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Voters finally have their say
By Enterprise Staff
This document was published online on Monday, November 03, 2008
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When the election night smoke clears, those deciding local races will have elected a new Cody mayor, one city councilman, six hospital board members and four school board members.
In addition, two county commission seats are available as part of the local races.
With no Independent party challengers, the commission positions appear certain for incumbent Bucky Hall and newcomer Dave Burke, both Republicans.
Nonpartisan West Park Hospital Board candidates on the Nov. 4 general election ballot include incumbents Graham Jackson, Charles Moore and Jeff Parsons as well as challengers Richard Evans, Dr. Christopher Lowther, Peggy Rohrbach and Ruth Torrey, all vying for three two-year seats.
Also running for the WHP board for one four-year position are incumbent Melissa Fraser and Ron Spomer, with incumbent Alan Swenson running against Dr. Adair Bowlby for another four-year seat. Incumbent Linda Seaton is the lone candidate for a Meeteetse district seat.
Seven people are competing for four nonpartisan positions on the Cody School Board.
They are incumbents Stefanie Bell, Dick Briesmeister and Donna Faltin, with challengers Rich Dickerman, Jake Fulkerson, Barb Oslie and Julie Snelson.
Running for a Cody city council Ward 1 seat are incumbent Cliff Main and challenger Charles Cloud.
In Ward 3, incumbent Steve Miller is unopposed and in Ward 2 newcomer Jerry Fritz is unopposed.
City council members Nancy Tia Brown and Paul Rankin are vying to replace Roger Sedam as mayor.
In addition, a number of partisan precinct committeeman and committeewoman positions appear on the ballot, as will two judicial retention votes. They are for retaining District Judge Steven Cranfill of Cody and Wyoming Supreme Court Justice William Hill of Cheyenne.
In addition, three candidates, incumbents Marty Coe and Mark Westerhold along with challenger Paul Fees, are seeking two nonpartisan seats on the Northwest College board.
Voters also must decide on two ballot proposition measures:
-Retention of the 4 percent lodging tax, a tax on lodging in Park County and the northern half of Yellowstone Park that supports tourism and the Park County Travel Council.
-The Cody Conservation District wants voters to decide whether the county commissioners should impose a conservation district tax of one mill on all property within the conservation district boundaries to provide natural resource project funding.
Two constitutional amendments also appear on the Nov. 4 ballot:
-A measure clarifying and modernizing the oath of office taken by elected or appointed officials.
-A measure changing the requirement for petition signatures for an initiative or referendum.
Conservation district supervisors in Cody and rural areas also are on the ballot, as are cemetery district trustees.
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4th Gen Cody wrote on Nov 4, 2008 1:30 PM:
I'm not proud to be born and raised in Cody over that one...not at all "