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2007 Election Results OTHER RESULTS: For Village Council
Two new candidates who ran on a platform of promoting affordability, smart growth principles and environmental sustainability swept the Village Council election Tuesday, with the incumbent coming in third. The highest vote getters, John Booth and Lori Askeland, garnered 300 more votes than their closest competitor, Kathryn Van der Heiden. Booth earned 923 votes, Askeland 917 and Van der Heiden 615. Three Council seats — formerly held by Van der Heiden, Bruce Rickenbach and Kathryn Chase — were open. Rickenbach and Chase did not run for reelection. As the highest vote-getters of the unofficial vote count, Booth and Askeland, who each earned 26 percent of the total vote, will receive four-year terms. Van der Heiden, who received 17 percent of the ballots, will serve for two years. Running closely behind Van der Heiden was Jerry Sutton, who just missed a Council seat with 590 votes, or 17 percent of the votes. Brian Chase received 354 votes, or 10 percent, and Brian Harris garnered 122 votes, or 3 percent. According to Don Hollister of the Greene County Board of Elections, between 50 and 100 outstanding votes, a combination of absentee and provisional ballots, are not yet counted. Those votes will be included in the election’s official vote count, which will be finalized the Monday following Thanksgiving. However, those absentee votes already counted indicate a nearly even split between Van der Heiden and Sutton, so that the uncounted votes are unlikely to affect the results, according to Hollister. Booth, a high school teacher, and Askeland, a Wittenberg College professor, made clear in their campaigns their opposition to the proposed AMP-Ohio GS coal plant, and the need to hear more perspectives on the issue. They also emphasized concerns about the decline of diversity and affordability in the village, and stated that Council should be more proactive in addressing those issues. They favored smart growth principles and in-fill development over annexation, as well as a proactive stance toward saving Antioch College. Both candidates also emphasized their interest in promoting village-wide dialogue on important issues, and listening to all voices. Van der Heiden ran on a platform of listening to all voices in Yellow Springs, including those of people who don’t speak out on issues. She also promoted a centrist position on annexation and growth, and believed it would be inappropriate for Council to take an activist stance in keeping Antioch College open. Sutton emphasized the need for fiscal responsibility and economic growth, and he favored the Village signing on to the AMP-Ohio coal plant as a necessary step. Chase also emphasized the need for economic growth, especially creating a hospitable climate for small local businesses to grow. Harris ran on the need to make Yellow Springs more hospitable. Council results by precinct: For school
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Incumbent Richard Lapedes and Sean Creighton were elected to the Yellow Springs school board Tuesday by a wide margin in every precinct in Yellow Springs and Miami Township. Lapedes received a total of 800 votes for 30 percent of the total, and Creighton received 659 votes, or 25 percent. The other three school board candidates split the rest of the votes equally, each garnering about 15 percent, with David Turner getting 401, David Triplett getting 397 and Judy Parker getting 372. Lapedes has served one four-year term on the school board and was running with the intention of forging more cultural and economic ties between the village and the school district. He also promoted plans to make Yellow Springs an arts magnet school. Lapedes, originally from Dayton, is the retired CEO and current board chair of Lion Apparel and has served on many local boards and school levy campaigns. Creighton is the executive director of the Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education and the former president of the Community Children’s Center board of trustees. He has served on many local levy campaigns, and he is the father of three young children in the village. Their four-year terms begin in 2008. School board results by precinct: Mayoral, Township and issue results Foubert re-elected The mayor serves a two-year term. Mayoral race results by precinct: Silliman re-elected as Township
clerk Township clerk results by precinct: Vocational school levy approved The Greene County Career Center was asking for a 0.75 mill five-year permanent improvement levy that will not raise taxes beyond the current level of $17 per $100,000 property valuation. The revenues will be restricted for use in capital improvements and equipment purchase. Career center levy by precinct: Mucher gets four more years
as trustee Mucher will serve a four-year term. Trustee results by precinct: Village Charter amendment wins The charter had not been revised since it was first approved in 1950. A committee of local residents proposed the largely administrative amendments, which included updating the document and bringing it in line with current state and county law. Charter amendment results by precinct: Murry gets Xenia judgeship Murry defeated 12-year incumbent Susan Goldie in the 2007 primary. Murry has a law degree from the University of Dayton and a masters degree in school counseling. He is a lifelong Greene County resident. Judgeship results by precinct:
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