It’s taken several days but the state’s largest newspaper has finally joined Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert’s call for City Councilman Vinny Palermo to resign.

In a Sunday editorial, the Omaha World-Herald writes, “Councilman Palermo, let’s get this over with already.”

Palermo, two former Omaha police officers and a non-profit fundraiser have been indicted on a variety of federal charges.

The 2-term Democratic councilman accused of taking kickbacks along with bank and wire fraud.

With Palermo in jail, ordered to stay there by a federal judge until his trial many months from now, whether he resigns or not by city rules he will likely be off the council sometime in July.

In the meantime, the paper says, “Vinny Palermo’s status leaves the seven-member council with six voting members, which creates the possibility of tie votes on some controversial issues in the months ahead. A short-handed council would be bad for all Omahans.”