It s getting very close to election time, and while there are plenty of reporters who are obsessed with politics, I don t count myself as one of them.
But folks have been asking a few interesting questions lately about local politics, none of which merits a story, but each of which is fine for blogging.
Cody City Council member Cliff Main at the last meeting, asking what the procedure is for recalling the mayor.
Main said constituents had asked him, presumably those who were upset with the termination of City Administrator Laurie Kadrich s contract.
The Wyoming Secretary of State s office reports there is no provision in the state s election laws for recalling an elected official. While individual cities or counties may pass an ordinance or statute precluding a convicted felon from serving in office, or something along those lines, there s simply no method under Wyoming law for recalling an elected official.
At least none that the Secretary of State is aware of.
Others have been discussing the similarities and differences in two interesting races a write-in campaign by Sheriff Dave Mattis in Big Horn County and an Independent candidacy by Kelly Jensen for county clerk in Park County.
Based on questions folks have asked me, there appears to be some confusion about what constitutes a write-in campaign.
According to Park County elections official Deb Bush, Jensen will be listed on the ballot as an Independent candidate. Since she did not run in the primary, she was eligible to be listed on the ballot by collecting petitions. Mattis is a write-in candidate, meaning voters will have to write his name on the ballot.
Because Mattis lost to challenger Ken Blackburn in the primary, he is impacted by a Wyoming election law precluding him from gathering signatures to be listed again in the general election. Some call this a sour grapes or sore loser law. It doesn t prevent voters from writing him in.
Finally, I had spoken to a few folks and told them about a spreadsheet from Wenlin Liu, the economist who estimated that would be paid by tourists. He later changed that figure to 12 percent. We posted a .
PDF version of the numbers on the Gazette web site, but the great part about a spreadsheet is you can plug in your own numbers and play with the figures.
I don t have a handy way to post it on this blog, but if anyone wants the Excel file with Liu s numbers, e-mail me and I ll send you a copy. on Thursday, October 19th, 2006 at 9:38 pm and is filed under .
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