1. WILDLY EXPENSIVE STREETCAR THAT DUPLICATES SECTION OF ALARMINGLY EXPENSIVE ORBT RENOVATION OF #2 LINE
TIF Financing: The city plans to use TIF proceeds to cover the $389 million in costs.
Operating and Maintenance: The project is expected to have annual operating and maintenance costs of $6.4 million, which will be paid for by parking fees.
Other Infrastructure Improvements: Infrastructure improvements, such as upgrades to utilities and bridges, are estimated to cost $70 million, with other parties covering these costs.
Contracts: The Omaha Streetcar Authority has signed 19 contracts totaling nearly $141 million.
2. ORBT
3. AWOL IN ITALY
3. STREET DESTROYER
Stothert’s habit of annexing SIDs with substandard streets built by developers and then grinding them into gravel after refusing to repave them, even made the New York Times
4. POTHOLES
5. SLOWED AND DIMINISHED CITY SERVICES
6. ANNEXATION
Stothert’s repeated binges of annexation sometimes cost more in extending city services than they yielded in increased property taxes and increased response times for fire and police calls, alarming some of her takeover targets
7. THE MOTHER OF ALL STOTHERT TAXPAYER RIPOFFS: THE MUTUAL/LIBRARY BOONDOGGLE!
(list via dlamontHayes on reddit)
- $63.2 million in TIF to Mutual of Omaha for Skyscraper
- $4,650,000 10 yr lease 1401 Jones St to Lund Real Estate & White Lotus Group
- $4,050,000 10 yr lease Shopko at 84th & Frederick
- $3,928,595 renovation of 1401 Jones to Weitz Construction
- Increase from $500,000 to $2.52 million,
- Shopko renovation $27,000 for temp library rent
- $320,000 to Noddle Companies for 1401 Jones
- $150,000 to Noddle Companies for temp space mgmt
- $700,000 for Omaha Public Library demolition
- $20 million to CIT/Heritage Services for 72nd library
- $54 million + public fees for Mutual of Omaha’s current parking
- $99 million + public fees for Mutual's future parking
- $494,614 to HDR, Inc for 1401 Jones design
- $10,000 to HDR to design temp library
- $100,000 to MuniCap for Streetcar projections
- $354 million in TIF for streetcar
- $415,750 to outfit temporary space, see the July 26 agenda
- https://cityclerk.cityofomaha.org/images/agenda/2022-07-26a3.pdf
8. A BLATANTLY CONDESCENDING HOMOPHOBE ON THE CITY COUNCIL
9. A COVERTLY HOMOPHOBIC MAYOR WHO REPEATEDLY DECEIVED LGBTS
After appointing an LGBT advisory council as window dressing, she routinely ignores it, although recently she invoked it as a shield in a blatant lie. She claimed she consulted it about her sleazy anti-trans TV attack ad on election opponent John Ewing. Ewing's lawyer says her ad defamed Ewing.
The only member of her LGBT Advisory board we've seen speak up was Demi Kulper, who said she’s never met Stothert and wasn’t “consulted” about Stothert’s TV ad.
Due to recent events, I need to set the record straight. A recent article states that members of the City of Omaha's LGBTQ+ Advisory Board were consulted on the mayor's anti-trans advertisement before it aired. That is absolutely not true in my case. I was never consulted. I was never informed. I did not have any conversations with the mayor or her office about thisad.
Yes, I serve on the advisory board, but this does not reflect the values I hold or the work I am here to do. I've proudly served on this board for the past four years. In that time, the mayor has never attended asingle meeting. In fact, l've never even met her.
I joined this committee to serve as a liaison between the LGBTQ+ community and city leadership-to raise concerns, offer insight, and advocate for equity when LGBTQ+ topics arise. I did not join to be used as a political shield for harmful messaging that puts our community at risk...
...This kind of messaging is harmful, divisive, and wrong. Our trans community deserves to feel safe, valued, and affirmed. I will always do my part to make sure that happens. We all deserve better than this.
Go vote next Tuesday. To my friends, family, and community, I hope that this speaks volumes about the candidates of this race.
In a previous mayoral race against Heath Mello, Stothert claimed protections against housing discrimination for LGBTs were unnecessary because of federal protections (a phony quarter-truth) and that her LGBT council was happy to hear such news.
10. KID GLOVES FOR WHITE RACISTS, BUT FELONY INQUIRIES FOR NON-VIOLENT BLM DEMONSTRATORS
Minimized Tony Caniglia III’s racist social media call to violence against BLM demonstrators but tried to see if non-violent demonstrators at his family’s restaurant could be charged with felonies