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*Editors Note: The Saratoga Sun apologizes for missing Lela Konecny’s responses for the 2020 Primary Election Section of this week’s newspaper. Please look for more information on the candidates in the General Election Section October 28th, 2020. Lela Konecny (L) Q. The State of Wyoming is looking at a $1.5 billion shortfall and Governor Mark Gordon has called for all departments to make cuts. What would you do on the House of Representatives to help Wyoming’s financial future? A. For decad...
On July 20, the Valley Service Organization (VSO) hosted the first of two forums as the remaining five of the eight town council candidates gathered at the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC) Great Hall. Michael Cooley, John Jump and Steve Heinitz had all withdrawn by the time of the forum. While a handful of potential voters were in attendance, many more tuned in through the Saratoga Sun Facebook Live stream. Due in large part to ongoing issues surrounding the Town of Saratoga, the financial...
In modern America, political contention is nearly impossible to avoid. From family gatherings to the workplace, politics can often lead to gladiatorial-like spats. However, in these heated debates, it can be found that misinformation runs rampant and political discourse is impossible. This past Thursday, the Saratoga Sun hosted a political forum for candidates running for a variety of Wyoming offices. I have to admit that I knew almost nothing about these candidates before I attended this...
In creative writing, one of the most common pieces of advice given is to "show not tell". This can be difficult to follow, but the general premise is to use descriptors to build a scene rather than using one sentence to tell the audience what is happening. After attending last Thursday's political forum, I can firmly say that this rule should apply to political candidates as well. There were a wide range of candidates from both sides of the aisle who participated in the forum in Riverside. With...
The evening of July 3 saw The Yard in Saratoga play host to three Democratic candidates as part of a meet and greet organized by Beach of Congress. Valley native Carl Beach, who is running for the U.S. House of Representatives, was joined by U.S. Senate candidate Yana Ludwig and Merav Ben-David. The event, held outdoors, allowed for social distancing and masks were required for attendence. The first hour saw the candidates talking with attendees. There were refreshments and acoustic music in the...
With the Primary Election little more than a month away, Valley residents will have two opportunities to learn more about the candidates that will be appearing on the ballot on August 18. The Valley Service Organization (VSO) will be holding forums later this month for seven candidates for Saratoga Town Council, the five candidates for Board of Carbon County Commissioners (BOCCC) and the four candidates for House District 47. The council candidates invited to the first forum are Tasha...
The Valley Service Organization (VSO) once again held forums at the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC) preceding the upcoming general election. The first forum, held on Oct. 22, saw candidates for contested county seats and Senate District 11 enter the Great Hall of the PVCC. The second forum, on Oct. 24, was held for candidates for Saratoga Mayor and Town Council. Both forums were live-streamed on the Saratoga Sun Facebook page, though the second night saw some technical difficulties. At... Full story
The Valley Service Organization (VSO) is sponsoring the election forum for Saratoga mayoral and town council candidates at 6 p.m. tonight (Wednesday, Oct. 24) at the Platte Valley Community Center. Candidates expected to attend are mayoral candidates, Incumbent E. J. Glode and former Mayor John Zeiger, plus town council candidates, Incumbent Will Faust and challengers Jon Nelson and Bob Keel. Each candidate will be given a short time to introduce himself and his reasons for running, which will be followed by questions from VSO and the...
On Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Hanna, candidates running for State Senate, Carbon County Sheriff and Carbon County Assessor joined candidates for Hanna mayor and town council for a meet and greet ice cream social. Candidates met potential voters upstairs of the church over cookies, slices of pie, ice cream, taco soup and hot chocolate. When the candidates moved downstairs to speak and answer questions, all of them commented on the excellent food provided and...
Many interesting things happened during the 2018 primary elections, among them were a handful of municipal races that saw people running as write-in candidates. According to Wyoming Statute 22-23-307, a write-in candidate in the primary election needs a minimum of three votes to be able to advance to the general election. In the case of multiple candidates, the one who receives the most write-in votes advances to the general election. Following the June 1 filing deadline for candidates, two...
For many, the 2018 primary election was one to watch on several levels as both Liz Cheney and John Barrasso fended off challengers within their own party while State Treasurer Mark Gordon narrowly avoided defeat by GOP megadonor Foster Friess. The importance of the primaries in 2018 was evident in the numbers as well. According to data from the Wyoming Secretary of State following the primary election, on Aug. 21 140,070 registered voters cast a ballot. The last time the number was this high...
Walter Hagan worked for the Carbon County Sheriff’s Department from 2005 to 2015 before he retired from law enforcement. Following the retirement of Sheriff Jerry Colson and the appointment of Archie Roybal to the position, Hagan felt he needed to run for sheriff in the next election. “I thought about running before and that kind of put it over the barrel because I knew things weren’t going to change and we need change,” said Hagan. “The old style of ‘we’re just investigators and that’s all we do’ is out the window. There’s too many things tha... Full story
Ed Golden is running for re-election for the Riverside Town Council following his nearly four year term after the 2014 election. Golden stated that while he had some doubts if he should run again, he was encouraged by residents of Riverside. “I figured if I could help out in the town I’d do that — and I haven’t had any complaints,” said Golden. The Riverside candidate points to ten years he spent in a town of 300 people several years ago as experience for working with small municipal government. He also believes that the 34 years he spent as... Full story
Thomas "Thom" Gamblin is currently employed by the Rawlins Police Department (RPD) and has been for the past 13 years, but decided to run for Carbon County Sheriff this year. "I decided to run for sheriff of Carbon County to make sure our county remains a safe place for the children of our community to grow up in," said Gamblin. Along with having worked for the RPD since 2005, Gamblin also has several years of law enforcement experience with three other departments in his home state. "I have... Full story
Candidates for District 47 Representative, District 11 Senator and Saratoga Town Council participated in the first of two candidate forums hosted by the Valley Service Organization (VSO) on July 23. Saratoga residents in attendance were scattered through the Great Hall of the Platte Valley Community Center. The event was live-streamed by Saratoga Sun via social media. VSO member Sue Jones, who moderated the first half of the forum, invited the state candidates up to the front of the room to...
The second of two primary election forums hosted by the Valley Service Organization (VSO) took place at 6 p.m. on July 25 at the Platte Valley Community Center. During this forum, candidates for all contested county seats were given the opportunity to address the audience. The second night saw noticeably more attendance than the event held on Monday night as both the Carbon County Attorney and Carbon County Sheriff races have been watched closely by county residents as evidenced by people...
Candidates for county offices in the 2018 elections are scheduled to present their views tonight at the second and last Valley Service Organization (VSO) forum before the Aug. 21 primary election. The forum will get underway at 6 p.m. in the Great Hall at the Platte Valley Community Center in Saratoga, according to Sue Jones, VSO event organizer. Candidates for county commissioner, clerk, treasurer, assessor, attorney, sheriff and coroner are expected at the event, she said. The public is invited to bring written questions for the candidates...
There is an unwritten rule that one must never discuss politics or religion in a bar setting. On the night of July 10, however, that rule was broken as candidates from the national, state and local level entered the Bear Trap Cafe and Bar in Riverside. The event, organized by owner Margaret Weber, gave Valley residents a chance to speak with candidates during a town hall forum before the primary elections on Aug. 21. The event, which was live streamed by the Saratoga Sun, lasted over two and a h...
A good turnout of Town of Saratoga and Wyoming State Legislative candidates is expected for the first of two 2018 election forums sponsored by the Valley Service Organization (VSO). The forum is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday (July 23) in the great hall at the Platte Valley Community Center. With the exception of Mayor E. J. Glode, who is running unopposed for his second term, all the candidates for the scheduled offices have indicated they will attend, according to Sue Jones, organizer of the event for VSO. Four-year term Saratoga Town Council ca...
The Valley Service Organization (VSO) has scheduled two candidate forums in Saratoga prior to the Aug. 21 primary election. The forums are scheduled as follows: July 23 –Town of Saratoga and legislative candidates. July 25 – County commission, assessor, attorney and sheriff candidates. Both forums will be held in the Great Hall at the Platte Valley Community Center starting at 6 p.m. The forums will take the usual form of a brief presentation from each candidate followed by a question and answer period, according to Sue Jones, organizer of the...
Republican candidates running for the office of Wyoming Governor will be participating in a series of public debates Thursday, July 12, 2018 in the auditorium of the Wyoming National Guard Joint Forces Readiness Center in Cheyenne. There will be two one-hour debates. The first debate will begin at 7 p.m.; the second debate will begin at 8 p.m. Candidates have been placed in either the first or second debate based on results of an independent poll conducted by the University of Wyoming Survey Research Center. The top three polling candidates, wh...
A date and time has finally been set for a debate at the Bear Trap Cafe and Bar in Riverside by owner Margaret Weber. Since originally being announced on Facebook and on page 5 of the May 23, 2018 edition of the Saratoga Sun (“Talk at the Trap”), the nature and format of the debate has changed, however. “The focus is no longer like a head-to-head debate. It’s more of a ‘Hey, let’s get the word out to who these candidates are,’” said Weber. Part of this can be chalked up to Weber’s inabili...