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Primary Election Teton County 2014 A special supplement to the Jackson Hole News&Guide

August 13, 2014

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Over the past two months the Jackson Hole News&Guide has published candidate profiles and candidate positions on key Teton County issues for many of the races and propositions that will appear on Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s primary election ballot.

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Specific Purpose Excise Tax Six specific purpose excise tax proposals from government entities will appear on the primary ballot. Their costs add up to $11 million, to be paid for with 1 cent of voter-approved sales tax.

The tax generates $9 million to $10 million a year.

In recent years the ballot has listed $30 million to $40 million worth of projects, but elected officials limited this year’s proposals to allow collections to catch up to projects already underway.

Money generated by the tax is committed through 2016 to projects that were approved in past elections.

The optional sales tax, which is instituted only when voters approve it at the polls, is tacked on to most goods purchased in the valley, except food.

Opponents of this year’s SPET ballot — notably members of the Jackson Hole Tea Party — say that all six proposals should be rejected and that the projects should be planned and paid for as part of the town and county’s annual capital improvements program.

They say the SPET should be reserved for essential community “needs” as opposed to “wants.”

SPET proposals need a simple majority to pass.

Proposition No. 1: Jackson Hole Fire/EMS The fire department is outgrowing its cramped quarters at Fire Station 1 on Pearl Avenue, Fire Chief Willy Watsabaugh said.

The agency wants $2.5 million in SPET funds to expand the ground floor of the station.

The building now fits eight emergency vehicles, including fire trucks and ambulances. At full capacity there isn’t room for much else in the garage, Watsabaugh said.

Volunteer responders have to change clothes standing in the nar-

row space between the vehicles and the wall, he said. The laundry room doubles as a bathroom.

If the proposition is approved, the money would also be used to fund planning, design and engineering work for stations in Wilson, Hoback and Moran.

Proposition No. 2: Complete streets, sidewalks, utility and storm water improvements The county is putting a $2.25 million “complete streets” initiative before voters this year, and supporters say it’s not asking for much.

Complete streets, they say, give people on foot and on bikes a fair shot at making it safely from one place to another. The intent is not to exclude drivers, proponents say, but, rather, to not give them priority over other users.

The funds will go primarily to designing several complete streets in the town of Jackson. Some funds might go toward construction.

“There are lots of folks who are either young or old, folks who have mobility problems,” said Jackson Hole Community Pathways Director Brian Schilling.

“And there’s the average person who doesn’t want to feel like they’re taking their lives in their hands just to walk downtown. A lot of visitors to Jackson aren’t extreme athletes, and even extreme athletes deserve a little respect when they’re trying to get around.”

Complete streets include more than just superficial improvements, town of Jackson Administrator Bob McLaurin said.

“A complete street accommodates all users — peds, cars, bikes — and below the surface there’s water, sewer, storm sewer,” McLaurin said. “There are a bunch of different components to a street.”

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Proposition 3: North Cache pedestrian streetscape improvements For $1 million the town of Jackson could give cyclists and pedestrians on North Cache a safe connection to the pathway north of town.

The project would likely place a wide, multiuse sidewalk along the quarter-mile stretch between the visitor center and the pathway.

North Cache already has such a sidewalk on its east side, running an eighth of a mile north from Mercill Avenue.

The road is currently “a very wide boulevard with very wide parking on both sides that’s anything but friendly to pedestrians and cyclists,” Jackson Mayor Mark Barron said. “It doesn’t look like a nice, inviting gateway to the town of Jackson.”

Without a dedicated route to reach the pathway to the north, walkers and cyclists are exposed to more danger than they might expect, Jackson Hole Community Pathways Director Schilling said.

“There’s a shoulder on Cache Street, and that works for users heading north, but with the north pathway we see a lot of families with younger kids heading up to ride on the pathway,” he said. “With that pathway [acting as a] draw there, we really need to do something more than just a striped bike lane on the shoulder.”

The improvements, Schilling said, are also part of the town’s overall sidewalk plan, which includes providing many new walks on streets currently lacking.

Proposition 4: South Park Loop pathway from 3 Creek to Melody Ranch Completion of the missing 1.8 miles of pathway that would circumnavigate South Park Loop Road is among the highest priorities identified in the county’s 2007 pathways master plan.

Anticipated to cost up to $3.5 million, the path would connect two others that end at 3 Creek Ranch and Melody Ranch.

“The community has clearly voiced their support for having a completed pathways network,” Schilling said. “Trips by bicycle or other modes, or on transit, are on the rise nationwide, and trips by single-occupancy vehicles are on the decline. ... As more and more people choose to ride bikes and walk, it is equally important that we make it so that it’s possible these modes can be done safely.”

Aside from the Highway 22 pathway now under construction, Schilling said, completion of the South

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If Proposition No. 6 on the SPET ballot is approved, the Teton County Fair exhibit hall will be turned into a parks and rec maintenance building and a new exhibit hall will be built.

Park Loop Road’s adjacent pathway is the pathway project most urgently desired by the public.

“On a per-mile basis this is going to be an expensive section to build, primarily because of topographical constraints,” he said. “We’re having to build a rather long stretch of retaining wall because of a constriction between the current road location and the adjacent hillside.”

Proposition No. 5: Downtown storm water collection Across much of the area northwest of Town Square a single network of piping is all that keeps untreated water from rushing into Flat Creek.

The town of Jackson is asking for $250,000 in SPET funds to engineer a new storm water system to protect the creek from grimy runoff.

“The idea of this money is to get a survey of the entire system and see how we can use it to extend it to areas that need future drainage for development,” Town Engineer Sean O’Malley said.

The tax funds would pay for a master plan to identify the best locations for drains, underground pipes

and “sand-oil separators,” which filter runoff before it flows into Flat Creek.

Proposition No. 6: Teton County Fair and Parks and Recreation A $1.5 million allotment in SPET funds to the Teton County Fair would help build a new exhibit hall for community events.

The money would be used to enclose the open-air livestock pavilion behind the Teton County Fair offices. Supporters say it would provide a larger space that residents could use for events, from bar mitzvahs to the annual Fireman’s Ball.

The funds also would be used to turn the current exhibit hall, located across Snow King Avenue from the rodeo arena, into a new Teton County/Jackson Parks and Recreation Department maintenance building. The department’s current maintenance building dates from the 1980s and hasn’t grown, despite the expansion of the park system and the department’s responsibilities.

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Elect three new Teton County Commissioners who commit to fiscal responsibility, government transparency, competent oversight of county work and expenditures, and who share the community’s respect for this extraordinary place we call home.

We have excellent candidates running for the three open county commission seats. Vote only for those non-incumbents who will move the County forward and not use elected office as a permanent career.

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Uncontested A long list of candidates for political office will waltz through the primary elections without any challenge from opponents.

About half of the 29 candidates vying for offices at the state, county and town level have known they were moving on to the general election for a while. Below is a roundup of the candidates running in uncontested races: Three hopeful Jackson town councilors, including incumbents Don Frank and Bob Lenz, will appear on the ballot. John Stennis, an architect and Jackson planning commissioner, is the lone outsider making a bid for one of the two nonpartisan council seats. All three candidates will advance through the primary, and two will be picked in the general election.

Vying for the position of district court clerk are Democrat Anne Comeaux and Republican Debbie Hassler. Neither faces a challenger in the primary. Incumbent Dee Mahoney is vacating the post at the end of her term.

Teton County Treasurer Donna Baur is running unopposed. A Democrat, Baur has held the job since 2006.

County Clerk Sherry Daigle, a Republican, is running without opposition. The county clerk since 1998, Daigle once referred to herself as the “mother of the county.” She has faced only one election challenge, in 2010.

Republican Steve Weichman, the Teton County attorney since 1998, is also running unopposed. Weichman was last challenged in 2010 when Democrat and former public defender Greg Blenkinsop mounted an unsuccessful campaign.

Teton County Sheriff Jim Whalen faces no opponent for the job he was appointed to in 2009. He was re-elected to a four-year term in 2010. A Republican, Whalen has said before he views his job

as apolitical.

Incumbent state Sen. Leland Christensen, R-Alta, faces no opposition in his bid for the Republican nomination for the Senate District 17 seat. An auctioneer and onetime police officer, Christensen has held his seat in the state Senate since 2011.

State Rep. Ruth Ann Petroff, RJackson, also will move on to the general election for House District 16. The wife of Jackson Mayor Mark Barron, Petroff has served in the state Legislature since 2011. She’s the former owner of Domino’s Pizza and Hard Drive Cafe, and today owns and operates Snake River Coffee Roasting Company.

In House District 22, which covers portions of Lincoln, Sublette and Teton counties, incumbent Republican Marti Halverson, R-Etna, is seeking a second term. The native Chicagoan and lifelong Republican is retired from the medical device industry.

Natalia Macker is also seeking the seat, though as a Democrat. Macker, from Knoxville, Tennessee, is the artistic director for Off Square Theatre Company. She and Halverson will square off in the general election.

At the state level, Cody resident Cynthia Cloud faces no challengers in her re-election campaign for state auditor. The state auditor doesn’t actually conduct audits but serves as Wyoming’s chief comptroller. A certified public accountant, Cloud has held the elected executive position since 2010.

Any of the candidates running uncontested could encounter an opponent in the event of a write-in campaign. To appear on the general election ballot a candidate needs only 25 voters to write in his or her name in the primaries, said Wyoming elections director Peggy Nighswonger.

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Mayor Two candidates advance, two-year term Four candidates, nonpartisan: Geneva Chong Sara Flitner Stephen McDonald Mark Nowlin –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Jackson will soon have a new face in the mayor’s post for the first time in 12 years.

Four candidates are vying for the town’s top elected post. The winner will replace Mark Barron, who was first elected mayor in 2002.

Public relations consultant Sara Flitner announced in January that she would run for mayor. It wasn’t until the last day of the election filing period in May that three other candidates joined the fray: ecologist Geneva Chong, ski boot fitter Stephen McDonald and business owner Mark Nowlin.

The mayor’s race is nonpartisan.

Terms are for two years.

The two candidates who receive the most votes in the primary move on to November’s general election.

Geneva Chong Chong, 44, has been focusing her campaign on housing.

She has talked about adding density to town and creating a dedicated “housing trust fund” to help ease the tight housing market.

Chong has also talked about maximizing START bus ridership and looking at ways to connect mass transit throughout the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Chong decided not to fundraise for

her campaign.

“I believe democracy shouldn’t require time spent fundraising nor a candidate’s viability judged in dollars raised,” she said.

She also has emphasized the general importance of getting voters to the ballot box.

Chong is a research ecologist for the Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, a branch of the U.S. Geological Survey. As a government employee she is allowed to run for local office under federal rules as long as it is a nonpartisan position, which the mayor seat is.

She is married, has a son and has lived in Jackson for 11 years.

Sara Flitner Flitner, 47, touts her skills as a business owner and collaborative problem solver.

“I have the skills to lead and a desire to serve,” she said when she announced her candidacy.

Flitner has also pointed to the fact that she undertook a “thoughtful, lengthy, deliberative” decision-making process before jumping into the race.

She said that separates her from the other candidates.

Flitner has focused on workforce housing as one of the themes of her campaign. She would like to see the community come up with a “unified plan” to address some of the issues that have led to the housing shortage.

She also has cited her experience with balancing budgets as a smallbusiness owner.

Flitner has worked for a number of nonprofits, government entities and companies that have had business before the Town Council and Teton County Board of Commissioners.

She is originally from Shell, where she grew up on a ranch. She is married with two sons and has lived in the valley for 25 years.

Stephen McDonald McDonald, 46, has focused on alternative transportation and on reforming policing during his campaign.

“START bus does not function for locals, especially in town,” McDonald has said.

He would like to change the service to make it easier for people to use on a regular basis.

Regarding police, McDonald late in the campaign season released a list of changes to the way the department does its job that he would make as mayor. The role of law enforcement should be as “responders” and not primarily as “enforcers,” he said.

He would like mug shots removed from the Internet, as they often act as a “digital scarlet letter” for youth, he said.

He would also start a “community involvement program,” a sort of counseling program for offenders that would bring in residents of Jackson Hole to mentor them. Repeat offenders would be barred from the program, he said.

McDonald, 46, is a ski boot fitter and certified pedorthist. He also drives

heavy trucks for a contractor.

He moved to town when he was 22 and is married with four children.

Mark Nowlin Nowlin, 67, is the only candidate with previous experience in elected office, which he has cited as a plus throughout his campaign.

Nowlin sat on the town planning commission in the 1990s and was elected to the Town Council afterward.

“I know what the Town Council is about,” he said. “Public service: It’s a good thing.”

He helped the town as it negotiated with Albertsons and Smith’s Food and Drug, persuading Albertsons to put its parking lot away from the intersection of Broadway and Highway 22 and Smith’s to add workforce housing near the store.

Nowlin would like to see new land development regulations drafted and approved sooner rather than later. The details can be worked out later, he said, once development applications begin coming through the planning process.

Getting new zoning rules could help get more housing on the ground sooner, he said.

Nowlin has run an art supply and picture framing business, the Master’s Studio, in town for more than three decades. He raised his now-grown daughter in Jackson.

Candidates responses below have been edited for clarity and space.

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Workforce housing

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We have a workforce housing problem. I believe workforce housing — rental and ownership — should be considered as necessary infrastructure for our community, and I support an additional 1 percent sales tax, not property tax, to develop a joint town-county workforce housing trust fund. The town and county should provide density bonuses and expedited processing to workforce housing projects.

We should focus on safety and accessibility, such as safe streets to schools, and include options for commuters from Idaho and areas outside the valley — what START is doing well now and continues to improve on.

Adding lanes does not reduce congestion.

Our role as a gateway to and stewards of the greater Yellowstone area means we should also consider what can be done to facilitate alternative transportation modes by tourists.

I would ask staff to develop density bonus language that could be used with existing development tools, then new/revised LDR tools. I do not think dense workforce housing products should be limited to specific zones. Consideration should be given to specific sites based on current use and proximity to amenities. Every public construction project should include workforce housing.

The town should play an active role in the future of Snow King. Significant development is allowed under the resort’s master plan. The intersection of [public and private] land provides opportunity to achieve greater benefit to the public, such as development of workforce housing as part of the resort’s real estate mix. I want the ski area to remain an amenity for our community. I do not think the town should own it.

We have a workforce housing crisis. It will get worse if we don’t pass the land development regulations quickly and get housing, including and especially rental, on the ground. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort just took a proactive step in building apartments for its workforce, but it required help from both local housing organizations and the town. I want a unified plan and a thoughtful approach to funding it.

I want to see more START buses and routes, smaller buses in neighborhoods and continued efforts to connect the community with good sidewalks or pathways. The safer we make the connections, the more people will use them. Buses, bike lane striping and better sidewalks can be part of the solution.

I want the land development regulations passed now. It would allow businesses in the commercial zone to provide secondand third-story housing as the rule, not the exception. Density should be added in commercial zones by going up a story or two.

I would keep the integrity of the single-family neighborhoods as they stand.

Town should facilitate a public process so we have the best chance possible of keeping Snow King vibrant and accessible. Without some change it will be a defunct business.

I’d like to see improved trail systems, modernized lifts and other improvements that don’t fundamentally change how the King looks. My kids learned to ski on Snow King along with most of the kids in town, and I want that to be the case 30 years from now.

Making START bus more rideable for commuters in Alpine and those over the hill is a great start. I would propose purchasing a START bus commuter pass for any worker in Jackson who wants one. Getting current residents to pay for others’ housing is not fair.

I would never support a mill levy for workforce housing. The solution to the crisis is not more public housing but zoning changes that allow density in certain commercially zoned areas of town.

We now have an enormous START bus facility. Let’s put it to work. In town, START bus needs to be reworked so that it actually works for people who need to go to the store or post office. Currently you’re looking at a three-hour commitment to go anywhere in town. That’s a silly waste of time and resources.

Getting the public more involved is paramount. If I had a dollar every time someone was surprised — or completely blindsided — by a town decision, I’d be rich. I love “town as heart.” If the citizens of town continue to allow such rapid growth, housing 65 percent of the workforce locally is a pipe dream. The town of Jackson needs to increase densities in areas already zoned commercial and in mixed-use areas.

Snow King is an anchor for the town of Jackson, an important cultural and historical treasure. Snow King does not need to built up like Disneyland. Just because we can build and expand doesn’t mean we should.

I would act guardedly on any action that cheapens our beloved Town Hill. I’d certainly be open to making Snow King a city park. I think most of the development plans should be concentrated on winter growth.

Workforce housing is a continual situation.

Some businesses have purchased their own. The free-market failure to provide enough housing is seen in the number of rental units per job opportunities. The housing organizations are a deliberate but slow process. Once land development regulations are in place, hopefully the private sector can more rapidly address this situation. Both prongs must be employed.

The START bus is another very long-term government project which will hopefully help address some of the objectives in the comprehensive plan. As ridership increases, so will the frequency and scope of routes be redefined. The citizens’ utilization is critical to this effort. A positive sign is the grocery shoppers on the bus.

Every effort must be made to finish this part of the planning process. All concerned parties, landowners and developers, need to know how they will be impacted. Delaying the process only encourages anxiety with both parties. Perfect is a rare quality in regulations, as creative interpretations continue to be presented even decades later.

Readdressing the flaws is a continuing effort.

The ski hill is a significant part of the town character. Maintenance of that trait is paramount. Town, by virtue of property, is a stakeholder. And part and parcel to that is the maintenance of the town as a place where real working people live.

So development of other than skiing/ winter events of a permanent nature must seriously be evaluated with consideration of town character.

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One will go on to face a Republican challenger in the general election.

Dave Hodges is the current deputy coroner and is a longtime deputy with the Teton Blue County Sheriff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office.

Brent Blue, who ran unsuccessfully for the office four years ago, is a well-known emergency and general practice physician.

Both men tout their professional expertise when enumerating their qualifications for the coronerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that the person who is coroner should have a medical background,â&#x20AC;? Blue said shortly after filing to run. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to me to bring up the standard of the coronerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office, and I think that takes bringing in a medical professional.â&#x20AC;?

The investigative skills of a deputy are at least as important, Hodges said, and medical knowledge doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily have to come from the coroner himself.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;What the coronerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office does is investigate death,â&#x20AC;? Hodges said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and that means you put the events together to determine what happened. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We consult with our pathologist on contract and the deceasedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regular provider,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and we put that together with the facts of the case gathered from testimony and eyewitnesses.â&#x20AC;?

Both men, along with uncontested Republican candidate Russell Nelson, filed for the job after incumbent coroner Kiley Campbell declined to try for re-election.

Blue ran against Campbell four years ago. At that time Nelson intended to run as Hodges well, but personal complications, including a move to Jackson from Daniel, kept him busy past the filing deadline.

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County Commission Three Democrats and three Republicans move on, four-year term Nine candidates: Scott Anderson (I) – uncontested Paul Vogelheim (R) – incumbent Reynolds Pomeroy (R) Hank Phibbs (D) – incumbent Mark Obringer (R) Mark Newcomb (D) Paul Perry (R) Ben Ellis (D) – incumbent Smokey Rhea (D)

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Nine candidates seek three positions on the Teton County Board of County Commissioners this year. Three of the candidates are incumbents hoping to keep their seats for another term.

The county commission consists of five elected positions, two of which are not on the ballot this year: the seats held by Melissa Turley, a Democrat, and Barbara Allen, a Republican.

Independent Scott Anderson is the only one of the nine candidates who does not face a primary challenger. In the primary the number of candidates — four Republicans and four Democrats — will be whittled down to three from each party, who will then battle it out for the three seats in the Nov. 4 general election.

Republican leaders at their convention this year said the party intends to gain control of the commission for their party. Currently only two commissioners are members of the GOP. Under the authority of the commission are the bulk of county agencies, including Fire/EMS, parks and recreation, planning and building, engineering and public health. Commissioners appoint people to the library board, airport board, housing authority, board of health and many other organizations.

Though commissioners have no direct authority over the other seven elected county officials, they are charged with approving budgets for each of those elected officials’ departments.

Commissioners serve four-year terms. Their responses in the chart on page 9 have been edited for space.

Paul Vogelheim (R) In the past five years Vogelheim has held jobs as a ski host at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort and as a reporter for Off the Record Research, an industry research firm. He also held a seat on the county commission for the past six

years and served as the board’s chairman last year.

A Republican, Vogelheim lists among his top priorities the drafting of new land-development regulations. The process must be accelerated, he said, and the resulting regulations must emphasize the importance of property rights and wildlife habitat.

Workforce housing is also on his short-list for the next term, he said.

The 2012 Jackson/Teton County Comprehensive Plan calls for housing 65 percent of the county’s workforce within the county, and he said he intends to provide leadership toward that end.

Pathways also rank high among the issues Vogelheim considers important — in particular completing the links outlined in the 2007 Pathways Master Plan. Vogelheim also wants to devote special attention to the Snake River Management Plan, to the results of a county employee compensation study and to ensuring critical human-services providers remain adequately funded.

Reynolds Pomeroy (R) Pomeroy is a sales associate with the real estate brokerage division of the Clear Creek Group, a Jackson company.

A registered Republican since 1975, he has been appointed to the Teton County Planning Commission twice, serving from 1990 to 1996.

Implementation of the county’s new land-development regulations, he said, is an important duty of the commission that he intends to tackle once in office.

Along with the LDRs, an integrated transportation plan must be completed, updated and implemented, he said.

Around 20 parcels owned by the Bureau of Land Management along the Snake River are to be transferred to county ownership in coming years, and Pomeroy said that is another important project for commissioners elected this year. A management plan for the Snake River between Moose and Astoria will facilitate the transfer and must be completed prior to its taking place. Completion and implementation of the plan is high on his list of concerns, Pomeroy said, as is the enhancement of river facilities described in the plan.

Hank Phibbs (D) A retired lawyer, Democrat and in-

cumbent, Phibbs owned his own civil law practice in Jackson for more than 30 years.

Phibbs has exerted himself in politics for the past 43 years, he said, including having “the extraordinary privilege of serving as a commissioner for the past 10 years.”

A noted property rights advocate among the commissioners, Phibbs has stated several times during hearings on short-term rentals that neighborhoods and communities as well as individuals possess such rights.

Phibbs intends to continue focusing on employee housing challenges if he is re-elected, he said.

As a commissioner, he said, he strives to uphold a governmental process that is “open, responsive and respectful,” and will continue to do so.

Such a government is essential to the county, he said, “in order to balance protection of our wildlife with the needs of our community and citizens.”

Mark Obringer (R) Obringer, a Republican, owns Precision Builders, a renovation contracting business. He is also president of Imagine Jackson, a group supporting local entrepreneurs.

Obringer is familiar with the processes of politics, having served for 16 years as a Jackson town councilor. In addition he served a four-year term on the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission.

The county’s economy is based in conservation, Obringer said, and preserving that will be one of his foremost objectives as a county commissioner.

Good commissioners must connect with voters, he said, using “a process where you listen, hear and then act.”

Instead of using regulation as the sole tool for accomplishing county policies, Obringer said he would prefer to inform and educate constituents.

“People want to do the right thing,” he said.

Mark Newcomb (D) A self-employed consultant in the field of environmental economics, Democrat Mark Newcomb formerly guided for Exum Mountain Guides and for 18 years owned the company.

Newcomb sits on the board of directors of the Jackson Hole Center for

Global Affairs and the Grand Teton National Park Foundation. He has also occupied a seat on the county’s planning commission for six years.

Through these experiences, Newcomb said, he came to “understand business, planning ahead, risk, teamwork, attention to detail as necessary and perseverance.”

Workforce housing must be addressed and put in place, Newcomb said, and he would work to do so if elected.

The county government also needs to keep its own workforce in place to govern effectively, Newcomb said. He would strive to a “hire and retain capable, hardworking county staff. We rely on their skill and diligence.”

Newcomb also said he would seek establishment of a transportation plan that “fosters steady improvements in the START bus system, completes local pathway loops such as the South Park Loop connector and ensures our ability to respond quickly and effectively to catastrophes.”

Paul Perry (R) Perry, a Republican, owns Canvas Unlimited with his sister. The company rents tents for weddings, corporate events, and TV and movie productions.

“It’s been in our family since the ’60s,” Perry said of the company. “I have a degree in engineering and chose to run the family business instead of running off to Texas or something.”

Perry served two years as a county commissioner, but two years ago lost in his bid to remain in the position.

During his term, Perry said, he managed to insert references to private property rights into the comprehensive plan six times.

Perry said he would devote special consideration to housing the county’s employees and to housing options for the benefit of its employers. He would also try, he said, to protect the county’s wildlife, open spaces, natural resources and access to public land.

Ben Ellis (D) Incumbent Ben Ellis, a Democrat, owns Sagebrush Energy, a renewable energy planning, permitting and construction company in Jackson.

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Top priority

Property rights

Lodging tax

Highway expansion

Facilitate alternatives to WYDOT’s proposed five-lane build-outs of Highways 22 and 390. Partnership with WYDOT as the agency develops its transportation goals for Teton County should lead to more creative solutions than simply widening roads.

Property rights are a core value, foundational in this whole process.

It’s a given in our comp plan. We’ve outlined goals or policies we want to see accomplished, but not to ever sacrifice property rights. If a property right is sacrificed it would have to be a last resort and a very special situation. It’s a matter of priorities, and property rights would be the first priority.

Supports renewal of the 2 percent lodging tax. Tourism is a vital part of Jackson Hole’s economy, and the lodging tax helps workers by extending that part of the economy through the year. The intent of the lodging tax is to bring folks here in the shoulder and winter seasons, which it has been successful at over the past four years.

Disagrees with proposed five-lane highway, wants to encourage WYDOT to broaden its arsenal of transportation solutions. Transit plays an important role in ameliorating the county’s traffic woes, and free fares might be an important component of that. ... Said he would like to push START to look (again) at a farefree program in the valley similar to what peer mountain communities offer and what we are currently offering in town.

Addressing comprehensive workforce housing needs and challenges is the first of several high-priority challenges. Still seeking advice and opinions to shape understanding of what the county needs and wants. Said he is not running with an agenda or an ax to grind. Is engaged in regular meetings with campaign team and advisors and am listening to prospective constituents to better understand their concerns and priorities.

Balance must be maintained between property rights and new land-development regulations. Though he said he is not one of them, he said he thinks some perceive a big conflict there. The fact of the matter is, they’re not at odds. His perspective, he said, is that we’re fortunate in this community in that we have sort of a social contract, if you will, to collaborate and make a plan. At the end of that process good people with good intentions can maintain that balance.

The lodging tax in general is justified. He voted in favor of it and he will again.

Hopes we could forestall if not outright avoid five-lane highways on 390 and 22. ... WYDOT has a formula and is charged with maintaining certain levels of service.

Said he doesn’t doubt that five lanes, or expansion, is what falls out. Transit may be one way to put that off for the time being, but it may only forestall the inevitable. The community’s going to have to dig deep and assess what values it wants to preserve because WYDOT’s got its mandate.

To continue good stewardship in all aspects of Teton County government. This takes many forms, not the least of which is preservation of the county’s natural environment, on which its economy relies.

A good commissioner will strike the proper balance between regulation of land development and the property rights of landowners. The presence of an individual’s rights does not preclude property rights held in common by a neighborhood or community. The latter allow protection of that neighborhood’s or community’s character, landscape and habitat. While these rights don’t necessarily conflict, they do contend with one another.

Supports renewing the tax because of the support it provides for amenities such as public transportation and pathways. As to whether it should be raised from 2 percent to 4, the decision is literally entirely up to the voters in this valley.

While the county must preserve its character it must balance that interest against public safety. County commissioners have consistently taken the position that we want safe roads but don’t want more infrastructure than required because it will damage an iconic landscape. Incremental measures, rather than firm opposition to road enlargements, are the sensible way to move forward, because we fundamentally have to provide safe roads.

Keeping Jackson Hole a community, not a commodity. If elected he will champion Jackson Hole and its residents as ends unto themselves and not as tourist attractions. We are defined by the people who live here, not by the products we sell.

With respect to land-use laws, Jackson Hole is no longer the Wild West. Residents today don’t expect to be able to use their land with impunity, and landowners expect their neighbors to be held to the same standard. People speak of the old-school property rights, which is ‘I can do whatever I want,’ but everybody realizes that one man’s ability to do what he wants with his property can’t impede on what another man wants to do with his property.

Teton County’s Travel and Tourism Board — the body charged with spending lodging tax revenue — attracts big spenders during an advantageous time of year. That brings more to the county’s economy without increasing the industry’s impacts. Since adoption of the tax, tourism hasn’t increased, but receipts have. We’re seeing people spending more money, but not more people.

The community is probably more interested in character and wildlife than in getting to town two minutes quicker. Buses will play an important role in averting large-scale road expansion, but adequate transit service will require increased public funding and more bus stops. These issues have been before the county for years, and though the process is slow the county is headed in the right direction.

The critical need to pass clear and effective land-development regulations to implement the 2012 comprehensive plan. Good LDRs will support our core community values: conservation, growth management, quality of life and a rational business environment. Said he has handson working knowledge of the old and new comp plans. Said he can move us through the adoption of new LDRs to help us achieve a vision that works for all.

Commissioners must respect landowners and work within the framework of their property rights if the comprehensive plan’s policies are to be enacted. Landownership comes with a bundle of rights, and working with landowners to plan and zone for open space within those rights is the way we have to go.

Independent of the lodging tax, tourism will increase. The county must prepare for this by looking at how many low-paying jobs it wants and how much the people creating those jobs should contribute to housing their workers. Newcomb worries that too much of the lodging tax goes toward promoting tourism and too little toward helping the community. He’d support a change at the state level to reapportion the tax in the community’s favor.

We’re not ready to expand the roads.

Continued development will further strain the county’s highways, however, and residents may balk at the hassles this creates. Development patterns influence road expansion, and county leaders must consider this as the county’s population expands. Encouraging other modes of transportation will only get the county so far. The vast majority of summer visitation is going to be here in cars.

Find comprehensive transportation solutions, including roadways, pathways and bus system. The comprehensive plan calls for town and county leaders to discourage the use of single-occupancy vehicles. Public transit might prove an important tool in bringing this about.

Any regulation you put in place pretty much takes away somebody’s rights somewhere.

It has to be balanced. In the case of the new land-development regulations that will result from the 2012 Jackson/Teton County Comprehensive Plan, private property rights must trump the document’s vision if the two conflict. The comprehensive plan is a set of goals and guidelines. It’s not a mandate. It’s something we’ll try to achieve.

Supports renewal of the tax. Growth in the tourism industry is inevitable. Whether the lodging tax is in place or not, tourists are still going to come. The tax benefits both those in the hospitality business — such as himself — and the community in which those businesses are located.

He hopes five lanes won’t be required but would like to see additional turning lanes on highways for safety’s sake. Doesn’t think Highway 22 needs to be four lanes, but several locations, such as at the former Puzzleface Ranch, Emily’s Pond and Pratt Lane, could use a turn lane. Adding additional travel lanes isn’t a priority of his. If it takes an extra two or three minutes to get from 390 into town, he is comfortable with that.

Consistent public policy and prudent fiscal management from the county commission.

The comprehensive plan was written in such a way that, once codified, it will not affect landowners’ property rights. New land-development laws modeled on the comprehensive plan’s policies may change what could go on a lot, but they won’t alter base land-development rights that property owners possess. He does not agree that comp plan comes into conflict with private property rights.

Supports renewal of the tax. Its revenues support important services such as the START bus and the pathways system.

Thinks expenditures by the Travel and Tourism Board have been wise. At the same time the county shouldn’t grow too reliant on a revenue source dependent on a popular vote every four years. You can’t invest long term based on an election risk.

Highways will be made wider unless local drivers change their habits. Unless something changes, WYDOT will use its historic experience and its estimate of the most efficient way to use public resources to accommodate traffic growth. County leaders must find ways to shift from singleoccupancy vehicles, and cars in general, to other forms of transportation. That will require dedicated funding sources and a high level of community engagent.

The people. That’s what Rhea thinks has been missing from commission discussions. A committed advocate of numerous underserved populations in the county, Rhea has many times in the past argued for better and more extensive human services. County government should and must advance the needs of the least monied, most vulnerable members of the community.

There are clear and necessary limits on the rights of landowners to use their property to their liking. It would be nice if everybody refrained from doing things to hurt their neighbors, but that is not a realistic expectation. That’s why we need regulations.

We don’t want to take property rights away through rules and regulations ... but Rhea said she can’t imagine anyone wants to live in a community without regulations.

Workers are helped by the lodging tax.

It’s not adding jobs, it’s extending jobs, which doesn’t necessarily mean adding to the number of employees. The tax keeps workers on the job further into the shoulder seasons. Teton County also enjoys the highest distribution of lodging tax funds to citizens’ direct benefit. The town and county keep 40 percent of the revenue to offset visitor impacts and supplement their general funds.

The comprehensive plan basically says it’s our responsibility to fund the alternative modes of transportation. If the county continues to embrace tourism as a major part of its economy, the workers tourists require will need to be housed nearer to town. As we’re promoting for people to come to Jackson we’re making a real comprehensive push for tourism that puts traffic on the road. So what’s the thing you can control? How to house the workers.

Vogelheim (R)

Pomeroy (R)

Phibbs (D)

Obringer (R)

Newcomb (D)

Perry (R)

Ellis (D)

Rhea (D)

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SPECIFIC PURPOSE EXCISE TAX (SPET) Shall Teton County, State of Wyoming, be authorized to adopt and cause to be continued a one percent specific purpose excise tax within Teton County for the purpose of raising and collecting the amounts set forth below, the proceeds from which, and the interest earned thereon to be used and applied for specific projects, and to the extent necessary and allowed by law, the pledge to or payment of debt service and/or lease payments theron:

$1,500,000.00 for the purpose of planning, designing, engineering, constructing, converting, and remodeling the Open Air Livestock Pavilion space located at the Fairgrounds into a new Fair Exhibit Hall, community meeting and event facility; and for the purpose of planning, designing, engineering, constructing, converting, and remodeling the existing Fair Exhibit Hall to conform to a maintenance and storage building for Jackson/Teton County Parks and Recreation. Any excess funds, including any unused contingency funds, shall be placed into a designated account, the principal and interest of which shall be used for operations and maintenance of these specific Fair buildings. This project is sponsored by Teton County.

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Proposition #4: South Park Loop Pathway from 3 Creek to Melody Ranch

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$3,500,000.00 for the purpose of acquiring land and/or easements, the relocation and replacement of any impacted utilities, and for the cost of planning, engineering, and construction of a pathway and associated amenities from 3 Creek Ranch to Melody Ranch along South Park Loop Road.

Any excess funds, including any unused contingency funds, shall be placed into a designated account, the principal and interest of which shall be used for operations and maintenance of pathway. This project this specific pathw is sponsored by Teton County.

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Proposition #2 Complete Streets, Sidewalks, Utility and Storm Water Improvements

$2,250,000.00 for the purpose of planning, design, engineering and/or construction of complete street improvements on Gregory Lane, Snow King Avenue, Maple Way, Scott Lane, East Broadway Avenue, and Center Street. Also this funding would be used for rights-of-way property acquisitions along the Gregory Lane corridor and for pedestrian and sidewalk improvements along Gregory Lane, Snow King Avenue, Maple Way, Scott Lane, East Broadway Avenue, and Center Street.

These projects are sponsored by the Town of Jackson.

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Proposition #5 Master Plan Downtown storm water collection and conveyance system Improvements $250,000.00 for the purpose of planning, design, and engineering downtown district master plan for the collection and discharge of storm water into Cache Creek storm water conveyance system.

This project is sponsored by the Town of Jackson.

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Proposition #1: Fire/EMS Station Improvements $2,500,000.00 for the purpose of planning, designing, and engineering of Jackson Fire Station 1, Hoback Fire Station 3, Wilson Fire Station 2, and Moran Fire Station 4; and for remodel and construction of Jackson Fire Station 1. Any excess funds, including any unused contingency funds, shall be placed into a designated account, the principal and interest of which shall be used for operations and maintenance of these specific Fire Stations. This project is sponsored by Teton County.

$3,500,000.00 for the purpose of acquiring land and/or easements, the relocation and replacement of any impacted utilities, and for the cost of planning, engineering, and construction of a pathway and associated amenities from 3 Creek Ranch to Melody Ranch along South Park Loop Road.

Any excess funds, including any unused contingency funds, shall be placed into a designated account, the principal and interest of which shall be used for operations and maintenance of this specific pathway. This project is sponsored by Teton County.

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1-10 Hoback, 4-1 Wilson South, and 4-3 Wilson North.

DISTRICT 1 PRECINCT 10

Against Proposition #6

Proposition #4: South Park Loop Pathway from 3 Creek to Melody Ranch

Judge's Initials:

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A

For Proposition #6

Against Proposition #3

Teton County, WY August 19, 2014 Teton County Clerk

DEMOCRATIC BALLOT STYLE FOR HOUSE DISTRICT #22 PRECINCTS: B

For Proposition #3

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Judge's Initials:

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$1,000,000.00 for the purpose of planning, design, engineering and/or construction of complete street pedestrian improvements on North Cache to complete the missing link between the existing improved streetscape and the North 89 pathway completed in 2011. The area included in this project is the final 1200 feet of the east side of North Cache that remains inhospitable for biking and walking. This project is sponsored by the Town of Jackson.

$1,500,000.00 for the purpose of planning, designing, engineering, constructing, converting, and remodeling the Open Air Livestock Pavilion space located at the Fairgrounds into a new Fair Exhibit Hall, community meeting and event facility; and for the purpose of planning, designing, engineering, constructing, converting, and remodeling the existing Fair Exhibit Hall to conform to a maintenance and storage building for Jackson/Teton County Parks and Recreation. Any excess funds, including any unused contingency funds, shall be placed into a designated account, the principal and interest of which shall be used for operations and maintenance of these specific Fair buildings. This project is sponsored by Teton County.

Proposition #3: North Cache Pedestrian Streetscape Improvements

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Against Proposition #4

Against Proposition #2

Against Proposition #5

Proposition #6: Fair Exhibit Hall Replacement

Against Proposition #2

Against Proposition #6

For Proposition #4

For Proposition #2

For Proposition #5

For Proposition #2

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$250,000.00 for the purpose of planning, design, and engineering downtown district master plan for the collection and discharge of storm water into Cache Creek storm water conveyance system.

This project is sponsored by the Town of Jackson.

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For Proposition #1

NON-PARTISAN Proposition #5 Master Plan Downtown storm water collection and conveyance system Improvements

$2,250,000.00 for the purpose of planning, design, engineering and/or construction of complete street improvements on Gregory Lane, Snow King Avenue, Maple Way, Scott Lane, East Broadway Avenue, and Center Street. Also this funding would be used for rights-of-way property acquisitions along the Gregory Lane corridor and for pedestrian and sidewalk improvements along Gregory Lane, Snow King Avenue, Maple Way, Scott Lane, East Broadway Avenue, and Center Street.

These projects are sponsored by the Town of Jackson.

GENEVA CHONG

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2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

E

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For Proposition #3

NON-PARTISAN Proposition #2 Complete Streets, Sidewalks, Utility and Storm Water Improvements

MAYOR OF TOWN OF JACKSON

E

PL

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MUNICIPAL

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Proposition #6: Fair Exhibit Hall Replacement

$1,000,000.00 for the purpose of planning, design, engineering and/or construction of complete street pedestrian improvements on North Cache to complete the missing link between the existing improved streetscape and the North 89 pathway completed in 2011. The area included in this project is the final 1200 feet of the east side of North Cache that remains inhospitable for biking and walking. This project is sponsored by the Town of Jackson.

Proposition #1: Fire/EMS Station Improvements $2,500,000.00 for the purpose of planning, designing, and engineering of Jackson Fire Station 1, Hoback Fire Station 3, Wilson Fire Station 2, and Moran Fire Station 4; and for remodel and construction of Jackson Fire Station 1. Any excess funds, including any unused contingency funds, shall be placed into a designated account, the principal and interest of which shall be used for operations and maintenance of these specific Fire Stations. This project is sponsored by Teton County.

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1. To vote for a person whose name is printed on the ballot, completely darken the oval immediately to the left of the person for whom you desire to vote, or answer of your choice.

2. To vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot, write the name in the blank space provided for that purpose and darken the oval immediately to the left of the person's name.

3. If you make an error, return your ballot to a precinct official and obtain a new one.

4. Use a black ball point pen only.

PL

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C

NON-PARTISAN

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INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER

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PARKS & RECREATION

B

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DISTRICT 1 PRECINCT 01

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

CYNTHIA I. CLOUD

MIKE CEBALLOS

COUNTY ATTORNEY 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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PRIMARY 2014 Jackson Hole News&Guide, Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 11

INSTRUCTIONS FOR MARKING A BALLOT

PRIMARY ELECTION AUGUST 19, 2014

TO VOTE: FILL IN THE OVAL TO THE LEFT OF THE CANDIDATE/ PROPOSITION OF YOUR CHOICE.

USE ONLY THE SPECIAL PEN OR PENCIL PROVIDED IF YOU MAKE AN ERROR PLEASE RETURN YOUR BALLOT TO THE ELECTION OFFICIAL AND REQUEST A NEW BALLOT

DEMOCRATIC BALLOT STYLE FOR TOWN OF JACKSON HOUSE DISTRICT #16 PRECINCTS:

DEMOCRATIC BALLOT STYLE FOR TOWN OF JACKSON HOUSE DISTRICT #23 PRECINCTS:

1-2 Mid-East Jackson, 1-5 Mid-West Jackson, 1-6 Cottonwood Park, 1-8 East Jackson, and 1-9 West Jackson.

1-4 Gill Addition, 1-11 Indian Trails.

DISTRICT 1 PRECINCT 02

B

PARKS & RECREATION

A

C

DISTRICT 1 PRECINCT 04

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B

EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER C

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DEMOCRATIC PARTY TETON COUNTY, STATE OF WYOMING DISTRICT 1 PRECINCT 01 TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2014

INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER

INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER 1. To vote for a person whose name is printed on the ballot, completely darken the oval immediately to the left of the person for whom you desire to vote, or answer of your choice.

2. To vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot, write the name in the blank space provided for that purpose and darken the oval immediately to the left of the person's name.

3. If you make an error, return your ballot to a precinct official and obtain a new one.

4. Use a black ball point pen only.

REX WILDE WILLIAM BRYK

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AL HAMBURG

COUNTY ASSESSOR 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

RICHARD GRAYSON

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2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

HANK PHIBBS

STATE

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE

DEE BUCKSTAFF

COUNTY

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

4 Year Term VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN THREE (3)

MARK NEWCOMB

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Write-in

ANNE COMEAUX

RICHARD GRAYSON

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BEN ELLIS

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PRECINCT

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2 Year Term VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2) Write-in

COUNTY ATTORNEY 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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STATE TREASURER

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DEE BUCKSTAFF

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COUNTY SHERIFF 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

COUNTY ATTORNEY 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

SMOKEY RHEA

ANNE COMEAUX

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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PRECINCT

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DEMOCRATIC PRECINCT COMMITTEE MAN

COUNTY CORONER 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

Write-in

2 Year Term VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2)

BRENT "DOC" BLUE

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

DAVID HODGES

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COUNTY ATTORNEY 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

DEMOCRATIC PRECINCT COMMITTEE WOMAN

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2 Year Term VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2)

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COUNTY SHERIFF 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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COUNTY SHERIFF 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

STATE SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

MIKE CEBALLOS

COUNTY CLERK

ANDY CAVALLARO

HANK PHIBBS

SECRETARY OF STATE

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

DEE BUCKSTAFF

STATE TREASURER

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

STATE SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

MIKE CEBALLOS

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COUNTY ASSESSOR

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

STATE AUDITOR

DEMOCRATIC PRECINCT COMMITTEE WOMAN

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

COUNTY

PETE GOSAR

2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

BRENT "DOC" BLUE

DONNA M. BAUR

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DAVID HODGES

STATE AUDITOR

ANDY SCHWARTZ

MARK NEWCOMB

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

PRECINCT DEMOCRATIC PRECINCT COMMITTEE MAN

COUNTY TREASURER

BEN ELLIS

STATE GOVERNOR

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

Write-in

STATE SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Write-in

ANNE COMEAUX

Write-in

Write-in

STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 23

4 Year Term VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN THREE (3)

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

STATE TREASURER

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

RICHARD GRAYSON

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Write-in

Write-in

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2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT

HANK PHIBBS

SA

SA 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE

ANDY CAVALLARO

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Write-in

DEMOCRATIC PRECINCT COMMITTEE WOMAN

BRENT "DOC" BLUE

Write-in

MARK NEWCOMB

COUNTY CORONER

DAVID HODGES

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

REX WILDE

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

STATE AUDITOR

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

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COUNTY CORONER

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

SECRETARY OF STATE

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

COUNTY ASSESSOR

Write-in

CHARLIE HARDY

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COUNTY

PETE GOSAR

2 Year Term VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2)

M

Write-in

SECRETARY OF STATE

Write-in

COUNTY COUNTY CLERK

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

AL HAMBURG

BEN ELLIS

GOVERNOR

DEMOCRATIC PRECINCT COMMITTEE MAN

Write-in

DONNA M. BAUR

SMOKEY RHEA

STATE

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Write-in

PETE GOSAR

ANDY SCHWARTZ

STATE STATE SENATE SENATE DISTRICT 17

WILLIAM BRYK

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

COUNTY TREASURER

4 Year Term VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN THREE (3)

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SMOKEY RHEA

GOVERNOR

STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 23

FEDERAL UNITED STATES SENATOR 6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

Write-in

2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

CHARLIE HARDY

ANDY CAVALLARO

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

E

WILLIAM BRYK

COUNTY COUNTY CLERK

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 16 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

STATE STATE SENATE SENATE DISTRICT 17

6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

DONNA M. BAUR

Write-in

FEDERAL UNITED STATES SENATOR

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

M

COUNTY COUNTY TREASURER

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

SA

STATE STATE SENATE SENATE DISTRICT 17

E

FEDERAL UNITED STATES SENATOR

REX WILDE

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DISTRICT 1 PRECINCT 01

1. To vote for a person whose name is printed on the ballot, completely darken the oval immediately to the left of the person for whom you desire to vote, or answer of your choice.

2. To vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot, write the name in the blank space provided for that purpose and darken the oval immediately to the left of the person's name.

3. If you make an error, return your ballot to a precinct official and obtain a new one.

4. Use a black ball point pen only.

CHARLIE HARDY

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INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER

AL HAMBURG

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TETON COUNTY, STATE OF WYOMING DISTRICT 1 PRECINCT 04 TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2014

1. To vote for a person whose name is printed on the ballot, completely darken the oval immediately to the left of the person for whom you desire to vote, or answer of your choice.

2. To vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot, write the name in the blank space provided for that purpose and darken the oval immediately to the left of the person's name.

3. If you make an error, return your ballot to a precinct official and obtain a new one.

4. Use a black ball point pen only.

6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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PARKS & RECREATION

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1-1 South Jackson: 1-3 Skyline/Gros Ventre Butte/Hi-Country/Elk Refuge, 1-7 Rafter J, 2-1 Kelly/Airport, 3-1 Moose/ Moran, 4-2 Teton Village Road, 4-4 Teton Village, 5-1 Alta.

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DEMOCRATIC BALLOT STYLE FOR COUNTY HOUSE DISTRICT #23 PRECINCTS:

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MIKE CEBALLOS

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Write-in

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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Write-in

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B

Teton County, WY August 19, 2014 Teton County Clerk

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B

REPUBLICAN BALLOT STYLE FOR TOWN OF JACKSON HOUSE DISTRICT #16 PRECINCTS: 1-2 Mid-East Jackson, 1-5 Mid-West Jackson, 1-6 Cottonwood Park, 1-8 East Jackson, and 1-9 West Jackson.

DISTRICT 1 PRECINCT 02

B

PARKS & RECREATION

REPUBLICAN BALLOT STYLE FOR TOWN OF JACKSON HOUSE DISTRICT #23 PRECINCTS: 1-4 Gill Addition, 1-11 Indian Trails.

C

A

DISTRICT 1 PRECINCT 04

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DISTRICT 1 PRECINCT 01

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EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER C

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TETON COUNTY, STATE OF WYOMING DISTRICT 1 PRECINCT 01 TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2014

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INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER

INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER 1. To vote for a person whose name is printed on the ballot, completely darken the oval immediately to the left of the person for whom you desire to vote, or answer of your choice.

2. To vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot, write the name in the blank space provided for that purpose and darken the oval immediately to the left of the person's name.

3. If you make an error, return your ballot to a precinct official and obtain a new one.

4. Use a black ball point pen only.

MIKE ENZI

MARK GORDON

JAMES "COALTRAIN" GREGORY

Write-in

JASON ADAM SENTENEY

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CYNTHIA LUMMIS Write-in

STATE

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

JILLIAN BALOW

SHERRY L. DAIGLE

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STATE SENATE SENATE DISTRICT 17

Write-in

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

GOVERNOR

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UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE

40

2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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JASON ADAM SENTENEY

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CYNTHIA LUMMIS Write-in

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

STATE

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STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 16

MATT MEAD

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

RUTH ANN PETROFF

TAYLOR H. HAYNES

DAWN E. JOHNSON

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COUNTY

SA

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SECRETARY OF STATE

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COUNTY COMMISSIONER

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT

4 Year Term VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN THREE (3)

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

PETE ILLOWAY

PAUL PERRY

ED MURRAY

REYNOLDS POMEROY

CLARK STITH

PAUL VOGELHEIM

PRECINCT

ED BUCHANAN

MARK OBRINGER

REPUBLICAN PRECINCT COMMITTEE MAN

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Write-in

STATE AUDITOR

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

DEBBIE HASSLER Write-in

2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

CYNTHIA I. CLOUD

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

WALLACE "WALLY" ULRICH

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COUNTY COMMISSIONER

4 Year Term VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN THREE (3)

ED BUCHANAN

PAUL VOGELHEIM

PETE ILLOWAY

MARK OBRINGER

ED MURRAY

PAUL PERRY

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PRECINCT REPUBLICAN PRECINCT COMMITTEE MAN 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

HAROLD (HAL) RICHARDSON

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JASON ADAM SENTENEY Write-in

STATE

CYNTHIA I. CLOUD

COUNTY CLERK 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

BILL WINNEY

SHERRY L. DAIGLE

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STATE SENATE SENATE DISTRICT 17

Write-in

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

COUNTY TREASURER 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

LELAND CHRISTENSEN Write-in

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 23

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Write-in

2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

COUNTY ASSESSOR 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

CINDY HILL

JIM DARWICHE

MATT MEAD

WALLACE "WALLY" ULRICH

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Write-in

DAWN E. JOHNSON Write-in

COUNTY

SECRETARY OF STATE

CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

4 Year Term VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN THREE (3)

ED BUCHANAN

PETE ILLOWAY

MARK OBRINGER

ED MURRAY

PAUL PERRY

CLARK STITH

REYNOLDS POMEROY

DEBBIE HASSLER Write-in

PRECINCT REPUBLICAN PRECINCT COMMITTEE MAN

2 Year Term VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO (2)

PAUL VOGELHEIM

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STATE AUDITOR

JOHN F. TURNER

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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CYNTHIA I. CLOUD

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Write-in

COUNTY CORONER

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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RUSSELL NELSON 61

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B

Write-in

SHERYL LAIN

RUSSELL NELSON

A

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

JIM WHALEN

JILLIAN BALOW

TAYLOR H. HAYNES

COUNTY CORONER

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COUNTY SHERIFF

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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DEBBIE HASSLER

REYNOLDS POMEROY

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CYNTHIA LUMMIS

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CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

Judge's Initials: C

DAWN E. JOHNSON

COUNTY

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B

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

JIM DARWICHE

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COUNTY ASSESSOR

MATT MEAD

RUSSELL NELSON

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2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

STEVE WEICHMAN

STATE SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

GOVERNOR

CINDY HILL

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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Write-in

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE

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Write-in

2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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REPUBLICAN PRECINCT COMMITTEE WOMAN

COUNTY CORONER

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BRYAN E. MILLER

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STATE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE DISTRICT 23

CLARK STITH

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JAMES "COALTRAIN" GREGORY

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

Write-in

MIKE ENZI

COUNTY TREASURER

LELAND CHRISTENSEN

STATE AUDITOR

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

SECRETARY OF STATE

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RON REDO

SHERRY L. DAIGLE

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TAYLOR H. HAYNES

COUNTY ASSESSOR

ARTHUR BRUCE CLIFTON

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

STATE SENATE SENATE DISTRICT 17

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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COUNTY CLERK

BILL WINNEY

GOVERNOR

Write-in

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

CINDY HILL

MARK GORDON

Write-in

SHERYL LAIN

COUNTY COUNTY ATTORNEY

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

THOMAS BLEMING

JIM WHALEN

JILLIAN BALOW

STATE STATE TREASURER

STEVE WEICHMAN

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

FEDERAL UNITED STATES SENATOR 6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

COUNTY SHERIFF

STATE SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

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COUNTY TREASURER

LELAND CHRISTENSEN

MARK GORDON Write-in

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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COUNTY CLERK

BRYAN E. MILLER

MIKE ENZI

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BILL WINNEY

RON REDO

ARTHUR BRUCE CLIFTON

JIM WHALEN

SHERYL LAIN

JAMES "COALTRAIN" GREGORY

THOMAS BLEMING

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

COUNTY COUNTY ATTORNEY

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

SA

2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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COUNTY SHERIFF

PL

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STEVE WEICHMAN

STATE SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

STATE STATE TREASURER

6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

E

RON REDO

FEDERAL UNITED STATES SENATOR

PL

ARTHUR BRUCE CLIFTON

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4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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COUNTY COUNTY ATTORNEY

4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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STATE STATE TREASURER

E

FEDERAL UNITED STATES SENATOR

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE

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1-1 south jackson: 1-3 Skyline/Gros Ventre Butte/Hi-Country/Elk Refuge, 1-7 Rafter J, 2-1 Kelly/Airport, 3-1 Moose/Moran, 4-2 Teton Village Road, 4-4 Teton Village, 5-1 Alta.

1. To vote for a person whose name is printed on the ballot, completely darken the oval immediately to the left of the person for whom you desire to vote, or answer of your choice.

2. To vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot, write the name in the blank space provided for that purpose and darken the oval immediately to the left of the person's name.

3. If you make an error, return your ballot to a precinct official and obtain a new one.

4. Use a black ball point pen only.

THOMAS BLEMING

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REPUBLICAN BALLOT STYLE FOR COUNTY HOUSE DISTRICT #23 PRECINCTS:

C

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INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER

BRYAN E. MILLER

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PARKS & RECREATION

Judge's Initials:

1. To vote for a person whose name is printed on the ballot, completely darken the oval immediately to the left of the person for whom you desire to vote, or answer of your choice.

2. To vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot, write the name in the blank space provided for that purpose and darken the oval immediately to the left of the person's name.

3. If you make an error, return your ballot to a precinct official and obtain a new one.

4. Use a black ball point pen only.

6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE (1)

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the coroner’s investigations deal with outdoor accidents or unattended deaths.

To investigate those deaths the Teton County coroner must examine the human remains and combine the evidence from the body with evidence from witnesses and the scene to determine the most likely cause of death and the circumstances leading up to death.

Hodges believes that his experience as deputy coroner under Campbell and as an investigator with the sheriff ’s office are keys to being able to put those pieces together.

Blue believes that having the medical and anatomical knowledge that comes with a medical degree and decades of practicing medicine is the key.

In the Aug. 19 primary, registered Democrats will vote for one of the two men to advance to the Nov. 4 general election.

Whichever man is chosen will face off against Nelson, a ski and wildlife guide who also works as a forensic anthropologist, a field in which knowledge of the human skeleton is applied in a forensic and law enforcement capacity.

Nelson has used his skills as a consultant with the Pima County Sheriff ’s Office in Arizona, as a volunteer identifying remains in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and in more academic work at several archaeological projects throughout the world.

Nelson is running as a Republican and has no primary challengers for the coroner’s office.

— Emma Breysse

One Democrat moves on, four-year term Three candidates: Dee Buckstaff (D) Andy Cavallarro (D) Dawn Johnson (R) – uncontested

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Two Democrats want to assess the county’s taxable property, and a Republican hopes to continue doing so herself.

The candidates agree, however, that party affiliation shouldn’t be mentioned in the race for county assessor. Some say there shouldn’t even be a race.

The job requires good judgment, strong communication skills and expertise, candidates said.

The candidates differ in their views on other subjects, but not by much.

Why the position requires candidates to declare a party affiliation, Democratic candidate Dee Buckstaff said, “is the question of the century.

It really shouldn’t be.” The position should be apolitical, she said.

“I think it’s a mistake, to me, to be an elected position,” she said. “It’s such an important position that someone should interview for the job and have the qualifications and get the job.”

Democratic contender Andy Cavallaro said he doesn’t believe the contest is one of Republican versus Democrat.

“It isn’t really a partisan position. It’s about who can do the job and who can be most effective at doing the job.”

Cavallaro researched the origins of state statute 28-3-201, the law specifying how assessors ascend to the position. What motivated legislators to make the position partisan wasn’t clear, he said.

“It’s an older state statute,” he said.

Current Teton County Assessor Dawn Johnson said, “I don’t believe it should be” partisan.

“My job is to do — according to the state of Wyoming’s legal parameters — every property in the county no matter the party affiliation.”

Johnson summed up the assessor’s job: “I’m charged with determining the value of all taxable property in the county annually,” she said.

To do so, she said, she uses what’s called a “mass appraisal” method. It involves finding the value of a number of homes, comparing those values with previous years’ markets and then Johnson extrapolating the value of individual homes, she said.

She then multiplies that value by 9.5 percent to determine each property’s taxes Though an assessor often trades in numbers, he or she needs to exercise Cavallaro judgment, candidates agreed.

“If you’re doing a good job of gathering data out there and utilizing databases correctly,” Cavallaro said, “and the information is entered correctly and the appraiser’s getting out every six years [to examine properties] as required by state statute … that’s the science.” Using all that information and determining market conditions — “that’s the art,” he said.

Professional training is key to making these determinations, Ca-

vallaro said. Cavallaro is a certified residential appraiser in the state of Wyoming, a qualification no other assessor in Wyoming possesses, he said.

The art of assessing well, Johnson said, requires communication skills that “can’t be learned.” Assessors must employ them to explain to homeowners how their home values are determined, she said.

Beyond that, assessors are “extremely bound” by regulations, she said.

The state Department of RevBuckstaff enue and Board of Equalization frequently audit her office, Johnson said.

Following the procedures that lead to a successful audit doesn’t leave much room for improvisation, she said.

Assessors must possess a solid background in mathematics, Buckstaff said, specifically in statistics. To perform a mass appraisal they must determine and compare the values of large areas and not homes. To determine these values accurately entails statistical analyses, she said.

“If you can match things better with statistics, you get more accurate values,” she said. “Otherwise you get groups of properties that don’t quite make sense or give you that accurate assessment.”

The art of assessing lies in discovering a home’s actual value from its physical characteristics, she said.

This is why, she said, “high-value homes can be quite difficult to assess.”

— Michael Polhamus

TETON COUNTY POLLING SITES 2014 DIST. & PREC. 1-1 SD #17 HD #23

AREA South of Jackson All persons outside of the Town of Jackson, So. of Boyle’s Hill Co. Rd., West of Ely Springs Rd., So. of Cache Creek, East and North of the Snake River, North of Game Creek.

LOCATION Emergency Operations Center (EOC) 3240 S Adams Canyon

1-2 SD #17 HD #16

Mid-East Jackson All persons living South of Broadway and East of Glenwood St., North of Snow King Ave., West of Redmond St. and North of Cache Creek Dr. in the city limits.

Recreation Center 155 E. Gill Avenue

1-3 SD #17 HD #23

Skyline/Hi Country/Gros Ventre Butte/Elk Refuge All persons living outside of the Town of Jackson, North of Boyle’s Hill Co. Rd., North of Cache Creek, East of the Snake River and South of that portion of the Gros Ventre River lying West of US Hwy 26, 89 & 191 and South of Township 42 North lying East of Hwy 89.

National Museum of Wildlife Art 2820 Rungius Road

1-4 SD #17 HD #23

North Jackson Recreation Center All persons living North of Broadway, East of 155 E Gill Avenue Glenwood St., South of Perry St., East of N Cache St., in the city limits.

1-5 SD #17 HD#16

Mid-West Jackson Fair Building (Exhibit Hall) All persons living within the Town of Jackson, West 305 W Snow King Avenue of that portion of S Cache St., South of Snow King Ave. and West of that portion of Glenwood St. between Snow King Ave. and Perry St. living West of that portion of N. Cache St., North of Perry St., South of Broadway west of the Deer Ridge Townhomes, East of Virginia Lane, in the city limits.

1-6 SD #17 HD#16

Cottonwood Park Presbyterian Church All persons living West of Highway 89, South of 1251 South Park Loop Road North South Park Loop Road, East of the South Park Loop Road to the High School Road, North of High School Road, including Cottonwood Park and Gregory Lane areas, in the city limits.

1-7 SD # 17 HD #23

Rafter J All persons living inside the Rafter J Subdivision. in Rafter J

1-8 SD #17 HD #16

East Jackson Senior Center All persons living East of Redmond St. and South 830 E. Hansen Avenue of Broadway, including Snow King Estates, in the city limits.

1-9 SD #17 HD #16

West Jackson Fair Building (Exhibit Hall) All persons living West of Virginian Lane and 305 W. Snow King Avenue South and East of Broadway, North of Broadway between Highway 22 and the Deer Creek Townhomes, in the city limits

1-10 SD #16 HD #22

South Hoback All persons living South of Game Creek and south of the South Park Bridge to the county lines.

TC Weed & Pest 7575 S Highway 89

1-11 SD #17 HD #23

Indian Trails All persons living in the Indian Trails subdivision in the city limits.

Presbyterian Church 1251 South Park Loop Road

Chapel at River Crossing 3205 W. Big Trail Drive

DIST. & PREC. 2-1 SD #17 HD #23

AREA LOCATION Kelly/Teton Valley Highlands/Moose/Airport National Museum of Wildlife Art All persons living East of the Snake River, 2820 Rungius Road North of the Gros Ventre River, South of Ditch Creek, and all persons living West of the Snake River, and South of Leigh Canyon and North of Open Canyon. All persons living outside the city limits East of Highway 26, 89, & 191, South of the Gros Ventre River and North of Flat Creek.

3-1 SD #17 HD #23

Moran All persons living North of Ditch Creek and North of Leigh Canyon / Leigh Lake.

4-1 SD #16 HD #22

Wilson South Old Wilson School Community Center All persons living East of the Wyoming State Line, 5675 W. Main Street South of Wyoming State Hwy 22, West of the Snake River.

Person living Wilson on both sides of the Fall Creek Road, south to the Prichard Creek cattle guard, including all properties East and West of Fall Creek Road accessed by Fall Creek Road from W. North Fall Creek Road to Rock Creek.

4-2 SD #17 HD #23

Moose/Wilson Road West Wilson Fire House, Station 6 All persons living North of Hwy 22, East of Wyoming State 2505 N. Moose/Wilson Road, Wilson Hwy 390, West of the Snake River, North to the Township 41 North line, West to Fish Creek, East of Fish Creek south to 3230 N Fish Creek Road, then directly south and east to the West end of Nethercott Lane, North side of Nethercott Lane, East to Wyoming State Hwy 390. Including the Lucky L Subdivision, accessed from the Fish Creek Road.

4-3 SD #16 HD #22

Wilson North Old Wilson School Community Center All persons living North of Wyoming Hwy 22, 5675 W. Main Street Wilson West of Wyoming State Hwy 390, North to Nethercott Lane, South side of Nethercott Lane to the west end, then directly North and West to 3230 N Fish Creek Road, West of Fish Creek, North to Rock Springs Canyon, South and West of Rock Springs Canyon to the North Fork Granite Creek, East of the Teton Range, South to Wyoming State Hwy 22. Including all properties accessed from Fish Creek Road, except the Lucky L Subdivision.

4-4 SD #17 HD# 23

Teton Village/Moose-Wilson Rd. Teton Village Fire House All persons living North of the Township 41 North line, 7648 Granite Ridge Loop Road East of Fish Creek, West of the Snake River, north to Teton Village Open Canyon, South of Open Canyon, West to Wyoming State Highway 390, South and East of Wyoming State Hwy 390 to the southern Boundary of Grand Teton National Park, West to Granite Creek, South of Granite Creek to the Teton Range, East of the Teton Range, South to Rock Springs Canyon, North of Rock Springs Canyon, East to Fish Creek.

5-1 SD #17 HD #23

Alta All persons living West of the Teton Range, in Teton County, Wyoming, bounded on the West by the Wyoming State Line.

Alta School 15 Alta School Road, Alta

Absentee Polling Site All persons living in Teton County.

Teton County Administration Building 200 S Willow St, Jackson

Moran School #1 Main Street Moran

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U.S. Senate One Democrat and one Republican move on, six-year term Three candidates: Mike Enzi (R) – incumbent Bryan E. Miller (R) Thomas Bleming (R) James ‘Coaltrain’ Gregory (R) Arthur Bruce Clifton (R) Charlie Hardy (D) Rex Wilde (D) William Bryk (D) Al Hamburg (D)

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Wyoming voters are about to take part in a time-honored, unchanging event, a ritual performance that occurs twice in every six years, a part of the culture. Like Kabuki. Or professional wrestling.

Something that binds us all together even though it has no real purpose, because the conclusion is always the same.

Yes, it’s time again for a U.S. Senate election.

The Constitution says we have to do it. Even though the purpose envisioned by our Founding Fathers seems to have been lost.

Wyoming hasn’t sent a Democrat to Washington, D.C., since 1977, Jimmy Carter times. That was the last year Democratic Rep. Teno Roncolio was elected by the Cowboy State. The last Democrat in the Senate from Wyoming was Gale McGee, who retired in 1977.

And then there’s incumbent Mike Enzi. To call his campaign for a fourth term a “race” would be to suck all meaning from the word. Enzi’s only challenge was in 1996, when he took 54.1 percent of the vote against Kathy Karpan, a popular former Wyoming secretary of state. In 2002 he was re-elected with 72.9 percent and in 2008 with 75.6 percent of the vote.

Enzi sits solidly in the middle of Republicanism — conservative but not Tea Party, an establishment guy better known for being low key and polite than for any particular accomplishment.

Among the issues Enzi has pushed recently is a 10-point plan to reform national health care, designed to “expand access to quality health insur-

ance” through insurance pools and tax breaks. He likes “market-based solutions” and calls Obamacare overpriced, underperforming and overcomplicated.

He serves on the Senate Health Committee, where he has been a detail guy rather than a man with a big plan.

Enzi, 70, wants a smaller budget and has sought to ban earmarks. He defends Wyoming’s coal industry but calls for renewable energy sources and energy efficiency. He opposes “one size fits all” national education initiatives while supporting testing and a system to hold teachers “accountable” for performance. He opposes amnesty for illegal aliens and wants stronger border enforcement, but he favors bringing temporary workers to the country.

Don’t talk to him about gun control: He’s a Second Amendment guy.

Enzi’s main competition can be seen from time to time on Fox News, though she’s not running. Liz Cheney, daughter of former veep Dick, seemed likely to at least give Enzi some electoral exercise, but she dropped out of the contest early, citing family obligations. It would have been interesting.

Enzi’s actual competition is led by Bryan E. Miller, 48, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel from Sheridan. His campaign points are short and sweet: He believes in God and the Constitution, in the right to life and in freemarket capitalism, “the best economic system to ensure individual liberty and creative freedom.”

Miller favors local control of education and says “no one in Washington has the right to tell Wyoming how to manage their water, air and other natural resources.”

Miller has said he believes that Enzi has done a good job but that it’s always good to have some new people to get things moving.

Miller is asking for donations for his campaign and has set a goal of $30,000.

There are three other Republicans in the primary.

Thomas Bleming, 68, of Lusk, ran two years ago and received just more than 6 percent of the vote. He won a Sil-

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involving utility-scale wind and hydro projects in the Rock Mountain region, he said.

It became clear to him as a youth, he said, “that public policy affects our lives in positive and negative ways when our town council approved a nuclear power facility a few miles from my childhood home.”

Impelled by this knowledge to public service, Ellis said he worked on natural resource policy for a U.S. Senator from Oregon. During that time, he said, he became connected to issues such as the effects of federal policy on the landscape, on wildlife and on economics.

Appointed to the county planning commission in 2004, Ellis had by 2007 won a seat on the board of

ver Star in Vietnam and claims to have been a mercenary in Rhodesia.

He has taken the usual right-wing Republican positions on gun rights, strict constitutionalism and foreign aid.

But he has said he would abolish the Department of Homeland Security and overturn the Patriot Act while bringing home U.S. troops. He speaks for veterans programs and against cutting Social Security and Medicare.

Bleming says endangered species have more protection under federal law than unborn children. He got some attention two years ago for winning some support from Stormfront, an organization that makes some people think “Nazi.”

Two other candidacies have been mysteries, though one became slightly less murky just this week.

James “Coaltrain” Gregory, who gave a Jackson address when registering, was traced by the News&Guide to an address in Bellingham, Washington.

He didn’t answer phone or email messages. But in an email message Monday he directed people to three YouTube videos in which he explains himself.

Still off the grid is Arthur Bruce Clifton, with a Cheyenne address, who has apparently done no campaigning and has not responded to phone and email attempts to reach him.

Pickings on the Democratic side are even slimmer One interesting candidate is Charlie Hardy, 74, a former Catholic priest who promises to “bring Wyoming values to Washington.”

Hardy’s campaign makes him sound like a kind of Woody Guthrie: He talks about helping the underdog and the down-and-out. He recalls traveling the West to visit small farmers and miners with black lung disease.

Hardy lived eight years in Venezuela “in a shack made out of cardboard and tin — a government housing project,” working with people “as they courageously challenged their circumstances and demanded change.” He says “today many policies have been put in place by politicians who don’t seem to hear the

county commissioners. In that role he has served as liaison to a number of county board and held the vice chairman and chairman positions for two years each.

Ellis said he intends to partner with the National Park Service on transit and cycling issues, to further transportation planning and to develop new land-development regulations consistent with the comp plan.

Smokey Rhea (D) Rhea is the departing executive director of the Community Resource Center, a Jackson organization providing emergency assistance, crisis intervention and poverty prevention services. The list of positions she holds outside that role is long.

“I’m a doer,” Rhea said.

She not only serves on many volunteer boards, she also takes on leadership roles on those boards to

— Mark Huffman

ensure things happen, she said.

She has been appointed by the governor to serve on his Council on Developmental Disabilities. She was voted onto the board of the Wyoming Continuum of Care, an organization that serves the homeless. At her first meeting she was made vice president of the organization.

Rhea has served locally on the hospital board, the Community Learning Center board, the Rotary Club board, the Community Counseling Center board, and others. She is the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Teton County representative and volunteers at the Jackson Cupboard, Good Samaritan Mission, Salvation Army and other organizations.

Rhea was appointed to the position of intake agent for the state’s Section 8 housing agency.

“As a volunteer for Teton County Search and Rescue, I know how important it is to answer the call, show up, step in to help.

Sara Flitner knows that too and that’s why I’m voting for her for Mayor.”

- Jenn Sparks Volunteer for Teton County Search and Rescue

“Join me in voting Sara Flitner for Mayor — she’ll work hard for you every day. This valley is extraordinary. Keeping it a great community is what’s important.

Sara Flitner is a problem-solver. I trust her, her Wyoming values, and her leadership.”

– Mark Barron, Mayor

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cries and cannot see the suffering.”

Hardy favors programs to help the poor, including an increase in the minimum wage. He speaks Spanish and has a master’s degree in educational administration from the University of Wyoming.

Rex Wilde, of Cheyenne, ran for governor in 2010, losing in the primary to Leslie Petersen, of Jackson, who went on to a noble and crushing defeat on behalf of the Dems.

Wilde, 57, says he campaigned four years ago carrying a sleeping bag, combining campaigning with camping. He is a construction worker in Cheyenne and an Army and National Guard veteran. He vows to fight for vets and the middle class.

Returning to the election fray — from a distance — is William Bryk, a 59-year-old attorney in New York City who has never been to Wyoming, He runs to air his views on his favorite issues. He has said defense cuts should be considered to balance the federal budget. Higher taxes for the country’s richest citizens would win Bryk’s support.

The final Democrat running is Al Hamburg, 82, a Torrington resident who has run without stopping for decades. Hamburg has run three times for president, four times for U.S. Senate, three times for governor of Wyoming and 11 times for the U.S. House. He has run as a Republican, a Democrat, a Libertarian and a representative of the New Alliance Party. His enthusiasm for seeking public office is so strong that in 1989 he was convicted of a felony for signing the names of dead people on a petition to qualify him for a U.S. House race.

Hamburg has railed for years about illegal immigration and what he calls the “illegal alien dope invasion from Mexico.” He opposes our involvement in the Middle East, thinks Medicaid’s and Social Security’s problems are mostly with fraud, and wants to “end tax cuts for the super rich.”

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House District 23 One Republican moves on, two-year term Three candidates: Wally Ulrich (R) Jim Darwiche (R) Andy Schwartz (D) – uncontested

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– This week Republican voters will choose between two candidates who want to represent nearly all of Teton County in Wyoming’s House of Representatives.

The winner of the Aug. 19 primary will then face Democratic challenger Andy Schwartz in the Nov. 4 general election.

To prepare Republican voters for their primary ballots, and everyone else for the general election, candidates were asked to explain why they’d make a good representative and what priorities they would hold in that office. All three — Republicans and Democrat — agreed that House District 23 contains a constituency unique in Wyoming, and the person

who represents it must rise to the task of convincing the other 59 representatives that they share our interests.

“I look forward to working with our Teton County bunch — the whole delegation,” Republican candidate Wally Ulrich said. “It’s a really smart, hardworking, cognizant bunch of people.

“We have a different perception in the rest of the state than we’d probably like,” he said. “Our delegation has shown that to be an improper view.

We’re every bit as Wyoming as the rest of the state.”

Ulrich cited his government experience as a reason voters should prefer him over other candidates. His family worked for a decade with the federal government as part of an effort to create Fossil Butte National Monument, he said. He has served as chairman of the Wyoming Republican Party and also as the state’s geologist.

Education and how to fund it rank

high among his priorities, he said.

“The rules and regulations on revenue flows in heavy mineral industries could use some review so school kids and school employees get a better shake,” he said. “We have lots of money [for education], and we haven’t figured out to everyone’s satisfaction how to use that money.”

Ulrich said he would use the money to fund education across the state.

Republican candidate Jim Darwiche said he would like to follow in the footsteps of the man he hopes to succeed.

“Keith Gingery did a fantastic job representing us at the state,” Darwiche said. “We need to continue that leadership and that representation. I believe I have the ability to do that.”

Earlier this year Gingery announced he would not run for another term for the House district. Among his reasons was the frequent lengthy trans-Wyoming travel the job requires.

Gingery has said he plans to run for a seat on the Teton County School District No. 1 board of trustees.

Darwiche said he acquired his skills through his many successful business and development ventures and through having served as a Teton County commissioner from 2002 to 2006, among other accomplishments.

“Just as I have done for my family — I have done very well for my family — I will do for Wyoming,” he said.

Darwiche will support education, too, he said, and he will also work to keep Teton County’s open space and wildlife habitat intact.

“I understand this valley,” he said.

“I understand how sensitive our wildlife and open spaces are. We depend on it, and our economy depends on it, and we need strong leadership in Wyoming to protect that.”

— Michael Polhamus

U.S. House One Republican moves on, two-year term Three candidates: Cynthia Lummis (R) – incumbent Jason Adam Senteney (R) Richard Grayson (D) – uncontested

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Cynthia Lummis is seeking her third term as Wyoming’s sole representative in the U.S. House, but she faces competition in the Republican primary from Jason Adam Senteney, a corrections officer at the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution.

Senteney, 46, served in the U.S. Marine Corps, according to his website, and views current elected officials as having “hollow agendas” and as being be-

holden to special interests and corporations.

“I believe we need a new perspective in Washington,” Senteney said on his website. “I want to work to simplify our tax system, I want to work to put Americans back to work, I will work to eliminate redundancy in government programs.”

If elected, he would push to end the federal income tax and to require all federal agencies to use and buy only goods that are manufactured in the U.S. He is from Goshen County.

Lummis won a seat in the Wyoming House of Representatives in 1979. In 1998, after several terms in the state House and Senate, she was elected Wyoming

state treasurer and served two four-year terms.

She defeated Teton County Democrat Gary Trauner in 2008 to win her seat in the U.S. House.

Lummis is a rancher and has practiced law in Cheyenne. She has degrees in animal science, biology and law from the University of Wyoming.

Only one Democrat has emerged in the race: Richard Grayson, a political activist and writer from Arizona who perennially runs for Congress in other states.

House representatives serve two-year terms.

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State Superintendent One Republican moves on, four-year term

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The Wyoming Legislature stripped Hill of her duties last year before the state Supreme Court found the legislation to be unconstitutional. Hill returned earlier this year to her office in the Wyoming Department of Education. After a special investigation, lawmakers recently determined that she had not followed the law.

The state superintendent, who oversees kindergarten through 12thgrade education throughout Wyoming, serves a term of four years. The position pays $92,000 a year. The superintendent makes rules and regulations, enforces provisions of the education code, inspects schools and gathers data as required by law. The superintendent also serves on many boards and commissions.

Here is information on each of the candidates: Jillian Balow (R) A former schoolteacher, Balow, 43, is the administrator of economic assistance programs at the Wyoming Department of Family Services.

She was a secondary English teacher for most of the time she spent in classrooms in Gillette and Hulett before going to work for the state eight years ago. She worked in the Wyoming Department of Education before taking her current post. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m uniquely qualified to make a long-lasting impact on education in the

state,â&#x20AC;? she said during a June 19 visit to Jackson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t very many people in state government who have been in education and not many educators who have been in state government leadership.â&#x20AC;?

Balow advocates local control, higher standards and collaborating with school districts to help them succeed, she said.

She has concerns about the nationalization of testing and data mining that come with the Common Core movement but believes that is separate from the standards themselves, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The conversations that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re having are good,â&#x20AC;? she said about the standards. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As superintendent Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll work to build consensus around those conversations and go from there.â&#x20AC;?

Sheryl Lain (R) Lain, 70, is an instructional leadLain er in the Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

She worked closely with Hill before she became superintendent and during her time at the Wyoming Department of Education.

Winney â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a background that is really called for in this very complex time in education,â&#x20AC;? Lain said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What I bring is 40-plus years of experience in Wyoming schools. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taught, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve led and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve coached schools all over the state. â&#x20AC;Ś Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m about: bringing what works in schools to the table here in the superintendent seat.â&#x20AC;?

Out of Wyomingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 350 schools, she has worked in probably 250 of them, she said.

Lain believes Wyoming is at a tipping point in education, with too much federal regulation and too many state rules. Mandated testing is taking a toll on educators, who do not have time to build relationships with parents, she said. Lain is a proponent of local control. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Public school needs to have enough local control that it responds to the local parent,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Bill Winney (R) Winney, 64, has run for a variety of statewide offices since he retired from a career in the U.S. Navy in

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Secretary of State One Republican candidate advances, four-year term Four candidates: Clark Stith (R) Pete Illoway (R) Ed Murray (R) Edward Buchanan (R) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Four Republican candidates for secretary of state — Clark Stith, of Rock Springs, Ed Murray, of Cheyenne, Edward Buchanan, of Torrington, and Pete Illoway, of Cheyenne — will appear on the Aug. 19 primary ballot, looking for the chance to face Constitution Party of Wyoming member Jennifer Young in the Nov. 4 general election.

Incumbent Max Mayfield decided not to run, and state Rep. Dan Zwonitzer withdrew. No Democrats are on the ballot.

The race among the Republicans heated up briefly in early July when an obscene email and the voting records of two candidates led to sharp words.

As the Aug. 19 vote approaches, however, the hopefuls have been focusing on collecting endorsements and making campaign stops.

The secretary of state is Wyoming’s chief elections officer. The secretary keeps track of business and political filings and oversees a budget of more than $7.8 million.

The officeholder also sits on powerful boards, monitors filings by securities sellers and serves as acting governor when the governor is away.

He or she is also the keeper of the state seal.

The current secretary pulls down a $92,000 annual salary.

Clark Stith Stith has hammered on making the office more efficient, bringing budget and ethical concerns to political forums.

On his website he has outlined tools he says will make the office more efficient. Stith’s plan for a “small government tool kit” would reduce the secretary of state’s staff by 9 percent over four years, he said.

He also addressed the issue of crime and whether Wyoming’s corporation laws make this a tempting

place for illicit businesses.

His website rolled out the issue of disclosing “beneficial ownership” of corporations. He said Wyoming, Delaware and Nevada allow anonymity, which could put Wyoming in the position of becoming an accomplice to criminals.

“Business-friendly is not fraudfriendly,” Stith said, and Wyoming’s good name is worth more than a $100 filing fee.

Vital to his plan is an “express lane for online original same-day filings for legitimate Wyoming companies,” he said in a press release.

Stith is a business attorney and a member of the Rock Stith Springs City Council. He is against making it easier to form minor political parties, favors multiple uses of state land and opposes environmental extremism. He criticized candidates Murray and Buchanan in a tweet last month for Murray missing some chances to vote.

Pete Illoway Political veteran Illoway said online filing is vital to the state’s business health. The problem, he said, is that creating a new program to make that “express lane” takes authorization from the Legislature and time to properly implement it.

Illoway is the only non-attorney in the race, a point he likes to note.

He had no criticism of the way the office runs now, but he said he can improve it.

“I’ve had some vast experience,” said the former state representative and ex-majority whip.

As chairman of the powerful House Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee,

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2002. He said he has closely observed the state Legislature and has followed education.

“As I have looked closer at Wyoming’s education system I came to realize that the issue is not a problem of good administration, it is one of leadership,” he said via email. “Our education system is mired in mediocrity. More ‘good administration’ will only reinforce that mediocrity.”

His leadership in the military will help him change the system and “make bureaucracies responsive to the people,” he said.

Winney wants to reduce testing, have lawmakers stop micromanaging the department and

he said he knows a lot about how the secretary of state works.

“I know how to work with the Legislature, having served 14 years,” Illoway said.

Illoway agrees that during his years in office he was never perceived as a champion of government transparency. But he said his views “have evolved over time.”

He said that the citizen Legislature should embrace transparency and that as secretary he would work to enforce all the rules to shepherd open processes.

Illoway sits on the Wyoming Business Council Board and on other boards, including the board of adviIlloway sors of First Interstate Bank. He was endorsed last month by the Wyoming Public Employees Association and the National Rifle Association.

Ed Murray Recently enBuchanan dorsed by the Wyoming Tribune Eagle of Laramie County, Murray calls himself an experienced businessman and notes his family has four generations of ties to the Equality State.

His campaign was the subject of controversy when a staffer, who was not fired, admitted to sending a former campaign employee an obscene email. The email was not sent from a campaign computer, and the campaign branded it a bad joke gone wrong. The campaign said the ex-staffer who received the email had been fired due to inappropriate behavior.

The same week Murray found himself in the crosshairs of the Illoway campaign, which in a press release chastised him for skipping a 2012 GOP primary vote. Stith similarly did the same on Twitter.

Murray’s campaign said its candi-

districts and re-establish confidence in the Wyoming Department of Education.

State accountability under education laws needs to be “significantly revised,” he said.

“The act went too far in trying to force performance,” he said. “Such things as the testing regimen severely reduce classroom time available to teachers to teach.”

Mike Ceballos (D) Ceballos, 58, a former communications company president, is working on his doctorate in educational leadership at the University of Wyoming. The title of his dissertation is “What is the role of the public in public education?”

Former Gov. Jim Geringer appointed Ceballos to represent Wyoming at a national education fo-

date had been ill that day.

Murray told the News&Guide he would be a “voice for free enterprise” and would work against the “overbearing growth of government bureaucracy.”

As secretary of state he would bring a number of new ideas to the table, such as making it easier for businesses to register online. When it comes to elections, Murray said he would explore the concept of “voting centers” that would allow residents to vote in any precinct.

Murray has worked as a lawyer in Cheyenne and as a developer in Laramie County. He said he remembers when you could count the rules and regulations for development on one hand. Now there are dozens, he said. He would bring a “businessman’s” ideals to the elected post, rather than a politician’s, he said.

Edward Buchanan Buchanan also came under fire from Stith and Illoway for missing two chances to vote. Both times, Buchanan said, the miss was unavoidable.

Buchanan served 10 years in the Legislature, was majority whip and chairman of the Judiciary Committee for two years, majority floor leader for two years and speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives for two years until he left office in 2012.

“My leadership style was really a testament to how I conducted business in the Legislature,” he said.

He said his military and legislative experience set him apart.

He served in the U.S. Air Force as an intelligence officer and holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science, a master’s in public administration and a law degree.

Buchanan said he is the “only candidate that has proven leadership experience” in issues that matter to the secretary of state’s office and those who use it.

The 2,000-member Wyoming Association of Realtors Political Action Committee Trustees has endorsed and given money to Buchanan.

— John R. Moses

rum. He is president of the Wyoming P-16 Education Council and serves on Wyoming’s National Teacher Certification Advisory Board.

“I see a real opportunity to bridge the power of our communities with the capabilities we see with our local districts,” Ceballos said during a visit to the valley June 2. “I really think there’s an opportunity to move our kids from good to great.”

Through his background in business, he said, he understands the importance of collaborating.

“It’s time to settle down the controversy that’s been at the core of education debate and really start focusing on our students rather than trying to win an argument,” Ceballos said.

— Brielle Schaeffer

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Governor

Mark Newcomb’s long-term view of our county’s future

One Republican moves on, four-year term Two candidates: Taylor Haynes (R) Cindy Hill (R) Matt Mead (R) – incumbent Pete Gosar (D) – uncontested

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Of the four candidates for Wyoming’s next governor, three Republicans will vie against one another next week to square off against Democrat Pete Gosar in the general election.

Gov. Matt Mead, who won the post in 2010 with 72 percent of the vote, is going for his second term.

Cindy Hill, Wyoming superintendent of public education, and Taylor Haynes, a former engineer and physician, are trying to win the party nomination away from him.

Taylor Haynes Haynes made national news this summer for his proposals to manage federal lands within the state.

In a July interview with the Casper Star-Tribune he intimated that he would support resource exploration within Yellowstone National Park.

Haynes later amended his re- Haynes marks, stating that he has “no plans for traditional drilling for oil and gas development, or any other activity within the park beyond its present uses.

“My comments about Yellowstone,” he wrote in his clarification, “have been twisted and made to imply otherwise.”

What he meant to say, Haynes wrote, was that upgrades to the park should include the use of geothermal energy to power the park’s equipment.

“Since the 1930s, geothermal energy has grown to heat 90 percent of the homes in Iceland and produce 30 percent of the country’s energy,” he stated. “This inventive and ecofriendly energy system has been overlooked by the [National Park Service] in its plans for Yellowstone, and we should ask why.”

Haynes has staked out several notable positions, among them a stance on Somalian refugees opposite to Mead’s intention to resettle some of them in Wyoming.

“Gathering up large numbers of people who are refugees from wartorn countries, who haven’t prepared themselves to come here and who largely shun our culture, is a travesty, as it undermines our system of immigration,” Haynes wrote in a statement.

“The refugee green card protocol is being used to legally undermine our workforce, and through the influx of alien values it undermines our Judeo-Christian culture.”

Haynes said refugees threaten national security, carry infectious diseases and suffer from mental health problems.

Originally from Louisiana, Haynes owns and operates employee benefit consulting firm Mountain Benefits Management Company.

He has served in high-profile posts in the state of Wyoming, including University of Wyoming trustee, vice president of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association and vice chief of staff and chairman of patient care at DePaul Hospital in Cheyenne.

Haynes has pledged to use his time as governor to “restore the use of the Constitution and our Christian values in our state.”

Cindy Hill Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill has provoked state legislation, more than $1 million in investigations and threats of impeachment since her election to the position in 2010. These actions were results of Hill’s steadfast opposition to federal education standards that Mead sought to impose, Hill has stated.

Her opponents say Hill’s problems are her own, caused by misusing funds, intimidating employees and committing other improprieties.

Hill says her opponents’ grievances against her stem from her opposition to Common Core and other federal standards that Mead and Hill’s predecessor sought to introduce in Wyoming schools.

During the 2013 legislative session state lawmakers enacted Senate File 104, stripping Hill of her duties and transferring them to a newly created director of the education department.

Sen. Leland Christensen, R-Alta, and Rep. Ruth Ann Petroff, RJackson, voted in favor of the bill.

Sen. Dan DockHill stader, R-Afton, and Reps. Marti Halverson, R-Etna, and Keith Gingery, R-Jackson, voted against the bill.

Hill announced her intent to run for governor soon after the adoption of SF 104. The Wyoming Supreme Mead Court later ruled the act unconstitutional, and Hill was reinstated.

A select legislative committee investigated Hill for more than a year and recently released its findings, which held that Hill’s transgressions rose to the level of impeachable offenses.

In her campaign Hill has championed greater transparency in Wyoming government. Mead won a separate Wyoming Supreme Court case in June to keep some documents held by his office from public scrutiny, a privilege Hill vowed to ban from the executive branch if elected governor.

“The documents we’re talking about lay out agency opinions and ideas that are used by our executives and public employees in making decisions,” she said in a prepared statement. “It’s not enough that our people know what decisions are made by the officials they put into office. They must know the reasons behind those decisions.”

In a declaration Hill published in May she also vowed to “prevent the federalizing of Wyoming government,” to “protect Wyoming from the intrusions of federal government agencies” and to guard separation of government powers.

Hill was born in Newcastle, attended the University of Wyoming and earned a master’s in educational studies, policy and administration at the University of Michigan.

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State Treasurer One Republican moves on, four-year term Two candidates: Mark Gordon (R) Ron Redo (R)

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Gordon has served in the post since being appointed in October 2012 to replace Joe Meyer, who died.

Gordon grew up on his familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ranch in Kaycee. He has worked for a Fortune 500 oil company, has owned smaller businesses and has served on the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City as a small-business director.

He is married and has four adult children. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was brought up in a family that emphasized service, and I am honored to have had the opportunity to fill in behind Joe,â&#x20AC;? Gordon said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am running now for a full term because I want to finish the work that I have begun, improve the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financial health, diversify her economy and make the way my office operates more efficient, accessible

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â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ben Graham Technologies sought through the project include commercial-grade carbon dioxide along with petroleum products. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Power companies and coal producers are excited about this proposal,â&#x20AC;? Mead said earlier this summer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wyoming has an abundance of coal, and we must find productive ways to put coal and its byproducts to use. We are showing leadership in supporting this kind of advanced research.â&#x20AC;?

Earlier this month Mead sought to intervene in a lawsuit to prevent the reduction or elimination of five elk feedgrounds on the BridgerTeton National Forest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The feedgrounds prevent large numbers of elk from dying during the winter, minimize conflicts on ag land and improve brucellosis screening and vaccination for elk,â&#x20AC;? he said in a statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We reject the notion that you cannot balance the environment with industries, especially agriculture. In Wyoming, we continue to set an example for the nation.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Michael Polhamus

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commissioner and chairwoman of the Wyoming Democratic Party.

He has won endorsements from former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the National Rifle Association and Jackson Mayor Mark Barron.

The governor counts among his successes more than a dozen lawsuits against the Environmental Protection Agency, according to his campaign materials. He has fought the EPA to stop enforcing the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act and to prevent applying greenhouse gas rules to coal emissions.

Mead has pressed to delist grizzly bears and wolves from endangered species status, and this summer he sought to prevent protection of sage grouse under the act.

The governor strongly supports the use of coal and its continued primacy among Wyoming industries.

He requested and this year obtained from the state Legislature $15 million to create an Integrated Test Center that will assist in developing new uses for coal.

and transparent.â&#x20AC;?

Redo ran for the office of treasurer as a Democrat in 1990 and 2006.

He holds a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in technical arts from California Polytechnic State University and is retired.

He was born in California and ended up working for the state for 11 years, including under Gov. Ronald Reagan, Redo said in an email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Never met him, but he had excellent people train me in auditing,â&#x20AC;? he wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My auditing experience would be helpful in many of the state treasurerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s responsibilities,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For several years I was a registered U.S. patent agent, and that helps with understanding and improving statutes.â&#x20AC;?

If elected, Redo said, he would work to get the state out of investing in foreign equities, which are risky and were not part of the mandate when voters approved an amendment in 1996 to allow the government to invest in domestic corporate stock, he wrote in the email.

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Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in all precincts.

Precinct/District Senate/House

Precinct area

Location

1-­1 SD 17/HD 23

South of Jackson

Emergency Operations Center

1-­2 SD 17/HD 16

Mid-­East Jackson

Recreation Center

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Skyline/Hi Country/ Gros Ventre Butte/ Elk Refuge North Jackson

National Museum of Wildlife Art

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Mid-­West Jackson

Fair Building (Exhibit Hall)

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Cottonwood Park

Presbyterian Church

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Chapel at River Crossing

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East Jackson

Senior Center

1-­9 SD 17/HD 16

West Jackson

Fair Building (Exhibit Hall)

1-­10 SD 16/HD 22

South Hoback

TC Weed and Pest

1-­11 SD 17/HD 23

Indian Trails

Presbyterian Church

2-­1 SD 17/HD 23

Kelly/Teton Valley Highlands/Moose/ Airport Moran

National Museum of Wildlife Art

4-­1 SD 16/HD 22

South Wilson

Old Wilson Schoolhouse Community Center

4-­2 SD 17/HD 23

Moose-­Wilson Road West

Wilson Fire House, Station 6

4-­3 SD 16/HD 22

North Wilson

4-­4 SD 17/HD 23

Teton Village/ Moose-­Wilson Road

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5-­1 SD 17/HD 23

Alta

Alta School

1-­4 SD 17/HD 23

3-­1 SD 17/HD 23

Recreation Center

Moran School

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A B E T T E R WAY TO U SE T H E SP E T There is a better way to utilize the optional 1% Specific Purpose Excise Tax (SPET) to finance significant and critically important infrastructure projects â&#x20AC;&#x201C; schools, hospital expansions, toxic landfill cleanup -- in our community.

We all pay taxes for necessary and important infrastructure needs such as roads, streets and sewers. We authorize government to use our tax money to carry out those duties in the most efficient way possible. Just like the rest of us, there is always more to do than there is money to do it. So, government must decide which projects are priorities and which projects must be put off to a later date. Here is our view on how that should be done.

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Prioritize and Budget. All capital (infrastructure) projects, including individual sections of the pathways system, should be considered and prioritized in the annual Town and County budget process. After all, that is what government does â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they set aside tax money to pay for public services entrusted to them. Government, just like the private citizens and businesses who pay for government, should have to work within their means to meet their obligations.

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