NEW TIMES -JANUARY 1993 . 5 A Times Voter Guide County Council Candidates Address Local Concerns With an eye to the upcoming election, the Castle Valley Times asked each County Council candidate to comment upon the following four questions which we felt were relevant to local concerns: New County Government Primary Election Returns On January 5th Grand County moved one step closer to choosing the seven council members who will replace our previous threeperson county commission. Two members of the new county council will be elected at large by all voters of Grand County, and 0 What issues in the county outside of Moab need to be addressed? . What do you see as the greatest challenges for the next four years? 0 What level of health services appropriate for Grand County should the hospital provide? 0 What are some ways that city and county governments could cooperate with each other and interface with the Bureau of Land Management? the remaining members will be elected from five districts. Castle Valley is in District 4, along with Cisco, Thompson, Elgin, and a big section of Spanish Valley. The primary election results from our district Bill Hedden, 223, Bobbie Domenick, 111, Frank Wilson, 101, Rex Bloom, 22, and Dave Stewart, 11. Our district will choose between Bill and Bobbie in the final election on Feb. 9. In the “at large” race, the original field of nine candidates has been narrowed to four. (The two people getting the most votes will get a seat.) Top runner in District 4 was Peter Haney with 1021 votes, followed by John Hartley, 637; Delbert Oliver, 568; Dan Holyoak, 452; and Bill Hofhine, 449. Trailing were Jim Nelson, 323, Joe Kingsley, 218, Curtis Freeman, 175, and Dennis Wilberg, 37. The final election is Feb. 9, when Castle Valley residents will vote for three candidates—one from our district (Bill Hedden or Bobbie Domenick) and two for the “at large” seats (Peter Haney, John Hartley, Delbert Oliver, or Dan Holyoak). ————Jack Campbell League of Women Voters CANDIDATE FORUM ( District 4 and At Large Candidates) BOBBIE DOMINICK County Issues: Roads, particularly Thompson Bridge and the main road through Castle Valley. Challenges: Getting the county financially sound without increasing taxes, upgrading the landfill and recycling efforts, working on a master Wed., Jan. 27, 7 pm. - Community Center - Moab open, responsive government process that allows everyone a voice. Develop an understandable budget process that helps keep the cost of living down and plan. makes sure we get the most for our tax Health Services: We have to keep emergency services; handle minor dollars. We need to work and invest in our community rather than promoting development for its own sake. Health Services: The community needs a public process to choose an option from those developed by the Health Services Board which has studied what the community needs. Then we need to bring in professionals to run it like a lean business without county government interference. We need to be frugal so we get the best health care that we can afford. Cooperation: Major areas to save operations and pregnancies (if there’s a doctor qualified to do them); equipment for physicals, such as heart monitors and mammograms; and keep extended care. Cooperation: Law enforcement, roads, city and county master plans, building inspection. The county and BLM have been working together pretty well. BILL HEDDEN County Issues: Make sure that oil, the community's sustainable use of the land. PETER HANEY County Issues: The biggest issue is communication. There’s been a bottleneck, and I hope to alleviate that. Call people back and call people up if something concerns them. Let people know when something pertinent to them is being discussed. Challenges: Planning for whatever may be coming down the road. We need to be aware as best we can, because there are enough surprises anyway. Health Services: We need to stay away from the higher tech things like CAT scanners, ventilators, high risk gas, and mineral development is done responsibly, and develop a policy on the use of state lands in the county. We need to work with government agencies and roads, although it may be a slow process. The County should be actively involved in the BLM planning process to make sure the BLM takes account of obstetrics, heart attacks, and strokes. They are high-risk and expensive. We should stay with what we do well— emergency care and the beginnings of prevention. to get a handle on the impact of dispersed tourism so it doesn’t become a major extractive industry. our communities in measuring impacts of activities upon our public land and to make sure they protect the health and such as planning, recreation, and roads could be consolidated pretty easily and Challenges: We need to create an money are landfill, law enforcement, Cooperation: Duplicated services More over >