Meanwhile , in omaha , dr. thomas durant had illegally achieved a controlling interest in the union pacific railroad company , giving him complete authority over the project .
Adam julch , an enormous former college football star who is now a manager at a trucking firm in omaha , nebraska , complains that he had to trade in his pickup truck for a little honda civic .
A hard look at the evidence , however , shows that ' gridlock isn 't good for stocks , ' says robert johnson , a finance professor at creighton university in omaha .