FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — A Fremont man has dropped his efforts to recall Fremont’s mayor and a council member over their roles in a failed effort to repeal the ordinance that bars property owners from renting homes to immigrants living in the country illegally.

But LaVern Kucera said he intends to renew the recall drives next year. He says the petition process now would have forced circulators to do their work in cold weather, making it tougher to gather the necessary signatures for an election.

In his original filing, Kucera said Mayor Scott Getzschman tried to stop implementation of the ordinance, causing residents to vote twice on it. In Kucera’s filing against Council Member Larry Johnson, Kucera said council members used scare tactics to gain support for the repeal.