From the Styx by Peggy Tibbetts

Oh thank God! Finally. It’s almost over.

If you requested a mail ballot, it should be arriving in your mailbox shortly. Look for it. If you don’t receive your ballot by Friday, October 17, you should contact the Garfield County Clerk.

Yikes! The ballot is 4 pages long! You can view ballots by precinct at the GarCo website.

According to an article in The Paper, Garfield County Clerk Jean Alberico said that unsigned ballots will be returned to the voter for verification. Just don’t screw it up. Sign your ballot.

Voters can view ballots now at county website.

BTW, Tod and I are supporting the two Steves for Garfield County Commissioner – Steve Carter and Stephen Bershenyi. Our letter to the Editor appeared in The Paper on Sunday.

Put John Martin out to pasture

According to John Martin’s letter (Sept. 30), Garfield County is spending $1.5 million in taxpayer dollars and $1.5 million from a Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) grant (which is funded by gas severance tax) to improve County Road 204, so that one property owner can develop his mineral rights. Therefore, the rebuilding of that road will only benefit one mineral-rights developer and the energy company that will extract the gas, at a total cost of $3 million to taxpayers.

This is exactly why we need a per-well impact fee. Most of Western Garfield County roads are deteriorating because of industrial truck traffic servicing the gas well industry. We are constantly told energy development benefits our local economy. But where is the evidence of that?

It’s time to put John Martin out to pasture. We drastically need new leadership in Garfield County. Vote for change November 4. Vote for Steve Carter and Stephen Bershenyi for Garfield County Commissioners.

Peggy and Tod Tibbetts
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You have until October 28 to request a mail ballot. If you wait that long you’ll have to vote fast because you can’t mail your ballot back on November 4. The County Clerk must receive your ballot ON OR BY NOVEMBER 4 at 7 pm. Also, if you mail your ballot, it’s so big it requires 59 cents in postage. However you can drop off your ballot for FREE at the County Clerk’s office in the Courthouse in Glenwood Springs, or at the Rifle Annex.

Early Voting begins on Monday, October 20, and ends on Friday, October 31. But you will be required to show ID. Valid forms of ID can be found at the GarCo website. And you will vote on an uncertified voting machine. Early voting takes place at these locations:
 
Glenwood Springs Courthouse – 109 8th Street, (Room 101c) – Glenwood Springs

Human Services Building (Conference Room) – 195 West 14th Street – Rifle

Just do it! Vote!

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