By Bev Pechan
As newly chosen trustee for the Keystone Town Board, Lynette Gohsman said, “It was a crazy election this time.”
Gohsman is one of the three winners in Keystone’s April 12 annual election for town board trustee positions. All three are first-time applicants. For two available three-year terms, Trygve Nelson (71) and Justin Moss (57) defeated incumbent board president Nikki Ball (39) and newcomer Brenda Peterson (26).
For the vacating one-year term, Lynette Gohsman received 61 votes to former board member David Cofoid’s 45 votes. The election had one of the highest voter turnouts in years and could be credited perhaps to Nelson’s door-to-door campaign handing out voter registration forms. The trio will be sworn in at the first May town board meeting. Incumbent board members are Sandi McLain and Kwinn Neff.
Gohsman told the Prevailer she believed the success of the winners was partly due to local efforts to get voter registration forms into the hands of non-registered residents. She said her foremost concern was getting Keystone water and sewer issues fixed. Gohsman also wants to expand area promotions to be more patriotic to enhance the experience people have when visiting Mount Rushmore and wants to look for new sources of city revenue. Keystone relies totally on sales tax receipts for its operations.
Nelson said of the election, “It went well.” While he admits he needs to learn more about rules and ordinances, he says he is equally concerned about finding solutions to the town's ongoing sewer and water problems. He agrees with Gohsman that upgrading Keystone to reflect the American values Mount Rushmore represents is paramount and with tourists starting to arrive, would like to get started on this.
Available only in the print version of the Hill City Prevailer News. To subscribe, call (605) 574-2538.
As newly chosen trustee for the Keystone Town Board, Lynette Gohsman said, “It was a crazy election this time.”
Gohsman is one of the three winners in Keystone’s April 12 annual election for town board trustee positions. All three are first-time applicants. For two available three-year terms, Trygve Nelson (71) and Justin Moss (57) defeated incumbent board president Nikki Ball (39) and newcomer Brenda Peterson (26).
For the vacating one-year term, Lynette Gohsman received 61 votes to former board member David Cofoid’s 45 votes. The election had one of the highest voter turnouts in years and could be credited perhaps to Nelson’s door-to-door campaign handing out voter registration forms. The trio will be sworn in at the first May town board meeting. Incumbent board members are Sandi McLain and Kwinn Neff.
Gohsman told the Prevailer she believed the success of the winners was partly due to local efforts to get voter registration forms into the hands of non-registered residents. She said her foremost concern was getting Keystone water and sewer issues fixed. Gohsman also wants to expand area promotions to be more patriotic to enhance the experience people have when visiting Mount Rushmore and wants to look for new sources of city revenue. Keystone relies totally on sales tax receipts for its operations.
Nelson said of the election, “It went well.” While he admits he needs to learn more about rules and ordinances, he says he is equally concerned about finding solutions to the town's ongoing sewer and water problems. He agrees with Gohsman that upgrading Keystone to reflect the American values Mount Rushmore represents is paramount and with tourists starting to arrive, would like to get started on this.
Available only in the print version of the Hill City Prevailer News. To subscribe, call (605) 574-2538.