former supervisor with the EEOC. My union filed for binding arbitration. The city settled 4 days before the hearing. The settlement included my reinstatement with back pay, benefits, etc... I just learned I'm getting promoted. It should take effect when I return to work from my surgery scheduled for next Friday. I've been home the last two days on pain meds. Once in a while the shoulder causes neck pain that turns into a headache. That should end after the surgery.
Omaha Steve
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Sat Mar-08-08 08:04 AM
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29. He is one of the top orthopedics in the area
I was first sent to Doctor Ray. Semi retired knee man. He only had x-rays done even though I begged for an MRI. He said it was a sprain and to back to work on full duty. No pain meds, no therapy, no MRI. Two weeks later when the shoulder started swelling up, my own personal physician ordered the MRI. The shit then hit the fan. Dr. Kaiser is doing the work.
http://election.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2973017
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Mon Jul-18-11 05:16 PM
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43. She said "We told the Omaha Parks and Recreation Department"
We is the Tea Party according to her letter.
Many of you may remember I lost my job in the Omaha Parks Dept. in 2006 because of budget cuts. I posted the article in the paper with my photo of me sitting on a tractor mowing. FIVE park caretakers were let go that Fall. Opening and cleaning restrooms across the city were done by caretakers especially on weekends. The parks dept. has lost over 30 full time jobs in the last decade while increasing in size from annexations etc. Where was she when there was public discussion at the city council meetings about these jobs?
Omaha Steve
He also drinks a lot of wine. I hope he doesn't mix that with prescription drugs.Why?
Born 1957.I saw what you did there. Nice tie in to the Nixon tapes. Does your allusion include similar character defects between the two ?
Graduated from high school 1975.
That's why this gap between his starring in Jesus Christ Superstar in high school, and his job at the Omaha waterworks, bothers me so much. It's 30-32 years.
That's a lot longer than eighteen-and-a-half minutes.
Born 1957.
Graduated from high school 1975.
That's why this gap between his starring in Jesus Christ Superstar in high school, and his job at the Omaha waterworks, bothers me so much. It's 30-32 years.
That's a lot longer than eighteen-and-a-half minutes.
The problem with OS is that he has surrounded himself by cyber "friends,".....
The good, civilized folks of Bellevue will be horrified if they were hear about his long deadbeat history of any-but-work income. Horrified. Steve, they deserve to know. You proudly exclaim it amongst your 100,000 friends at the DU, time to share it with your neighbors.
I'm O positive. I have a special quality about my blood. I've never had a virus most people have by the age of twelve. I don't have the anti bodies for this virus. I don't recall the name off the top of my head. A little help here. Because of this, my blood is used for newborns, cancer patients, those with aids, and the elderly.
I did not know the American Deadbeat Act covered fatness.
Not only did he announce his candidacy on Skins's island, he's hung around there since, shooting off his mouth making comments the voters of Bellevue might not find respectable, and comments the voters of Bellevue are probably going to hear.
Omaha Steve (31,459 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
9. I did telemarketing in the 90's
Things have changed. Most o the jobs left the USA.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002333288#post9I am so glad telemarketing is long past it's heyday.
Well, they'll at least appreciate his agitating for the Cornhusker football program to corner the market on gay athletes.I might be a bit concerned if I was the straight, center, for the team. :fuelfire:
That could be his winning issue.