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<quote who="Christopher Cashell">
> At Thu, 27 Feb 03, Unidentified Flying Banana Jay Swackhamer, said:
>> Isnt Elkhorn just the western end of Omaha now?
>
> Yep, it is.  In fact, in the areas around Dodge and Pacific street,
> there is barely any "space" between Western Omaha and Elkhorn.  They're
> starting to run together.
>
>> Soon, you too, will be brought into the collective......tax base......
>
> This is actually very true.  It's been mentioned a couple of times in
> the news that within the next year or so, there will likely be a
> proposal before the Omaha city council to Annex Elkhorn.
>
> I have two friends in Elkhorn who have very mixed opinions on it.  One
> of them used to live in Omaha, and is looking forward to Elkhorn
> becoming a part of Omaha.  The other one is strongly against it.  In
> fact, there are a number of people in Elkhorn that are fighting against
> this happening.
>
> Thing is, there's a law that states that Omaha can annex townships of
> under 10k inhabitants *without* their consent.  As of right now, Elkhorn
> is still a good bit below that, and their projected growth doesn't have
> them passing it for another 5 years.  From what I've heard, most people
> think it'll be part of Omaha, by then.
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Irish (a downtowner myself)

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