{"id":1090,"date":"2014-09-10T02:23:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T02:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nebraska.precisionnewmedia.com\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2016-08-16T02:23:54","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T02:23:54","slug":"more-questions-for-ricketts-to-answerlincoln-at-a-press-conference-held-by-pete-ricketts-yesterday-ricketts-was-asked-when-he-knew-of-the-accusations-of-domestic-assault-facing-his-running-mate-lt-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nebraskademocrats.org\/vi\/press-releases\/more-questions-for-ricketts-to-answerlincoln-at-a-press-conference-held-by-pete-ricketts-yesterday-ricketts-was-asked-when-he-knew-of-the-accusations-of-domestic-assault-facing-his-running-mate-lt-g\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00c2U H\u1eceI TH\u00caM V\u1ec0 V\u00c9 \u0110\u1ec2 TR\u1ea2 L\u1edcILINCOLN-T\u1ea1i cu\u1ed9c h\u1ecdp b\u00e1o do Pete Ricketts t\u1ed5 ch\u1ee9c ng\u00e0y h\u00f4m qua, Ricketts \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c h\u1ecfi khi bi\u1ebft v\u1ec1 nh\u1eefng c\u00e1o bu\u1ed9c h\u00e0nh hung trong n\u01b0\u1edbc \u0111\u1ed1i m\u1eb7t v\u1edbi ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ea1n \u0111\u1eddi c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh, Lt Gov Lavon Heidemann. Anh ta tr\u1ea3 l\u1eddi, \u201cT\u00f4i ngh\u0129 ch\u00fang t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 ph\u00e1t hi\u1ec7n ra s\u1ef1 th\u1eadt r\u1eb1ng anh ta \u0111\u00e3 c\u00f3 m\u1ed9t phi\u00ean \u0111i\u1ec1u tr\u1ea7n - m\u1ed9t v\u00e0i tu\u1ea7n tr\u01b0\u1edbc, v\u00e0o th\u1eddi \u0111i\u1ec3m \u0111\u00f3 t\u00f4i ngh\u0129 r\u1eb1ng ch\u00fang t\u00f4i hy v\u1ecdng r\u1eb1ng n\u00f3 s\u1ebd \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c gi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft, \u00edt nh\u1ea5t \u0111\u00f3 l\u00e0 nh\u1eefng g\u00ec Trung t\u00e1 \u0111\u00e3 b\u00e0y t\u1ecf v\u1edbi t\u00f4i r\u1eb1ng anh \u1ea5y hy v\u1ecdng s\u1ebd gi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 \u201d. Trong c\u00e1c t\u00e0i li\u1ec7u c\u1ee7a t\u00f2a \u00e1n \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c tr\u00ecnh b\u00e0y t\u1ea1i phi\u00ean \u0111i\u1ec1u tr\u1ea7n v\u1ec1 l\u1ec7nh b\u1ea3o v\u1ec7 ch\u1ed1ng b\u1ea1o l\u1ef1c gia \u0111\u00ecnh, n\u1ea1n nh\u00e2n n\u00f3i r\u1eb1ng \u201cT\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 nh\u1eadn \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c m\u1ed9t l\u00e1 th\u01b0 t\u1eeb Lavon v\u00e0o ng\u00e0y 26 th\u00e1ng 8 n\u0103m 2014. Anh \u1ea5y \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u1ec1 ngh\u1ecb nhi\u1ec1u th\u1ee9 nh\u01b0ng kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 l\u1eddi \u0111\u1ec1 ngh\u1ecb v\u1eadt ch\u1ea5t n\u00e0o l\u00e0m gi\u1ea3m b\u1edbt n\u1ed7i s\u1ee3 c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i v\u1ec1 anh \u1ea5y. \u201d N\u1ed7 l\u1ef1c c\u1ee7a Heidemann \u0111\u1ec3 &quot;gi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft&quot; v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 \u0111\u00e3 th\u1ea5t b\u1ea1i v\u00e0 v\u00e0o ng\u00e0y 27 th\u00e1ng 8, c\u00f4 Bohling \u0111\u00e3 n\u1ed9p \u0111\u01a1n v\u00e0 b\u1ea3n tuy\u00ean th\u1ec7 \u0111\u1ec3 xin l\u1ec7nh b\u1ea3o v\u1ec7 ch\u1ed1ng l\u1ea1m d\u1ee5ng gia \u0111\u00ecnh. Ricketts \u0111\u00e3 bi\u1ebft v\u1ec1 nh\u1eefng c\u00e1o bu\u1ed9c b\u1ea1o l\u1ef1c v\u00e0 th\u1eddi \u0111i\u1ec3m lo\u1ea1i Heidemann kh\u1ecfi chi\u1ebfc v\u00e9 c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh tr\u01b0\u1edbc th\u1eddi h\u1ea1n lu\u1eadt b\u1ea7u c\u1eed, nh\u01b0ng thay v\u00e0o \u0111\u00f3, \u00f4ng \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0a ra quy\u1ebft \u0111\u1ecbnh \u0111\u00e1ng tr\u00e1ch l\u00e0 ch\u1edd Heidemann \u201cgi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft\u201d v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1. V\u00e0o ng\u00e0y 8 th\u00e1ng 9, m\u1ed9t l\u1ec7nh b\u1ea3o v\u1ec7 trong n\u01b0\u1edbc \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ban h\u00e0nh v\u00e0 c\u00f4ng khai. Ricketts sau \u0111\u00f3 \u0111\u00e3 ch\u1ecdn m\u1ed9t ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ea1n \u0111\u1ed3ng h\u00e0nh m\u1edbi - m\u1ed9t tu\u1ea7n sau th\u1eddi h\u1ea1n ng\u00e0y 1 th\u00e1ng 9 \u0111\u1ec3 thay \u0111\u1ed5i t\u00ean tr\u00ean l\u00e1 phi\u1ebfu th\u00e1ng 11. John Gale, ng\u01b0\u1eddi c\u00f3 chi\u1ebfn d\u1ecbch nh\u1eadn h\u00e0ng ngh\u00ecn \u0111\u00f4 la t\u1eeb Ricketts, \u0111\u00e3 ph\u1edbt l\u1edd lu\u1eadt ph\u00e1p v\u00e0 ghi t\u00ean Mike Foley v\u00e0o l\u00e1 phi\u1ebfu. Th\u1eadt l\u00e0 \u0111\u1ea1o \u0111\u1ee9c gi\u1ea3 khi Mike Foley, ch\u00ednh tr\u1ecb gia m\u00e0 Ricketts \u0111\u00e3 ch\u1ecdn \u0111\u1ec3 thay th\u1ebf Lavon Heidemann, \u0111\u00e3 b\u1ecf phi\u1ebfu cho d\u1ef1 lu\u1eadt (LB 768, 2001) m\u00e0 b\u00e2y gi\u1edd l\u00e0 lu\u1eadt hi\u1ec7n h\u00e0nh c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang ta, \u1ea5n \u0111\u1ecbnh ng\u00e0y 1 th\u00e1ng 9 m\u00e0 B\u1ed9 tr\u01b0\u1edfng Ngo\u1ea1i giao hi\u1ec7n \u0111ang ch\u1ecdn b\u1ecf qua. Pete Ricketts \u0111\u00e3 bi\u1ebft v\u1ec1 nh\u1eefng c\u00e1o bu\u1ed9c b\u1ea1o h\u00e0nh m\u00e0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ea1n \u0111\u1eddi c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh \u0111ang \u0111i\u1ec1u h\u00e0nh tr\u01b0\u1edbc th\u1eddi h\u1ea1n v\u00e0i tu\u1ea7n. Anh ta kh\u00f4ng quan t\u00e2m \u0111\u1ebfn nh\u1eefng c\u00e1o bu\u1ed9c b\u1ea1o l\u1ef1c \u0111\u00f3 cho \u0111\u1ebfn khi ch\u00fang \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ti\u1ebft l\u1ed9 cho c\u00f4ng ch\u00fang. B\u00e2y gi\u1edd \u0111\u00e3 qu\u00e1 th\u1eddi h\u1ea1n, v\u00e0 anh ta kh\u00f4ng quan t\u00e2m \u0111\u1ebfn vi\u1ec7c tu\u00e2n theo lu\u1eadt ti\u1ec3u bang."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LINCOLN-T\u1ea1i cu\u1ed9c h\u1ecdp b\u00e1o do Pete Ricketts t\u1ed5 ch\u1ee9c ng\u00e0y h\u00f4m qua, Ricketts \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c h\u1ecfi khi bi\u1ebft v\u1ec1 nh\u1eefng c\u00e1o bu\u1ed9c h\u00e0nh hung trong n\u01b0\u1edbc \u0111\u1ed1i m\u1eb7t v\u1edbi ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ea1n \u0111\u1eddi c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh, Lt Gov Lavon Heidemann. Anh ta tr\u1ea3 l\u1eddi, \u201cT\u00f4i ngh\u0129 ch\u00fang t\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 ph\u00e1t hi\u1ec7n ra s\u1ef1 th\u1eadt r\u1eb1ng anh ta \u0111\u00e3 c\u00f3 m\u1ed9t phi\u00ean \u0111i\u1ec1u tr\u1ea7n - m\u1ed9t v\u00e0i tu\u1ea7n tr\u01b0\u1edbc, v\u00e0o th\u1eddi \u0111i\u1ec3m \u0111\u00f3 t\u00f4i ngh\u0129 r\u1eb1ng ch\u00fang t\u00f4i hy v\u1ecdng r\u1eb1ng n\u00f3 s\u1ebd \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c gi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft, \u00edt nh\u1ea5t \u0111\u00f3 l\u00e0 nh\u1eefng g\u00ec Trung t\u00e1 \u0111\u00e3 b\u00e0y t\u1ecf v\u1edbi t\u00f4i r\u1eb1ng anh \u1ea5y hy v\u1ecdng s\u1ebd gi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 \u201d.<br \/>\nTrong c\u00e1c t\u00e0i li\u1ec7u c\u1ee7a t\u00f2a \u00e1n \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c tr\u00ecnh b\u00e0y t\u1ea1i phi\u00ean \u0111i\u1ec1u tr\u1ea7n v\u1ec1 l\u1ec7nh b\u1ea3o v\u1ec7 ch\u1ed1ng b\u1ea1o l\u1ef1c gia \u0111\u00ecnh, n\u1ea1n nh\u00e2n n\u00f3i r\u1eb1ng \u201cT\u00f4i \u0111\u00e3 nh\u1eadn \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c m\u1ed9t l\u00e1 th\u01b0 t\u1eeb Lavon v\u00e0o ng\u00e0y 26 th\u00e1ng 8 n\u0103m 2014. Anh \u1ea5y \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u1ec1 ngh\u1ecb nhi\u1ec1u th\u1ee9 nh\u01b0ng kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 l\u1eddi \u0111\u1ec1 ngh\u1ecb v\u1eadt ch\u1ea5t n\u00e0o l\u00e0m gi\u1ea3m b\u1edbt n\u1ed7i s\u1ee3 c\u1ee7a t\u00f4i v\u1ec1 anh \u1ea5y. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>N\u1ed7 l\u1ef1c c\u1ee7a Heidemann \u0111\u1ec3 &quot;gi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft&quot; v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 \u0111\u00e3 th\u1ea5t b\u1ea1i v\u00e0 v\u00e0o ng\u00e0y 27 th\u00e1ng 8, c\u00f4 Bohling \u0111\u00e3 n\u1ed9p \u0111\u01a1n v\u00e0 b\u1ea3n tuy\u00ean th\u1ec7 \u0111\u1ec3 xin l\u1ec7nh b\u1ea3o v\u1ec7 ch\u1ed1ng l\u1ea1m d\u1ee5ng gia \u0111\u00ecnh. Ricketts \u0111\u00e3 bi\u1ebft v\u1ec1 nh\u1eefng c\u00e1o bu\u1ed9c b\u1ea1o l\u1ef1c v\u00e0 th\u1eddi \u0111i\u1ec3m lo\u1ea1i Heidemann kh\u1ecfi chi\u1ebfc v\u00e9 c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh tr\u01b0\u1edbc th\u1eddi h\u1ea1n lu\u1eadt b\u1ea7u c\u1eed, nh\u01b0ng thay v\u00e0o \u0111\u00f3, \u00f4ng \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0a ra quy\u1ebft \u0111\u1ecbnh \u0111\u00e1ng tr\u00e1ch l\u00e0 ch\u1edd Heidemann \u201cgi\u1ea3i quy\u1ebft\u201d v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1.<\/p>\n<p>V\u00e0o ng\u00e0y 8 th\u00e1ng 9, m\u1ed9t l\u1ec7nh b\u1ea3o v\u1ec7 trong n\u01b0\u1edbc \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ban h\u00e0nh v\u00e0 c\u00f4ng khai. Ricketts sau \u0111\u00f3 \u0111\u00e3 ch\u1ecdn m\u1ed9t ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ea1n \u0111\u1ed3ng h\u00e0nh m\u1edbi - m\u1ed9t tu\u1ea7n sau th\u1eddi h\u1ea1n ng\u00e0y 1 th\u00e1ng 9 \u0111\u1ec3 thay \u0111\u1ed5i t\u00ean tr\u00ean l\u00e1 phi\u1ebfu th\u00e1ng 11.<\/p>\n<p>John Gale, ng\u01b0\u1eddi c\u00f3 chi\u1ebfn d\u1ecbch nh\u1eadn h\u00e0ng ngh\u00ecn \u0111\u00f4 la t\u1eeb Ricketts, \u0111\u00e3 ph\u1edbt l\u1edd lu\u1eadt ph\u00e1p v\u00e0 ghi t\u00ean Mike Foley v\u00e0o l\u00e1 phi\u1ebfu. Th\u1eadt l\u00e0 \u0111\u1ea1o \u0111\u1ee9c gi\u1ea3 khi Mike Foley, ch\u00ednh tr\u1ecb gia m\u00e0 Ricketts \u0111\u00e3 ch\u1ecdn \u0111\u1ec3 thay th\u1ebf Lavon Heidemann, \u0111\u00e3 b\u1ecf phi\u1ebfu cho d\u1ef1 lu\u1eadt (LB 768, 2001) m\u00e0 b\u00e2y gi\u1edd l\u00e0 lu\u1eadt hi\u1ec7n h\u00e0nh c\u1ee7a ch\u00fang ta, \u1ea5n \u0111\u1ecbnh ng\u00e0y 1 th\u00e1ng 9 m\u00e0 B\u1ed9 tr\u01b0\u1edfng Ngo\u1ea1i giao hi\u1ec7n \u0111ang ch\u1ecdn b\u1ecf qua.<\/p>\n<p>Pete Ricketts \u0111\u00e3 bi\u1ebft v\u1ec1 nh\u1eefng c\u00e1o bu\u1ed9c b\u1ea1o h\u00e0nh m\u00e0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ea1n \u0111\u1eddi c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh \u0111ang \u0111i\u1ec1u h\u00e0nh tr\u01b0\u1edbc th\u1eddi h\u1ea1n v\u00e0i tu\u1ea7n. Anh ta kh\u00f4ng quan t\u00e2m \u0111\u1ebfn nh\u1eefng c\u00e1o bu\u1ed9c b\u1ea1o l\u1ef1c \u0111\u00f3 cho \u0111\u1ebfn khi ch\u00fang \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ti\u1ebft l\u1ed9 cho c\u00f4ng ch\u00fang. B\u00e2y gi\u1edd \u0111\u00e3 qu\u00e1 th\u1eddi h\u1ea1n, v\u00e0 anh ta kh\u00f4ng quan t\u00e2m \u0111\u1ebfn vi\u1ec7c tu\u00e2n theo lu\u1eadt ti\u1ec3u bang.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LINCOLN-At a press conference held by Pete Ricketts yesterday, Ricketts was asked when he knew of the accusations of domestic assault facing his running mate, Lt Gov Lavon Heidemann. He answered, &#8220;I think we found out about the fact that he had a court hearing &#8211; a couple of weeks ago, at that time I &#8230; <a title=\"MORE QUESTIONS FOR RICKETTS TO ANSWERLINCOLN-At a press conference held by Pete Ricketts yesterday, Ricketts was asked when he knew of the accusations of domestic assault facing his running mate, Lt Gov Lavon Heidemann. He answered, &#8220;I think we found out about the fact that he had a court hearing &#8211; a couple of weeks ago, at that time I think we hoped that it would be resolved, at least that&#8217;s what the Lieutenant Governor expressed to me was that he hoped to get it resolved.&#8221;  In court documents presented at the hearing for the domestic violence protection order, the victim stated &#8220;I received a letter from Lavon on August 26, 2014. He offered various things but there is no amount of material offers that will lessen my fear of him.&#8221;  Heidemann&#8217;s attempt to &#8220;resolve&#8221; the matter failed and on August 27, Ms. Bohling filed a petition and affidavit to obtain a domestic abuse protection order. Ricketts had the knowledge of the accusations of violence and the time to remove Heidemann from his ticket well before the election law deadline, but instead made the deplorable decision to wait for Heidemann to &#8220;resolve&#8221; the issue.  On Sept 8th, a domestic protection order was granted and made public. Ricketts then chose a new running mate &#8211; one week after the Sept 1 deadline to change a name on the November ballot.  John Gale, whose campaigns received thousands of dollars from Ricketts, ignored the law and placed Mike Foley&#8217;s name on the ballot. It is hypocritical that Mike Foley, the politician Ricketts has chosen to replace Lavon Heidemann, voted for the bill (LB 768, 2001) that is now our current law that set the September 1st date that the Secretary of State is now choosing to ignore.  Pete Ricketts knew about the allegations of violence facing his running mate weeks before the deadline. He didn&#8217;t care about those allegations of violence until they were revealed to the public. Now it&#8217;s past the deadline, and he doesn&#8217;t care to follow state law.\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/nebraskademocrats.org\/vi\/press-releases\/more-questions-for-ricketts-to-answerlincoln-at-a-press-conference-held-by-pete-ricketts-yesterday-ricketts-was-asked-when-he-knew-of-the-accusations-of-domestic-assault-facing-his-running-mate-lt-g\/\" aria-label=\"More on MORE QUESTIONS FOR RICKETTS TO ANSWERLINCOLN-At a press conference held by Pete Ricketts yesterday, Ricketts was asked when he knew of the accusations of domestic assault facing his running mate, Lt Gov Lavon Heidemann. He answered, &#8220;I think we found out about the fact that he had a court hearing &#8211; a couple of weeks ago, at that time I think we hoped that it would be resolved, at least that&#8217;s what the Lieutenant Governor expressed to me was that he hoped to get it resolved.&#8221;  In court documents presented at the hearing for the domestic violence protection order, the victim stated &#8220;I received a letter from Lavon on August 26, 2014. He offered various things but there is no amount of material offers that will lessen my fear of him.&#8221;  Heidemann&#8217;s attempt to &#8220;resolve&#8221; the matter failed and on August 27, Ms. Bohling filed a petition and affidavit to obtain a domestic abuse protection order. Ricketts had the knowledge of the accusations of violence and the time to remove Heidemann from his ticket well before the election law deadline, but instead made the deplorable decision to wait for Heidemann to &#8220;resolve&#8221; the issue.  On Sept 8th, a domestic protection order was granted and made public. Ricketts then chose a new running mate &#8211; one week after the Sept 1 deadline to change a name on the November ballot.  John Gale, whose campaigns received thousands of dollars from Ricketts, ignored the law and placed Mike Foley&#8217;s name on the ballot. It is hypocritical that Mike Foley, the politician Ricketts has chosen to replace Lavon Heidemann, voted for the bill (LB 768, 2001) that is now our current law that set the September 1st date that the Secretary of State is now choosing to ignore.  Pete Ricketts knew about the allegations of violence facing his running mate weeks before the deadline. He didn&#8217;t care about those allegations of violence until they were revealed to the public. Now it&#8217;s past the deadline, and he doesn&#8217;t care to follow state law.\">\u0110\u1ecdc th\u00eam<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MORE QUESTIONS FOR RICKETTS TO ANSWERLINCOLN-At a press conference held by Pete Ricketts yesterday, Ricketts was asked when he knew of the accusations of domestic assault facing his running mate, Lt Gov Lavon Heidemann. He answered, &quot;I think we found out about the fact that he had a court hearing - a couple of weeks ago, at that time I think we hoped that it would be resolved, at least that&#039;s what the Lieutenant Governor expressed to me was that he hoped to get it resolved.&quot; In court documents presented at the hearing for the domestic violence protection order, the victim stated &quot;I received a letter from Lavon on August 26, 2014. He offered various things but there is no amount of material offers that will lessen my fear of him.&quot; Heidemann&#039;s attempt to &quot;resolve&quot; the matter failed and on August 27, Ms. Bohling filed a petition and affidavit to obtain a domestic abuse protection order. Ricketts had the knowledge of the accusations of violence and the time to remove Heidemann from his ticket well before the election law deadline, but instead made the deplorable decision to wait for Heidemann to &quot;resolve&quot; the issue. On Sept 8th, a domestic protection order was granted and made public. Ricketts then chose a new running mate - one week after the Sept 1 deadline to change a name on the November ballot. John Gale, whose campaigns received thousands of dollars from Ricketts, ignored the law and placed Mike Foley&#039;s name on the ballot. It is hypocritical that Mike Foley, the politician Ricketts has chosen to replace Lavon Heidemann, voted for the bill (LB 768, 2001) that is now our current law that set the September 1st date that the Secretary of State is now choosing to ignore. Pete Ricketts knew about the allegations of violence facing his running mate weeks before the deadline. He didn&#039;t care about those allegations of violence until they were revealed to the public. 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On Sept 8th, a domestic protection order was granted and made public. Ricketts then chose a new running mate &#8211; one week after the Sept 1 deadline to change a name on the November ballot. John Gale, whose campaigns received thousands of dollars from Ricketts, ignored the law and placed Mike Foley&#8217;s name on the ballot. It is hypocritical that Mike Foley, the politician Ricketts has chosen to replace Lavon Heidemann, voted for the bill (LB 768, 2001) that is now our current law that set the September 1st date that the Secretary of State is now choosing to ignore. Pete Ricketts knew about the allegations of violence facing his running mate weeks before the deadline. He didn&#8217;t care about those allegations of violence until they were revealed to the public. 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He answered, \"I think we found out about the fact that he had a court hearing - a couple of weeks ago, at that time I think we hoped that it would be resolved, at least that's what the Lieutenant Governor expressed to me was that he hoped to get it resolved.\" In court documents presented at the hearing for the domestic violence protection order, the victim stated \"I received a letter from Lavon on August 26, 2014. He offered various things but there is no amount of material offers that will lessen my fear of him.\" Heidemann's attempt to \"resolve\" the matter failed and on August 27, Ms. Bohling filed a petition and affidavit to obtain a domestic abuse protection order. Ricketts had the knowledge of the accusations of violence and the time to remove Heidemann from his ticket well before the election law deadline, but instead made the deplorable decision to wait for Heidemann to \"resolve\" the issue. On Sept 8th, a domestic protection order was granted and made public. Ricketts then chose a new running mate - one week after the Sept 1 deadline to change a name on the November ballot. John Gale, whose campaigns received thousands of dollars from Ricketts, ignored the law and placed Mike Foley's name on the ballot. It is hypocritical that Mike Foley, the politician Ricketts has chosen to replace Lavon Heidemann, voted for the bill (LB 768, 2001) that is now our current law that set the September 1st date that the Secretary of State is now choosing to ignore. Pete Ricketts knew about the allegations of violence facing his running mate weeks before the deadline. He didn't care about those allegations of violence until they were revealed to the public. 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He answered, &#8220;I think we found out about the fact that he had a court hearing &#8211; a couple of weeks ago, at that time I think we hoped that it would be resolved, at least that&#8217;s what the Lieutenant Governor expressed to me was that he hoped to get it resolved.&#8221; In court documents presented at the hearing for the domestic violence protection order, the victim stated &#8220;I received a letter from Lavon on August 26, 2014. He offered various things but there is no amount of material offers that will lessen my fear of him.&#8221; Heidemann&#8217;s attempt to &#8220;resolve&#8221; the matter failed and on August 27, Ms. Bohling filed a petition and affidavit to obtain a domestic abuse protection order. Ricketts had the knowledge of the accusations of violence and the time to remove Heidemann from his ticket well before the election law deadline, but instead made the deplorable decision to wait for Heidemann to &#8220;resolve&#8221; the issue. 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