Cindy Maxwell-Ostdiek
@cmaxwellostdiek.bsky.social
Mom / Small Business Owner / Volunteer / VOTE!
Independent for Nebraska Legislature / District 4 / west Omaha
Follow @cindyfornebraska.bsky.social for Campaign Updates
Independent for Nebraska Legislature / District 4 / west Omaha
Follow @cindyfornebraska.bsky.social for Campaign Updates
Call all of your elected officials and tell them we don’t want to spend taxpayer money on prison camps.. .Not anywhere and not in Nebraska!
August 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Call all of your elected officials and tell them we don’t want to spend taxpayer money on prison camps.. .Not anywhere and not in Nebraska!
Call Senator Fisher and Senator Ricketts to oppose cuts to Nebraska Public Media!
☎️ Senator Deb Fischer
202-224-6551
☎️ Senator Pete Ricketts
202-224-4224
☎️ Senator Deb Fischer
202-224-6551
☎️ Senator Pete Ricketts
202-224-4224
July 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Call Senator Fisher and Senator Ricketts to oppose cuts to Nebraska Public Media!
☎️ Senator Deb Fischer
202-224-6551
☎️ Senator Pete Ricketts
202-224-4224
☎️ Senator Deb Fischer
202-224-6551
☎️ Senator Pete Ricketts
202-224-4224
Disappointed that our state and Attorney General is not listed as fighting to bring OUR tax dollars back to Nebraska's schools. #neleg
☎️ AG Hilgers
402-471-2683
From @edweek.org
☎️ AG Hilgers
402-471-2683
From @edweek.org
July 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Disappointed that our state and Attorney General is not listed as fighting to bring OUR tax dollars back to Nebraska's schools. #neleg
☎️ AG Hilgers
402-471-2683
From @edweek.org
☎️ AG Hilgers
402-471-2683
From @edweek.org
The contrast of the celebration of fireworks while we worry for our family, neighbors, and country weighs on so many of us tonight.
Take time to acknowledge your grief, clear your head, charge your spirt.. .and then we come together and work for a better tomorrow.
Take time to acknowledge your grief, clear your head, charge your spirt.. .and then we come together and work for a better tomorrow.
July 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The contrast of the celebration of fireworks while we worry for our family, neighbors, and country weighs on so many of us tonight.
Take time to acknowledge your grief, clear your head, charge your spirt.. .and then we come together and work for a better tomorrow.
Take time to acknowledge your grief, clear your head, charge your spirt.. .and then we come together and work for a better tomorrow.
Dear Representative Bacon, I woke up to a beautiful sunrise this morning and, for a moment, I forgot my dread and fear for our country.
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July 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Dear Representative Bacon, I woke up to a beautiful sunrise this morning and, for a moment, I forgot my dread and fear for our country.
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/1
The Administration is withholding education $ due to the states as of July 1. What are Nebraska's elected officials doing to ensure our federal tax dollars are correctly deposited to fund critical school services? #neleg
Ask:
Governor Pillen
Representative Bacon
Senator Fischer Senator Ricketts
Ask:
Governor Pillen
Representative Bacon
Senator Fischer Senator Ricketts
July 1, 2025 at 6:39 AM
The Administration is withholding education $ due to the states as of July 1. What are Nebraska's elected officials doing to ensure our federal tax dollars are correctly deposited to fund critical school services? #neleg
Ask:
Governor Pillen
Representative Bacon
Senator Fischer Senator Ricketts
Ask:
Governor Pillen
Representative Bacon
Senator Fischer Senator Ricketts
Who is still up tonight? Plz call Senators Fischer & Ricketts to vote NO on this harmful legislation.
Senator Scott's amendment is in addition to already devastating cuts in the reconciliation bill.. .Plz remember Nebraskans voted at the ballot box in 2018 to expand Medicaid in our state.
#neleg
Senator Scott's amendment is in addition to already devastating cuts in the reconciliation bill.. .Plz remember Nebraskans voted at the ballot box in 2018 to expand Medicaid in our state.
#neleg
June 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Who is still up tonight? Plz call Senators Fischer & Ricketts to vote NO on this harmful legislation.
Senator Scott's amendment is in addition to already devastating cuts in the reconciliation bill.. .Plz remember Nebraskans voted at the ballot box in 2018 to expand Medicaid in our state.
#neleg
Senator Scott's amendment is in addition to already devastating cuts in the reconciliation bill.. .Plz remember Nebraskans voted at the ballot box in 2018 to expand Medicaid in our state.
#neleg
All materials are available in English and Spanish, with on-site interpretation (Spanish and ASL), and in-room childcare provided.. .and snacks, too!
Please follow We Make Omaha for more information and I encourage everyone to join the conversation. /end
www.wemakeomaha.com
Please follow We Make Omaha for more information and I encourage everyone to join the conversation. /end
www.wemakeomaha.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
All materials are available in English and Spanish, with on-site interpretation (Spanish and ASL), and in-room childcare provided.. .and snacks, too!
Please follow We Make Omaha for more information and I encourage everyone to join the conversation. /end
www.wemakeomaha.com
Please follow We Make Omaha for more information and I encourage everyone to join the conversation. /end
www.wemakeomaha.com
Did you know that Nebraska Legislative District 4 overlaps with Omaha City Council Districts 5, 6, and 7?
All events are open to all Omaha residents, and I attended the District 6 Dialogue held last week. /2
All events are open to all Omaha residents, and I attended the District 6 Dialogue held last week. /2
June 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Did you know that Nebraska Legislative District 4 overlaps with Omaha City Council Districts 5, 6, and 7?
All events are open to all Omaha residents, and I attended the District 6 Dialogue held last week. /2
All events are open to all Omaha residents, and I attended the District 6 Dialogue held last week. /2
The comprehensive Omaha Master Plan (adopted in 1997) is being updated, and conversations are being held in each city council district for members of the community to discuss what is important to their neighborhood and city as a whole. /1
June 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The comprehensive Omaha Master Plan (adopted in 1997) is being updated, and conversations are being held in each city council district for members of the community to discuss what is important to their neighborhood and city as a whole. /1
I delivered letters to my three members of Congress this afternoon. Hopefully, enough constituents contacting Senator Fischer, Senator Ricketts, and Representative Bacon will give them the courage to stand up for us and the Constitution.
June 13, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I delivered letters to my three members of Congress this afternoon. Hopefully, enough constituents contacting Senator Fischer, Senator Ricketts, and Representative Bacon will give them the courage to stand up for us and the Constitution.
Always proud to support local businesses like Baker's Lakeside Plaza and the Foodbank for the Heartland last week as they work to help neighbors struggling with food insecurity. Please take a look at this list of most-needed food items and consider donating to their next drive!
#lovethyneighbor
#lovethyneighbor
June 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Always proud to support local businesses like Baker's Lakeside Plaza and the Foodbank for the Heartland last week as they work to help neighbors struggling with food insecurity. Please take a look at this list of most-needed food items and consider donating to their next drive!
#lovethyneighbor
#lovethyneighbor
I recently went to a townhall hosted by Senator Armendariz (LD18), Senator Sorrentino (LD39), and Senator von Gillern (LD4). More than fifty people attended and it was good to see Bennington, Elkhorn, and west Omaha neighbors engaged with their elected representatives! /1
#neleg
#neleg
June 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I recently went to a townhall hosted by Senator Armendariz (LD18), Senator Sorrentino (LD39), and Senator von Gillern (LD4). More than fifty people attended and it was good to see Bennington, Elkhorn, and west Omaha neighbors engaged with their elected representatives! /1
#neleg
#neleg
Senators that confirmed Secretary Kennedy made a grave error w/every family's health across our country.
If this policy stands, Americans will be unable to protect their loved ones w/choice to vaccinate against COVID19 as recommended by trusted medical experts. I hope science & reason will prevail.
If this policy stands, Americans will be unable to protect their loved ones w/choice to vaccinate against COVID19 as recommended by trusted medical experts. I hope science & reason will prevail.
May 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Senators that confirmed Secretary Kennedy made a grave error w/every family's health across our country.
If this policy stands, Americans will be unable to protect their loved ones w/choice to vaccinate against COVID19 as recommended by trusted medical experts. I hope science & reason will prevail.
If this policy stands, Americans will be unable to protect their loved ones w/choice to vaccinate against COVID19 as recommended by trusted medical experts. I hope science & reason will prevail.
This comes after patients and their loved ones again shared their stories and frustration at three listening sessions hosted by bipartisan groups of Nebraska Senators in La Vista, Omaha, and Lincoln earlier this month. /2
#medicalcannabis
#medicalcannabis
May 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This comes after patients and their loved ones again shared their stories and frustration at three listening sessions hosted by bipartisan groups of Nebraska Senators in La Vista, Omaha, and Lincoln earlier this month. /2
#medicalcannabis
#medicalcannabis
Nebraskans voted overwhelmingly (71%) in November of 2024 for access to medical marijuana and Legislators will be debating a bill on Tuesday to set parameters for regulators. /1
#neleg
#neleg
May 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Nebraskans voted overwhelmingly (71%) in November of 2024 for access to medical marijuana and Legislators will be debating a bill on Tuesday to set parameters for regulators. /1
#neleg
#neleg
How will extreme cuts to Medicaid coverage impact Nebraskans' mental health crisis?!
☎️ Rep. Don Bacon
202-225-4155
Posted on Twitter and Facebook:
☎️ Rep. Don Bacon
202-225-4155
Posted on Twitter and Facebook:
May 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
How will extreme cuts to Medicaid coverage impact Nebraskans' mental health crisis?!
☎️ Rep. Don Bacon
202-225-4155
Posted on Twitter and Facebook:
☎️ Rep. Don Bacon
202-225-4155
Posted on Twitter and Facebook:
As a reminder while the Nebraska Legislature debates our state's budget shortfalls, please review this "Structural Balance or Imbalance" chart from the Nebraska Legislative Fiscal Office 2023 Long-Term Budget Planning Report. #neleg
nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/reports/...
nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/reports/...
May 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
As a reminder while the Nebraska Legislature debates our state's budget shortfalls, please review this "Structural Balance or Imbalance" chart from the Nebraska Legislative Fiscal Office 2023 Long-Term Budget Planning Report. #neleg
nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/reports/...
nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/reports/...
Thank you to the Head Start teams across Nebraska providing for children & families!
I was proud to attend the rally at the Capitol the other day & appreciate the bipartisan group of Nebraska Legislators that spoke about the importance of continued funding for Head Start.
#ProtectHeadStart
#neleg
I was proud to attend the rally at the Capitol the other day & appreciate the bipartisan group of Nebraska Legislators that spoke about the importance of continued funding for Head Start.
#ProtectHeadStart
#neleg
May 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Thank you to the Head Start teams across Nebraska providing for children & families!
I was proud to attend the rally at the Capitol the other day & appreciate the bipartisan group of Nebraska Legislators that spoke about the importance of continued funding for Head Start.
#ProtectHeadStart
#neleg
I was proud to attend the rally at the Capitol the other day & appreciate the bipartisan group of Nebraska Legislators that spoke about the importance of continued funding for Head Start.
#ProtectHeadStart
#neleg
Horrified.. .My mother's heart breaks for these families.
Please join me and call on Nebraska's members of Congress to stop these shameful deportations.
☎️ Rep. Don Bacon
202-225-4155
☎️ Senator Deb Fischer
202-224-6551
☎️ Senator Pete Ricketts
202-224-4224
Please join me and call on Nebraska's members of Congress to stop these shameful deportations.
☎️ Rep. Don Bacon
202-225-4155
☎️ Senator Deb Fischer
202-224-6551
☎️ Senator Pete Ricketts
202-224-4224
April 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Horrified.. .My mother's heart breaks for these families.
Please join me and call on Nebraska's members of Congress to stop these shameful deportations.
☎️ Rep. Don Bacon
202-225-4155
☎️ Senator Deb Fischer
202-224-6551
☎️ Senator Pete Ricketts
202-224-4224
Please join me and call on Nebraska's members of Congress to stop these shameful deportations.
☎️ Rep. Don Bacon
202-225-4155
☎️ Senator Deb Fischer
202-224-6551
☎️ Senator Pete Ricketts
202-224-4224
Thankful the amendment failed and the original bill advanced to the next round. Please keep calling your Senators to support LB192 on Final Reading.
April 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Thankful the amendment failed and the original bill advanced to the next round. Please keep calling your Senators to support LB192 on Final Reading.
☎️ Right NOW on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature, Senator Andersen is trying to hijack Senator Quick’s LB192 regarding SNAP eligibility with an unfriendly Amendment. Please call your Senator immediately and tell them to vote NO on AM1131 and vote YES on LB192. #neleg
April 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
☎️ Right NOW on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature, Senator Andersen is trying to hijack Senator Quick’s LB192 regarding SNAP eligibility with an unfriendly Amendment. Please call your Senator immediately and tell them to vote NO on AM1131 and vote YES on LB192. #neleg
It is important that everyone clearly understands that the fundamental principles of the Constitution, such as due process and equal protection under the law, extend to all individuals within the United States, regardless of their immigration status. /1
April 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It is important that everyone clearly understands that the fundamental principles of the Constitution, such as due process and equal protection under the law, extend to all individuals within the United States, regardless of their immigration status. /1
Legislators across the political spectrum voted down a bill that would've switched our current system of splitting electoral college votes to a winner-take-all method. Thanks to the 18 Senators that rejected more partisanship in our elections: 15 Democrats, 1 Independent, 2 Republicans.
#nonpartisan
#nonpartisan
April 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Legislators across the political spectrum voted down a bill that would've switched our current system of splitting electoral college votes to a winner-take-all method. Thanks to the 18 Senators that rejected more partisanship in our elections: 15 Democrats, 1 Independent, 2 Republicans.
#nonpartisan
#nonpartisan
Good news yesterday for retaining Nebraska's more direct, fair way to conduct presidential elections!
#civicsmatter #neleg
#civicsmatter #neleg
April 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Good news yesterday for retaining Nebraska's more direct, fair way to conduct presidential elections!
#civicsmatter #neleg
#civicsmatter #neleg