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Phil Young

Sep 18, 2026

8:10
5,000 foot review of this because you stay very well connected in the, in the city and statewide politics because of your work.
8:20
Well, obviously there was the petition process where, uh, uh, uh, an entity who wanted to change, uh, Lincoln's charter.
8:30
And when we have elections, uh, and also put term limits on the ballot for city council and, and, and mayor, uh, Well, the mayor already has term limits.
8:40
Yeah, true, but for the city council, excuse me.
8:45
And they got enough signatures, but the city council, which I don't think members of the city council are big fans of these concepts, said that, well, it's really close to the election this cycle in November, so instead of it being on the ballot in November, we're just going to put it on the spring ballot.
9:06
And I think the attorney general's office is the one that sued and said, no, it needs to go on the November ballot.
9:12
They made the deadline, and it needs to be on the November ballot, and went directly to the Supreme Court with it.
9:27
At least that's what they cited in the ruling.

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