The Union Pacific glassy corporate headquarters in downtown Omaha is left of the white building labeled the Omaha World-Herald. That 19-story U.P. downtown facility opened in 2004, though U.P. has had its operational base in Omaha for more than 160 years. (Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner)
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen was correct when he said Legislative Bill 1165 and its revamped approach to economic incentives for certain companies is “more aggressive and assertive than anything we’ve ever done before.”
Perhaps a better statement would have been to name the company that this legislation is intended to benefit, which has been reported as Union Pacific. Please keep in mind as you read this opinion column that “no government has ever given anyone anything that they didn’t first take from someone else.”…