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What If Sarpy County Had 2 Seats?

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 5:21 am
by mrsticka
You know how in some states, there are counties with 2 seats? Well, what if Sarpy had 2 county seats–Papillion and Bellevue? Wouldn't that be something?

What do you suppose the pros and cons would be?

Re: What If Sarpy County Had 2 Seats?

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 6:06 am
by nebugeater
mrsticka wrote:You know how in some states, there are counties with 2 seats? Well, what if Sarpy had 2 county seats–Papillion and Bellevue? Wouldn't that be something?

What do you suppose the pros and cons would be?
FIsrt question is WHY?

No need to duplicate services. This state needs less county seats not more.

Re: What If Sarpy County Had 2 Seats?

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 7:40 am
by bigredmed1
nebugeater wrote:
mrsticka wrote:You know how in some states, there are counties with 2 seats? Well, what if Sarpy had 2 county seats–Papillion and Bellevue? Wouldn't that be something?

What do you suppose the pros and cons would be?
FIsrt question is WHY?

No need to duplicate services. This state needs less county seats not more.
We could realistically get by with <40 counties. NM, a bigger state than us, by about 30K sq miles has 23.

Re: What If Sarpy County Had 2 Seats?

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 12:36 pm
by GetUrban
Douglas and Sarpy really should have been 1 county, when you compare their relative sizes to other counties in Nebraska.
Keeping them separate probably had something to do with the early rivalry between Bellevue and Omaha.

Re: What If Sarpy County Had 2 Seats?

Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 2:14 pm
by Dundeemaha
GetUrban wrote:Douglas and Sarpy really should have been 1 county, when you compare their relative sizes to other counties in Nebraska.
Keeping them separate probably had something to do with the early rivalry between Bellevue and Omaha.
Definitely, originally in 1854 Douglas County had 2 election precincts, Omaha and Bellevue. In 1857 the legislature split the Bellevue election precinct in to its own county, Sarpy.