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No word on Fair Vote Nebraska's next move

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By MELISSA LEE / Lincoln Journal Star

Saturday, Jul 19, 2008 - 12:47:28 am CDT

A group fighting to keep the State Fair in Lincoln said Friday it needs more time than expected to finalize its backup plan after a failed petition drive.

Roger Yant, a spokesman for FairVoteNebraska.com, said his group has stumbled upon “new information” and that he expects to unveil a Plan B next week, not this week as originally hoped.

Yant would not provide details: “Otherwise the university and everybody would know what we’re planning.”

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FairVoteNebraska.com announced Wednesday it had fallen short of the 60,000 petition signatures it needed to have voters decide in November whether the fair should move to Grand Island. That would clear the way for a University of Nebraska-Lincoln research campus, as a new state law requires.

Yant vowed then the group wasn’t quitting and said he would reveal his next move in the coming days.

Now, he says FairVoteNebraska.com members will meet Tuesday to discuss their plans.

People in Lincoln and Grand Island have speculated the group may be pursuing some type of legal action. Yant, though, appears to be staying tight-lipped.

“We have no idea what they’re referring to,” UNL spokeswoman Kelly Bartling said of the group’s plans.

Reach Melissa Lee at 473-2682 or mlee@journalstar.com.


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Bill wrote on July 19, 2008 7:08 am:
" Waaaaaah.......sue 'em. That's the only card Yant has left to show. "

 rac wrote on July 19, 2008 10:16 am:
" Give it up and get a clue. If people wanted this your petitions would have gotten signed, just like the AA ones did. "

 D.A. wrote on July 19, 2008 1:18 pm:
" Let's move on....give up your futile effort....its time to turn the page toward progress - the fair is going to Grand Island. End of story. "

 Signed planned to vote to GI wrote on July 19, 2008 7:15 pm:
" I signed the petition. I was going to vote to send the Fair off to GI anyway, but I signed the petition. "

 Hank wrote on July 21, 2008 11:49 pm:
" Done Deal, that's what a city official told me over a year ago about this. I wonder how he knew, hummmmmmmmm. He said it was already done, just a little bit of legislation was all that it was going to need and the fair would be moved out of Lincoln. There are huge forces at play here, business is business. I wonder how many from the 2015 Vision group will get contracts for this neat new fair and research center? hummmmmmmmm. I love Nebraska, laugh "

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