A recall effort in which petition organizers sued the Village of Alvo to get the question before voters has ousted one village board member and retained another.
A dispute over a gigantic tire pile at the edge of the small Nebraska town of Alvo – a nuisance and an environmental hazard that prompted state enforcement – has spiraled into a financial and constitutional fiasco. It sparked a lawsuit filed by one of Nebraska’s most well-known lawyers, and prompted a new bill in the Nebraska Legislature seeking to ensure nothing like it happens again.
ALVO, Neb. (AP) A resident of the tiny village of Alvo in eastern Nebraska is suing the village board for refusing to allow a recall election after a petition drive collected enough signatures to force a recall vote for two village board members.
Enough voters had signed petitions for a recall election on two members of the Alvo Village Board. But the board voted 5-0 against calling the election, which the lawsuit says
ALVO, Neb. (AP) — A resident of the tiny village of Alvo in eastern Nebraska is suing the village board for refusing to allow a recall election after a petition