Lindley unopposed
for Hailey mayor
By PETER
BOLTZ
Express Staff Writer
Al Lindley
is the only candidate running for Hailey mayor this November, unless
someone chooses to run against him as a write-in candidate.
Al Lindley
The
deadline for candidates to get their names on the Nov. 6 ballot was 5 p.m.
Thursday.
Lindley
said he hoped he would get some competition because he wants a debate on
issues affecting the city.
Don Keirn,
who currently occupies Hailey City Council Seat 2, will also be running
unopposed unless someone declares as a write-in candidate for the seat.
Keirn sees
being unopposed as a confirmation of the job he’s been doing so far on
the council.
"I
think I’ve done a pretty fair job and will do a better one as I get more
experience," he said.
He joked
that being unopposed will make running "a lot easier."
Seat 1, the
other seat open for election, has two declared candidates, incumbent
Martha Burke and challenger Pete Kramer.
Kramer said
he isn’t running against Burke as much as he is wanting to help shape
the future of Hailey.
He said
there was no deciding factor for him to run and that he had decided to run
two years ago.
"I
want to play a role in establishing a vision for Hailey. I want to be
involved in this work in progress," Kramer said.
Burke said
she decided to run again two years ago.
She said
she believed Hailey’s elected officials had a two-fold obligation. The
first is to the residents of Hailey, the second is to the whole Wood River
Valley.
She
stressed the need for Hailey to have officials who could work with other
officials in the county since so many issues were countywide.
The
deadline for candidates to declare themselves as write-in candidates is 5
p.m. Oct. 23 at Hailey City Hall.
The names
of any write-in candidates will not be printed on the ballot, but space
will be provided for voters to write names in for an office.
"That’s
the disadvantage of being a write-in candidate," Hailey City Clerk
Heather Dawson said. "Your name is just not visible."
Dawson said
that write-in votes for people who have not formally declared themselves
will be invalid for that office, but writing in such a name will not void
the entire ballot.