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Meet the candidates for District 1 special election
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Three vie to replace Joe Jefferson in city’s northnorthwestern district
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BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A board member of the Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Citizens Alliance for a Sustainable Englewood and the president of CyGen Technologies face each other in the special election for the vacant District 1 seat on the Englewood City Council. Scott Danford, Othoniel Sierra and Carson Green are running to replace Joe Jefferson, who stepped down Jan. 8 to take the municipal judge seat he won in the Nov. 7 election. Jefferson’s absence on the now six-member council created a deadlock among councilmembers in appointing a replacement for him. Green, Sierra and Danford were among the applicants the city council narrowed the choice down to before declaring the impasse that made the special election necessary.
The winner of the election may break the 3-3 split on a council that has not yet chosen a councilmember to succeed Jefferson, the former mayor. The council can technically choose a mayor without a seventh member seated but has preferred to wait. Each candidate answered four questions: • Why should you represent District 1? • What is the most important issue in the city as a whole right now? Why? • How should the city respond to population growth and density? • How should the city prepare for its projected $77 million need for capital improvements? SEE ELECTION, P7
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