Ewing v. Stothert: Tax-Increment Financing (TIF) | Omaha Mayors Race 2025

Omaha City General Election is Tuesday, May 13th! Check your polling place here: https://www.votercheck.necvr.ne.gov/VoterViewDuring the campaign season, we interviewed all the candidates for the Omaha City Mayoral race, including the two who advanced through the April primary election: Incumbent Jean Stothert (R) and Douglas County Treasurer John Ewing Jr. (D). We partnered with Flatwater Free Press and Civic Nebraska on their Voter Guide for the Omaha City Election and shared those interviews with them for wider publication. The Voter Guide can more accessed https://voterguide.flatwaterfreepress.org/Dan asked both Mayor Stothert and John Ewing about the city’s use of tax increment financing — or TIF — a development tool that’s drawn some heat lately, both locally and at the state level. If elected, how would they approach it? Would they keep it as is, or push for changes? Here are their answers.Connect with The Dan Parsons Show on Social Media!- X [Formally known as Twitter] (https://x.com/DanParsonsShow2)- Instagram - (https://www.instagram.com/thedanparsonsshow/)- Facebook - (https://www.facebook.com/TheDanParsonsShow/#)- TikTok - (https://www.tiktok.com/@thedanparsonsshow?lang=en)- Bluesky - (https://bsky.app/profile/thedanparsonsshow.bsky.social)Support the show by becoming a ‘Friend of Dan’ on Patreon - (https://www.patreon.com/thedanparsonsshow)Chapters - TIF0:00 Welcome to The Dan Parsons Show!1:29 John Ewing J.r3:16 Jean Stothert6:42 Thanks for Watching! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.