Comments on: Omaha vs. Elkhorn: An Annexation Altercation

By: Cenzing

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By: Elkhorn Loses Annexation Fight at U. of Nebraska - Omaha College Democrats Blog

Elkhorn Loses Annexation Fight at U. of Nebraska - Omaha College Democrats Blog — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:22:34 +0000

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By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:08:59 +0000

The Nebraska Constitutional Amendment that is used as the basis for the right to annex cities states “the Legislator may provide for the merger or consolidation of counties or local governments”. But it also says it must be approved by a majority of voters in each municipality. (There is no minimum population threshold.) It also states that “Annexation shall not be considered a merger or consolidation for purposes of this section”. Meaning a vote is not required for annexations. But what are mergers, consolidations, and annexations? The only difference in definition is annexation must be adjoining land. But mergers and consolidations in this case are too. Towns and cities don’t merge that are separated by other land areas. So they are essentially the same but one requires a vote and the other does not. The Amendment does not define what the distinction is. The Legislator then defined them by Statute. The Legislator can pass new Statutes changing these definitions at will. So who is protected by the voter requirement can be changed at will by the Legislator. This amounts to a Constitutional change without going through the amendment process. Therefore Article XV-18 is invalid and it should be thrown out. Without it there is no right for the Legislator to make laws regarding mergers, consolidations, or annexations within the Nebraska Constitution. Of course the courts will never do this because every merger and annexation that ever was in the state could be required to be vacated. This is another case of the law being ignored to dilute the vote of the people so they can siphon off money for the states powerful business interest and their politician puppets.

By: AnnexElkhorn

AnnexElkhorn — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:19:56 +0000

Please, please, stop spending my tax money to fight a losing battle. (By my tax money, I mean the tax money of Elkhorn that will soon be Omaha tax money).

By: Steph

Steph — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:08:01 +0000

Agreeing with Kelsey 100%!! honestly get things in order with yourselves BEFORE trying to add more. ever heard the phrase “biting off more than you can chew” well you can’t even handle what’s in your mouth now so why try to get more?

WE (in elkhorn) have many services that omaha wouldn’t be able to provide us with. one thing would be our garbage companyies. our service takes anything and we can RELY on them to be there. also, we have many many many other things that our community does that we ALL love. if taken over by omaha we will no longer have those and i’m afraid that residents will not be happy at all.

just leave us alone. you don’t need us to be part of omaha. what’s the big deal anyway?

By: Welcome to Omaha… Elkhorn at U. of Nebraska - Omaha College Democrats Blog

Welcome to Omaha… Elkhorn at U. of Nebraska - Omaha College Democrats Blog — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:42:20 +0000

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By: Kelsey

Kelsey — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:09:06 +0000

Wow…..talk about ignorant people. First of all get your facts right and quit making assumptions. Not everyone from Elkhorn is a “rich snob”. I graduated from Elkhorn and lived there for more than 10 years and I would like to think I am not even close to being a “Snob”. Elkhorn’s Main Street is pretty historic and meaningful actually, obviously not to you, but maybe to some people who live there and have lived there for 60+ years. And if you can’t tell where Omaha ends and Elkhorn begins you’re apparently not very observant. Come west down Maple street, probably about 5 miles before you even get into Elkhorn there are fields and fields of open land, clearly that is not Omaha. There is a pretty good gap in-between the two cities actually. Omaha can’t even take care of itself how does it expect to take on another several thousand people? I’m not saying that Omaha won’t win, and honestly I don’t really care, I can see both sides. But it is ignorance like this that fills peoples head’s with false perceptions.

By: elkhornrednecks

elkhornrednecks — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 03:01:08 +0000

FAHEY SUX!!!!!!!!!!!!

ELKHORN WILL NEVER BE TAKEN!!!!!!

OMAHA IS JUST A BUNCH OF WINERS THAT CANT PAY FOR THIER OWN DEBT AND U KNOW WHAT? WE”RE NOT PAYING FOR IT EATHER!!!!

By: ptgustan

ptgustan — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 03:26:46 +0000

Mayor Fahey gives not one whit about posterity: he wants to get re-elected NOW. It is no accident that he kicked off his re-election campaign by announcing the Elkhorn blitzkrieg. The City of Omaha has a two building skyline. Sure, it isn’t a one-horse town any more, but it ain’t a metropolis, either. There is plenty of room for Omaha to grow up, before it grows out (literally AND figuratively). Besides, there is room to the West south of Pacific street, and even more room to the North, where development is actually needed. This issue gets Fahey’s name in the paper at the expense of the good people of Elkhorn.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 22:48:52 +0000

Also I want to add:

Its probably been said on here already, but elkhorn gave up its identity YEARS ago. It once might have been a small, distinct village, but now it is nothing more than suburbia. Places like Dundee and Benson have a distinct feel and style to them. Elkhorn does not. Elkhorn’s main street is a piece of crap, fallen into disrepair because people would rather shop in omaha. Like they say, you cant tell where omaha ends and elkhorn begins. Perhaps they should have focused more on their city than just creating a bunch of omaha-esque neighborhoods a mile away from our city. Also, everything they are complaining about is pure emotion, if they would just look at the facts they would calm down. It isnt like sky scrapers will be going up at 204th and dodge this summer and the gangs of north and south O will be moving their “turf” to elkhorn.