Stothert recall petitions ready and waiting
The clock is officially ticking for those looking to kick Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert out of office.
Looking to be armed with 3,000 pages of official recall petitions, Stothert's critics have some three weeks to start the petition drive.
In the meantime, Stothert continues to weigh another run for mayor in 2025.
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Jean Stothert is the city's first woman mayor, first mayor elected three times, the last time by a landslide.
But the recallers say she failed to repeal the restaurant tax and tried to increase the cash reserve "slush fund."
They'll need 34,065 valid city signatures to force a recall election.
Others tried before, in 2019.
NCN: Are those the petitions? How many do you have?
Recaller: Enough.
That effort failed.
As for Stothert's current defense: She says she’s cut the city's property tax rate three times, created a nationally recognized Police Department with "positive results" and adds, "Omaha is safe, economically strong, and well-managed."
Which almost sounds like a reelection pitch.
But Stothert has yet to say if she's looking to run again in 2025.