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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
PAUL HAMMEL Omaha World-Herald Check out the growth of the tire pile in Alvo, Nebraska, since May 2016 via Google Earth timelapse photos. ALVO â A mountain of scrap tires in a small, southeast Nebraska village that raised fears about an uncontrollable fire and health hazards appears to be shrinking, but it has not yet come into full compliance with orders from state fire and environmental regulators. The operators of the tire recycling business, B-Rose Tire Recycling and its affiliate, LAL Enterprises, signed legal agreements earlier this year to reduce the tire pile by July ...