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Omaha Steve

(99,632 posts) Fri Oct 4, 2013, 04:30 PM Oct 2013

(Omaha Steve) Bellevue controversy now in voters' hands as special council election nears (Oct 15th)

http://www.omaha.com/article/20131004/NEWS/131009402/1016#bellevue-controversy-now-in-voters-hands-as-special-council-election-nears

By Roseann Moring

A Bellevue City Council vacancy dispute that has dragged on for seven months and divided the residents of Ward 1 is about to come to an end.

On Oct. 15, voters will choose among four men to represent southeast Bellevue.

One of the candidates was in the middle of the controversy over how to fill the seat, and voters could use the election as a referendum on how the current City Council and mayor handled the vacancy.

The new council member will have to make many important decisions that shape Bellevue and Ward 1, including votes on at least two budgets, the move of City Hall out of Olde Towne and the costly hiring of full-time firefighters.

FULL story at link.