Mike Boyle

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Mike Boyle (b. January 19, 1944, Los Angeles, California) is a former mayor of Omaha, Nebraska and is a current member of the Douglas County Board of Commissioners. Mike Boyle has been a lawyer in private practice in Omaha for over 30 years.

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[edit] Biography

Educated in Catholic schools in Omaha, Boyle graduated from Creighton University in 1973 with a degree in Economics and Management from the Business Administration School. He graduated from the Creighton University School of Law in 1977.

Mike married Anne Howell on April 24, 1965 at St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha. They have five children and 12 grandchildren. Anne Boyle is the first woman elected in the 130-year history of the Nebraska Public Service Commission. She was re-elected in 2002 and is a former chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party. She headed-up the Bill Clinton for President campaign in Nebraska and the Re-election campaign, as well. She has been a delegate to several Democratic National Conventions and her father Sam J. Howell was considered the dean of Omaha's Douglas County Courthouse.

[edit] Political career

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Boyle was elected Mayor of Omaha in 1981 and re-elected in 1985. After a contentious battle with citizens from West Omaha which included scandals of patronage and an argument over family traffic tickets with the Chief of Police and his brother-in-law's arrest for book making, Boyle was recalled in 1987.[1]

Boyle is a popular Democratic member of the Douglas County Board, representing South Omaha, a seat to which he has been elected by huge majorities twice, running unopposed in the last election.

Preceded by
Al Veys		 Mayor of Omaha
1981 - 1987		 Succeeded by
Stephen Tomasek, Jr.

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  1. ^ Larson and Cottrell. (1997) The Gate City: A history of Omaha. University of Nebraska Press. p 315.
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