in the city of Aspen is shaping up as 10 candidates for three seats are beginning to present their platforms and establish their strategies to win votes.
And during a pandemic, campaigning is going to look and feel different from previous elections.
There won’t be as much face-to-face interaction, door knocking and in-person fundraisers due public health orders aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19.
“Out of respect for people, I will not go door-to-door,” said Aspen Mayor Torre, adding his fundraising efforts also will look different. “In-person, multi-person gatherings will not be the same.”
Torre is running against Lee Mulcahy, who is in a yearslong legal battle with local government over his eligibility to live in his deed-restricted, subsidized home at Burlingame Ranch.
GREAT BEND TRIBUNE On the Record for Dec. 28, 2020 OTR for Aug. 22, 2016
Great Bend Fire
A fire alarm was reported at 1:30 p.m. Monday at 4110 Falcon Dr. It was a false alarm caused by a smoke detector going off.
A structure fire was reported at 12:20 a.m. Monday at NW 50 Ave. and NW K-96, Great Bend. A single dead tree was on fire. The fire was extinguished.
Great Bend Police
A black dirt bike was found in an alley in the 2600 block of 19th St. at 1:41 a.m. Monday.
An injury crash was reported at 11:17 a.m. Monday at Animal Care Hospital, 3400 10th St.
Karl Herchenroeder/The Aspen Times file photo
Longtime Aspen resident and former city clerk Kathryn Koch died on Friday peacefully at home with hospice care. She was 74.
Koch served as Aspen’s city clerk from 1974 until she retired in 2014. She also volunteered her time for decades in the community, whether it was sitting on the board that issues grants to nonprofits and arts culture organizations, or supporting Aspen Music Festival, helping with costumes for Aspen Community Theater, or serving as an election judge after retirement.
And when she was not volunteering, Koch was an avid traveler, reader, knitter, sewer, moviegoer and active grandmother to her three grandchildren.
A man walks by a ballot box as its assembled outside of Aspen City Hall on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020.
Eight people are running for two open Aspen City Council seats and two candidates for the mayor’s seat in an election that will be decided on March 2.
Monday was the deadline for candidates to submit nominating petitions, and City Clerk Nicole Henning said she received a total of 10 petitions as of 5 p.m.
She now has to verify that at least 25 signatures supporting the candidates are by individuals who reside in Aspen city limits. The deadline to verify is next week.