Kleeb Campaigns in South Sioux, Beatrice
May 28, 10:28 AM CST
Scott Kleeb has crisscrossed Eastern Nebraska with a message of alternative energy.
From the Sioux City Journal:
In an interview after he spoke at the Hy-Vee in South Sioux, Kleeb frequently referenced how Nebraskans are concerned about high gas prices, the economy and having health insurance coverage.
“A guy told me he had to take a third job just to pay for fuel prices,” said Kleeb, who is running against well-known Republican Mike Johanns. “People are hurting.”
Kleeb, a Hastings College instructor, said an “incoherent” national energy policy hasn’t resulted in lessening U.S. dependance on foreign oil. He said last week’s announcement that the U.S. will stop putting oil aside into the national Strategic Oil Reserve is a welcome short-term step, as would be action investigating whether oil traders engaged in price “gouging” in the run-up to $132 per barrel oil that’s resulted in unleaded gas prices of $3.80 per gallon in Siouxland.
And the Beatrice Daily Sun:
Kleeb visited Beatrice Saturday with an appearance at the Monumental Fiddling Championship at the Homestead National Monument of America.
He said energy production is one of the greatest challenges facing the country right now.
“We must do more to emphasize investment in alternative energy,” Kleeb said…
He said the way to pay for that investment is to better account for spending in government, holding government entities more accountable for wasteful practices that have resulted in billions of dollars that cannot be accounted for in recent weeks.
It’s too bad Mike Johanns and the USDA haven’t prioritized energy development over things like this.
– by Eric Van Horn | Send this to a friend
