Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Ribi, Youngman cruise to victory

Both win easily in field of 5

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By TREVON MILLIARD
Express Staff Writer

Incumbent Nils Ribi was re-elected to the Sun Valley City Council on Tuesday, winning the most votes of any candidate. Candidate Bob Youngman, a former physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, also won a seat on the council.

Sun Valley voters showed up in a steady stream for a City Council election that was permeated with contention due to anonymous letters slamming candidates.

Of the council's four seats, two were up for election this year, with five candidates running. Incumbent Ribi ran for re-election, but Councilman Dave Chase did not.

Final vote tabulations were: Ribi—382; Youngman—327; David Barovetto, architect—115; Milt Adam, retired mechanical design engineer—113; and Stephen Poindexter, Sun Valley Resort front desk clerk—13.

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Since it's an open election, the two candidates with the most votes won.

The city tallied 499 votes total, with 199 of those from absentee ballots.

City Clerk Kelly Ek reported the city having about 950 registered voters earlier in the day, but didn't have new registrations from the day added to that at press time.

Points of interest this election were keeping Sun Valley competitive with other Western resorts, the city's voice in the airport replacement, managing development, and Sun Valley's independence from Ketchum.

Trevon Milliard: tmilliard@mtexpress.com

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