Come examine the
candidates
Things can’t
get much better than this: a night out for Sun Valley voters to fill their
tummies as well as their heads.
But that’s
the program this Thursday at 6 p.m. at Sun Valley City Hall—the regular
election year Sun Valley Pizza and Politics forum, sponsored by the
Mountain Express, where candidates for the town’s city council will
appear to be examined on issues by voters.
This year,
as never before, putting candidates on record with their views on issues
affecting not only Sun Valley but the Wood River Valley is vital. And just
as vital is the understanding of voters on how those views will affect
their lifestyle and taxes in years ahead.
Pressures
of growth are forcing the area’s communities into critical decisions
that’ll influence the character of the area permanently.
In Sun
Valley, among other things, the council is faced with preserving open
space zoning, continuing support of the area’s vital KART transit
system, developing plans for a performing arts center, and sharing in
decisions with other communities that involve highway expansion and
affordable housing.
Small as it
is in population, Sun Valley and its citizens nevertheless play critical
roles in preserving and continuing traditions that have made the town
internationally famous and a stable partner in the Wood River Valley’s
development as a major Rocky Mountain attraction.