Carol Blood, Nebraska gubernatorial candidate, will host a town hall in Edgar on Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. The event will be held at the Edgar Community Center. The event is open to all area residents who are interested in hearing more about Blood’s vision of a better Nebraska.
“I look forward to dialogue with the community of Edgar to learn more about the issues they are facing.” Blood said. “This is also an opportunity for voters to hear directly from me about how, by working together, we can make a better Nebraska.”
Blood has ties to the area. Her dad grew up in Clay Center and her mom was raised in Edgar. All four of her grandparents are buried in the Clay Center Cemetery. Her relatives, Harry Vacek and Tymna (Young) Vacek have a family farm near Clay Center.
Public service is not new to the lifelong Nebraska resident. Blood has experience serving two terms as the Bellevue City Council At-Large representative, and she was elected to serve in the Nebraska Legislature in 2016 and 2020 by the voters in District 3.
“As an elected official I have always made it a priority to be accessible to my constituents,” Blood said. “If you lived in any of the areas where I served, you likely received a phone call from me or my office checking in to see if you have any questions, concerns or comments about the legislature or policy. This is a practice I’ve maintained while serving at both the state and local level. I do this because it helps me understand the wants and needs of folks I serve by hearing and noting their concerns directly.”
One of the main issues Blood is hearing about when she travels Nebraska is skyrocketing local property taxes. Blood has been working for years to unmask the truth about unfunded mandates and their direct impact on the property taxes in cities and towns across Nebraska.
“I want to pull back the curtain on these issues and share solutions to fix these problems starting with unfunded and underfunded mandates and fully fund our schools,” she said. “We’ve kicked this can down the road for more than two decades; it’s time for effective change.”
Carol was born in McCook, and raised in rural Adams County. She raised a family in Sarpy County. She has been married to her husband Joe for 34 years and they have been blessed with three adult children and 10 grandchildren.
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