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Show ' t I . ' s V,$ Zips'" I I S - - , - . . It.-i.ih..' i -ii .. .. i m. f 1 - 1 1 1 -1 -a Wim ,.i Y, .. trnt.n ,tri 1 JimDoilney Alllorrigan Tom Shellenberger Voters pick Doilney, Horrigan, Shellenberger by Christopher Smart Park City voters turned out in relatively high numbers Tuesday, despite plummeting temperatures and snow flurries, to elect two new City Council members. The top vote getters in the race for the three contested seats on the city's governing body were challenger Jim Doilney with 710 votes; Al Horrigan, another challenger who garnered 585 votes; and Tom Shellenberger, the only incumbent to be re-elected, who received 541 votes, according to the City Recorder's office. Incumbent Tina Lewis finished fourth in the balloting with 487 votes. Helen Alvarez, the other incumbent running for re-election, received 412 votes. Lewis and Alvarez will continue to serve on the City Council through Dec. 31. The sixth and final candidate, Arnie Von Clasen, who ran what has been described as a non-campaign, took 152 votes. r Doiiijcy, who spent substantially less money advertising than the other candidates, said he was very pleased with the results. He said that his victory was directly attributable to his campaign strategy of going door to door throughout Park City and talking with individual voters. Doilney said he maximized the effectiveness of press coverage he received because he was able to voice the concerns of the citizens in the newspaper and on the radio. He spoke highly of the two incumbents who were unsuccessful in bids for re-election. "Tina and Heler have worked very hard for Park City and they are to be congratulated." lu. said that their campaigns would have been more effective if they had gone door to door and talked to the voters. Doilney said the new council will approach things more slowly and more thoughtfully. The other new face on the City Council come January will be Horrigan who said, upon winning one of the council seats, that voters have come out for a change in fiscal policies. "My first task will be to get the spending philosophy of Park City under control." con-trol." Referring to the large voter turnout, Horrigan said the election brought the city together. Approximately 40 percent of the 2,447 registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday's election. The voter trends in Old Town were very similar to what they were in the subdivisions, according accord-ing to the recorder's office. "The voters have spoken," Horrigan said, "and now I must begin to fulfill my campaign pledges." Alvarez agreed with Horrigan that the people have decided it is time for a new council. "When this council came into office, four years ago, there was a great need for change. Many things had to be done." She added that the voters feel that times have changed. "It has been a great pleasure to work on the City Council over the past four years. There is something special about the combination of people on the present council," she said. The only incumbent on that council to have won re-election, Tom Shellenberger, Shellen-berger, said he was disappointed to see Lewis and Alvarez unseated. He said, however, that the democratic process works well and that in an election such as this each vote makes a difference. The outcome of the election means that the voters feel that the present council was doing too much, too fast, Shellenberger said. With two new members on the council there are bound to be some changes, he said. Beyond campaign issues, Shellenberger Shellen-berger said the election outcome had a lot to do with how the individual campaigns were run. He said Doilney and Horrigan worked harder than the incumbents. "It's a taste of reality. We all wanted to win." Lewis, the other ousted incumbent echoed Shellenberger's views on campaigning. cam-paigning. She said she would have liked to have gone door to door but that she is involved in numerous community com-munity . activities which precluded a very active campaign. The people of Park City like change, she said. "That is how progress works." "I've been very fortunate to work for the people of Park City for the past four years." On the performance of the current council, Lewis said, "We had to make a lot of changes quickly. And looking back, I wouldn't change a thing." She added that she wishes the new City Council members the best of luck in their upcoming terms. |