November 18, 2011 – Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle and Council Bluffs Mayor Tom Hanafan met in the middle of the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge to place a friendly bet on next week’s football game between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Iowa Hawkeyes. The build up to next week’s Thanksgiving challenge started with the Mayor’s of both cities facing off with representatives of their respective Habitat for Humanity organizations midway over the Missouri River this morning.
Here’s the Husker / Hawkeye wager: If Nebraska wins, Mayor Hanafan, his staff and Habitat for Humanity of Council Bluffs will build a house on the Omaha side of the river, Saturday Dec. 10th. If Iowa wins, Mayor Suttle, his staff and Habitat for Humanity of Omaha will go to the Council Bluffs side of the river and build a house on Dec. 10th.
Mayor Suttle and Habitat for Humanity of Omaha left the bridge early today convinced of a Husker victory, while Mayor Hanafan and representatives of Habitat for Humanity of Council Bluffs, confident of a Hawkeye win, could be heard discussing where they want the Suttle administration to build a new home in their city. The purpose of the wager is to raise awareness of the need for affordable housing on both sides of the river.
Council Bluffs Mayor Tom Hanafan and Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle Discuss Their Husker/Hawkeye Wager
