Mike Boyle is a former mayor of Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...

 and is a current member of the Douglas County

Douglas County, Nebraska

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 463,585 people, 182,194 households, and 115,146 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,401 people per square mile . There were 192,672 housing units at an average density of 582 per square mile...

 Board of Commissioners. Mike Boyle has been a lawyer in private practice in Omaha for over 30 years.

Biography

Educated in Catholic schools in Omaha, Boyle graduated from Creighton University

Creighton University

Creighton University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is accredited by...

 in 1973 with a degree in Economics and Management from the Business Administration School. He graduated from the Creighton University School of Law

Creighton University School of Law

Creighton University School of Law is a part of Creighton University. Founded in 1904, Creighton Law is one of 14 Jesuit Catholic law schools in the U.S. One out of every 10 American law students is enrolled in a Jesuit law school. Situated primarily in urban centers, these schools were...

 in 1977.

Mike married Anne Howell on April 24, 1965 at St. Cecilia Cathedral

St. Cecilia Cathedral

St. Cecilia Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha. Located at 701 North 40th Street in the Gold Coast Historic District, the Cathedral was ranked as one of the ten largest in the United States when it was completed in 1959...

 in Omaha. They have five children and 18 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 Convention

Democratic National Convention

The Democratic National Convention is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 1852 national convention...

s and her father Sam J. Howell was considered the dean of Omaha's Douglas County Courthouse.

Political career

Boyle was elected Mayor of Omaha in 1981 and re-elected in 1985. After accusations of abuse of power

Abuse of Power

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and insulting treatment of civic leaders and government employees, Boyle was recalled in 1987. In October 1986, Mayor Boyle fired Police Chief Robert Wadman for insubordination. Chief Wadman had refused to sign disciplinary papers against officers involved in the arrest of Mayor Boyle's brother-in-law, John E. Howell, on drunken driving charges in 1985. Boyle also complained when the police issued traffic citations for his 19-year-old son and again when his twin 17-year-old sons were arrested for allegedly soliciting prostitution. The twins' cases went into confidential juvenile court proceedings.