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Fremont man says he’ll run against mayor

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By The Associated Press

Saturday, Aug 02, 2008 - 02:59:34 pm CDT

FREMONT — A Fremont man who says the mayor turned his back on people by hastily voting against a proposed ordinance targeting illegal immigration has decided to run for mayor.

Wesley Homes has filed an affidavit with the Dodge County Clerk’s Office to run as a write-in candidate against incumbent “Skip’’ Edwards.

Edwards cast the deciding vote late Tuesday night against a proposal that would have banned renting to, harboring and hiring illegal immigrants.

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Homes, 72, spoke in favor of the ordinance to members of the council earlier in the night. But he left before council members voted to suspend the rules and place it to a vote of the council immediately, rather than at a later meeting, as was planned.

“I believe the mayor and some of the council members turned their backs on the people of Fremont,’’ Homes said. “Something so important should have been gone over very carefully.’’

Homes said he never considered running for mayor before Wednesday morning, when he realized the issue had already been settled.

“Several of us were thinking it would be completed Aug. 26 left early. Now that this has been done in haste, we have a mess,’’ Homes said. “We all know that we have a problem with illegal type of immigration. We need to put a task force in place that can look at both sides of this issue. This is an important issue that’s going to have to be dealt with. When you have this type of problem, it needs to be looked at carefully.’’

Dodge County Clerk Fred Mytty said anyone has until 10 days before an election to file an affidavit to be a write-in candidate for a partisan position, like Fremont mayor or city council.

The election is Nov. 2, and Edwards, a Democrat, is the only candidate on the ballot, according to an election notice on the Dodge County Web site.

Homes is a registered Republican. He said he’s retired after working as an investigator for various agencies in Oregon. Before that, he said, he was a Fremont police officer for 15 years.


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Former US Marine wrote on August 2, 2008 3:13 pm:
" Such an important issue that you showed up, voiced your opinion and left huh? I don't know how most people handle important issues, but when I show up at a meeting that I consider to be important, I stay till the bitter end. "

 Donations wrote on August 2, 2008 3:52 pm:
" How can I dontate to this guys campaign "

 lincolnite wrote on August 2, 2008 6:53 pm:
" Hey Fremonters,do you really want a city that is run on spite and ill-emotion?I hope not. "

 HPG wrote on August 2, 2008 8:49 pm:
" Ther is nothing better than a knee-jerk reaction to a serious problem. Never thought about being mayor before Wednesday? Sounds over qualified to me! "

 Former Fremonter wrote on August 2, 2008 9:18 pm:
" Fremont badly needs a change from Skip Edwards, but one would hope that change would be a step forward, rather than a giant leap backward like this guy represents. "

 Support wrote on August 3, 2008 8:29 am:
" Mr. Homes has my vote. As for the previous post, if you read the article you will note that the council had planned to vote on this issue in late August, rather than that particular night. "

 Legal Resident wrote on August 3, 2008 9:51 am:
" Go Get'm Mr. Homes. What you should be doing is running for Governor, and make this a state wide issue. I don't think that the LEGAL residents should have to carry the burden of the Illegals in our state.Regardless weather they have families or not. I have a family to support. Why do we have to support their families too? "

 Street wrote on August 3, 2008 10:49 am:
" Skip Edwards is good and honest man! Too bad the community doesn't get more involved or voicing their views on badly maintained streets, not being able to pay city bills and fees on-line. Or Hormel and Fremont Beef not paying city taxes. "

 Wanna bet wrote on August 3, 2008 2:39 pm:
" I bet Mr. Homes won't even get 25% of the vote! And that's a liberal perspective. My conservative one (since he is a write in candidate) is 10-15%

However, has anyone else noticed besides me on who's the major player in this divisive and hate-filled discussion? I'm talking about Fremont City Councilman who's running for the Unicameral (and nephew to the current Fremont area State Senator) Charlie Janssen. He voted for this silly ordinance that would have cost the tax-payers of Nebraska millions, if not billions, of dollars wasted in a Federal court just so then the city ordinance would be overturned! Talk about real fiscal conservatism there! Did I also mention he has been endorsed by the Henchman in Office who's a former Fremont resident? Hm...seems to me that Fremont area residents truly do keep hate all in the family?! "

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