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Vol. 21, No. 264
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Results at a glance steamboat springs City Council, District 1 ■ Kevin Bennett ✔ Cari Hermacinski ■ City Council, District 2 ✔ Kenny Reisman ■ ■ Ken Solomon
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City Council, At large ✔Jim Engelken ■ ■ Kyle Pietras
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School Board ✔ Brian Kelly ■ ■ Bill Kennedy Page 6
hayden School Board, District A ✔Tim Frentress ■ ■ Darren Zehner
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School Board, District B ✔Vance Fulton ■ ■ Laurie Hallenbeck
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referendums Referendum 2A Hayden accommodations tax ✔Yes ■ ■ No
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Referendum 2B Hayden vehicle rental tax ✔Yes ■ ■ No
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Referendum 2C Steamboat Springs charter amendment ✔Yes ■ ■ No Page 15
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Steamboat Springs City Council members Cari Hermacinski and Loui Antonucci celebrate Tuesday night after learning that Hermacinski defeated Kevin Bennett in the City Council District 1 race. Hermacinski, vacating her at-large seat, replaces Steve Ivancie, who reached his term limit in the District 1 seat. Antonucci also is term-limited.
Hermacinski re-elected
Council president pro tem easily defeats Bennett Brandon Gee
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
In what turned out to be the most lopsided race of the 2009 election, Cari Hermacinski defeated Kevin Bennett for a District 1 seat on the Steamboat Springs City Council. She won with 63.6 percent of the vote, 2,066 to 1,184.
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■ Index Briefs . . . . . . . . . 10 Classifieds . . . . . 32 Comics . . . . . . . 30 Crossword . . . . . 31 Happenings . . . . . 7 Horoscope . . . . . 30
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La Vecindad . . . . 12 The Record . . . . 10 Scoreboard . . . . 29 Sports . . . . . . . . 25 ViewPoints . . . . . 8 Weather . . . . . . . 39
Tuesday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 2-3-8-24-27 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.
“It’s been such a pleasure for me to serve the community, and I am thrilled they want me to do it for four more years,” Hermac inski said while celebrating Tues day evening at Old Town Pub. The most compelling race in this year’s election pitted former City Council President Bennett against Hermacinski, who is well-positioned to be the next
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council president. Hermacinski has served as president pro tem for two years under City Council President Loui Antonucci, who is leaving the council. Bennett and Hermacinski also are next-door neighbors in Old Town. “Certainly, I want to thank the people who supported me See District 1, page 23
Steamboat Springs City Council District 1
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