Foster, McCarthy and Kriegh Win
School Board Seats
Props HH Goes Down in Flames

George Gramlich,
News and Commentary

These are the unofficial results of the November 7 Election. Based on the numbers don’t expect any changes. The Custer County School District C-1 Board of Directors – At Large election went down as expected with the three front runners easily outpacing the losing two. Regina “Reggie” Foster got the top vote count with 1,265 votes followed by Joseph McCarthy with 1,217 votes. The final winner, Jennifer Kriegh received 1,031 nods. Losers Linda Elaine Brown got 503 votes and Jeremy Hockett nailed 353 votes.
The dems nightmare tax grab, Proposition HH got hammered in Happy Valley with 1,987 (77.08%) voting to kill it and 591 (29.92%) insane people voting for it. It lost statewide too.
Proposition II also lost in Custer County with 1,356 (52.79%) voting against It and 1,217 (47.30%) voting for it. It passed at the state level.
Voter turnout in Custer County was pretty good for an off year election with 2,600 ballots cast with a voter roll of 4,460. (That would be a 58.3% turnout.) The statewide voter turnout was a pathetic 36.64% (1,441,848 ballots cast and 3,935,515 active voters). It looks like Happy Valley citizens are engaged politically.
At the state level, Proposition HH lost decisively with 856,182 voting against it and 566,663 voting for it.
With regards to Proposition II (which will funnel more money into the state’s dysfunctional education system), it passed big time with 946,617 saying yes and 471,522 voting against it.