To say I know nothing about this would be a grotesque understatement. But, I checked Google News and it does seem like this is really happening. Here’s the AP story . It sounds like a weird variation of eminent domain. From a reader:

Dear Jonah, In a recent artilcle you talked about how the do-gooders were attempting to ban everything for our own good and how that was an attack on our personal liberties. There is a case here in Nebraska that clearly points out that we have no rights or freedoms left. It has so far escaped national notice but the city of Omaha has decided it wants to annex the neighboring town of Elkhorn. According to Nebraska law a larger entity (Omaha) can take over another community without any concent from the residents of that community as long as they number under 10,000 residents. The Elkhorn leadership polled the community members and found that close to 90% are against being taken over by Omaha. Another poll also showed that a majority of the citizens of Omaha thought it was wrong to annex Elkhorn as well. The Nebraska Supreme Court released it’s ruling last week stating that the city of Omaha could go ahead and throw out our elected leaders and take over all the town’s assets because we only number around 8,000 residents. I know this may not interest many as being a “local” issue but it would seem to me that there is a definite and unjust abrogation of our rights. Our town, which has been in existance for over 120 years has been torn away from us. Our duly elected officials are forcibly being thrown out of office and being replaced by an entity in which we have no representation. Is this what our “rights” means in America? It would seem to be sad day indeed. I am writing this in order to try and get the word out that this kind of horrible injustice is taking place and hoping that by putting the spotlight on the situation we can prevent it from actually taking place.