Perhaps it’s the distaste in the mouths of many Americans over the political scene in our nation’s Capital that’s filtering down to the local level, or maybe it’s the demands placed on families in this hustling and bustling mountain resort town. Or maybe it’s just a cyclical fact of small town life. But for the first time in quite awhile Steamboat Springs is faced with a notable lack of interest in serving on public bodies.

In this election cycle, likely both Steamboat Springs City Council and Steamboat Springs School Board will have uncontested races. And that means the healthy debates that come with contested races won’t take place.

With two school board seats open in November, after veterans Sam Rush and Roger Good decided not to run for new four-year terms, there was just one new candidate to file as of Aug. 28. And with the Sept. 1 deadline to turn in petitions nearing, there was a likelihood this week, there won’t be a contest for either seat. One candidate, Katy Lee, has turned in her completed candidate petition.

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