RFH 2010, Cover Stories, Village Election

Election: Where The Trustee Candidates Stand

Fri, Jun 17, 2011

On Tuesday, registered viters in the village will have the opportunity to elect two new trustees and a new mayor.

Running for the two trustee spots left vaccant when Suzanne Collins and Jim Bona decided not to seek reelection are three newcomers and a woman who ran in the last election. They include:

• Anne Clauss, Bullthistle
• Sam Cooper, Your Voice & Republican
• Meredith Leland Getchionis, Democrat
• and Debbie Kliman, Bullthistle.

Running unopposed for mayor is Margaret Miller, who has served six years as a trustee.

We asked the trustee candidates to respond to several questions about issues facing the village. We have posted them side by side without editing, so you see the candidates own words as they wrote them. We also asked the candidates to rank (on a scale of one to four) the importance of these and several otgher issues so you can see at a glance what they consider priorities.

You can see the candidates' responses by clicking here.

You can see how they ranked the issues by clicking here.

You can see what they said at the Hamilton Forum Candidates Night Thursday by clicking here.

And, be sure to read the letters to the editor the candidates and their supporters shared.

The polls are open Tuesday noon to 9 p.m. All voting is in the community room of the Hamilton Public Library. The election is conducted by the madison County Board of Elections.