Councilman Haar won’t run in ’97 i
The MEMBER WHO
always carried a laptop
will leave the council
to devote more time to
his job.
By Chad Lobenz
Senior Reporter
After 7 1/2 years on the Lincoln
City Council, Ken Haar is taking a
break.
The laptop computer-toting coun
cilman said this week he would not run
for reelection in 1997.
Haar said he wanted to leave the
council to give more time to his job at
the Nebraska Arbor Day Foundation
and spend more time hiking and bik
ing.
Serving on the council was an enor
mous time commitment, Haar said, of
ten requiring 20 hours a week in addi
tion to his work.
Haar’s record includes attempts at
starting a minor- league baseball fran
chise in Lincoln.
Two years ago Haar rallied interest
and support for the idea, but struck
out with the council.
“I just couldn’t line up that fourth
vote,” Haar said.
But Haar said he thought he roused
enough support to spark a future move
ment.
“Maybe it will still happen,” he
said.
Haar also advocated a closer look
at city-owned natural gas service.
Although the council decided to let
People’s Natural Gas keep providing
Lincoln’s natural gas, Haar’s persis
tence made the council more vigilant
when regulating gas prices, he said.
Haar, who is a Democrat, said the
most rewarding part of his job was
watching Lincoln citizens crane to
gether to fight fra their interests.
He recalled a meeting when the city
council was voting on increasing bus
fares and citizens flooded the city
council chambers, demanding low
rates.
Haar was known as the council
member who was rarely without his
laptop computer at meetings. Through
out the meeting he would type in notes
on the council’s actions.
“I keep track of every vote, and the
council votes unanimously 90 percent
of the time,” Haar said.
And when there is a division, the
council has settled issues before they
get explosive, Haar said.
“Usually things can be worked out
with compromise,” he said.
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