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Show f r f r 1 A-5 The Park Record WedThursFri, April 16-18. 2003 Elections and tragedies marked '03 Continued from A-1 bined $267,000 in separation pay to the three and Kathy Kelly, a midlev-el midlev-el Leisure Services manager who resigned in the wake of Bakaly's reorganization. Bakaly argued that the personnel moves were meant to reduce government gov-ernment red tape and save taxpayer money. The city estimated that the reorganization, which encompassed a few other lower-level posts, would save taxpayers $277,031 in salaries and benefits per year. The moves appeared to catch the axed staffers off guard. "This was not what I expected. This is not the way I expected to leave the organization. I was surprised sur-prised by the move," Johnston, a 22-year 22-year city veteran, said after the announcement. "I was not in any position in my career to leave this position. Up until Friday, my intent was to retire here." Meanwhile, a few days later, the city's elected officials announced that they intended to disband the Historic District Commission and the Parks, Recreation and Beautification Advisory Board. The officials wanted to streamline the government. The HDC proposal was greeted with mixed opinions. Some were 'concerned that nobody would look after Old Town but others were happy, saying that the HDC was too overbearing. The elected officials eventually backed away from the idea to totally do away with an Old Town panel and replaced the HDC with what's known as the Historic Preservation Board. The Parks and Recreation Board idea stirred few complaints and the board was eventually replaced with a leaner panel. . , 4. Erickson, Kernan, Cone What started in the summer as a jammed field of Park City Council hopefuls with the potential of a classic clas-sic duke-it-out Park City Council contest ended with a non-confrontational campaign and two new City Councilors being elected. On Election Day, incumbent Candy Erickson, seeking her second term, easily retained her seat and was joined by political newcomers Joe Kernan and Marianne Cone as the winners. Kernan, who runs a recycling business,, and . Cone, an artist,' trailed Erickson but their vjc-tones vjc-tones were solid. Erickson, the popular Park Meadows politician, was the only' one of three sitting City Councilors whose terms were up to seek re-elecT tion. Fred Jones and Peg Bodell had announced beforehand that they would not run for second terms. The three beat out an eclectic field of 1 1 candidates who competed in the primary. The primary list was a mix of political newcomers like Ron Shepard, Brooke Hontz and Larry Kase and people who had been involved in the government, like Michael O'Hara, who is a member mem-ber of the Planning Commission, and Dean Schulman, a former mem-" ber of the Parks, Recreation and Beautification Advisory Board. : Erickson received 28.05 percent of the vote, Kernan garnered 24.5 percent and Cone won 20.8 percent. The placement of the top-three finishers fin-ishers did not change between the .October, prjmary and the November general election. As the campaign unfolded, no overarching issue appeared and the candidates largely offered voters their own visions of the community. The campaign never descended into , a political brawl although Kernans recycling business brought some questions about conflict of interest. There was mild political intrigue, however, when Schulman abruptly ended his bid for the City Council. He survived the primary but afterward after-ward declared that he had worked hard but his campaign did not resonate res-onate with voters. Once Schulman withdrew, Mark Blue, who did not advance from the primary, started a write-in candidacy but he was unable to convince enough voters to put him into office. And after the polls were closed, ballot-counting software at the Summit County Courthouse in Coalville malfunctioned, delaying the results until well after midnight. The winners will be sworn into office in January. In a election sidebar, voter turnout in Park City was 22.39 percent per-cent and Mayor Dana Williams and the City Council lost a wager with Moab officials, who bet that Moab's turnout would beat Park City's. In Moab, 36.87 percent of registered voters went to the polls. Park City officials must wear Moab T-shirts at an upcoming meeting. "I still think we 'rock but they voted more." Williams said about the loss to Moab. 3. Tragedies on the streets Fawn Hughes and ---Ana -' Bussmaniv became known' to Park City's populace over a one-week period in January, a tragic span in which Hughes was killed and Bussmann left in a coma after sepa- : ; - c AWE?,-;,: ! ':'"' V"' SCOTT SiHZIPARK RECORD Matthew Nielson's father, Ryan Nielson, operates Designated Driver 4U, a service in the Salt Lake Valley that takes people home from nightclubs for free if they are intoxicated. He started the service after his son, Matthew Nielson, struck a Brazilian woman in Park City while he was driving drunk on Bonanza Drive. rate traffic accidents. A drunken driver hit Bussmann. a Brazilian working at Deer Valley for the winter, as she walked alongside along-side Bonanza Drive on Jan. 25 and then a motorist struck and killed Hughes, a Park City woman who worked at Pizza Hut. Jan. 29 as she tried to walk across Kearns Boulevard. 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