Local view: Bruning needs to stop fighting and do his job
BY VINCE POWERS
Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 12:36:42 am CDT
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Attorney General Jon Bruning repeatedly has chosen not to enforce Nebraska fair housing laws during the term of his office. His May 8 Point of View opinion piece deliberately failed to inform the readers that three other law firms in addition to Kathleen Neary of my office have offered to represent the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission for free.

The many lawyers who have volunteered have done so because the attorney general is making a mockery of Nebraska’s proud reputation of fairness for all.

Because there would be no fee charged to the agency, neither the attorney general nor the governor need approve such a hiring. One does not need to be a lawyer or a member of a political party to interpret the following law of the Sate of Nebraska to which Bruning swore an oath to uphold:

“Section 20-331(1) N.R.S. states:

1. … the Commission may authorize a civil action for appropriate temporary or preliminary relief pending filing of this disposition of the complaint under this section. Upon receipt of such an authorization, the Attorney General shall promptly commence and maintain such an action.â€