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Grassroots TV Ballots have been mailed to most Aspen residents who will elect their next mayor and fill two city council seats in the municipal election on Tuesday, March 2. There are eight candidates running for the two open council seats. Incumbent Mayor Torre is running for a second, two-year term and faces a single challenger, artist Lee Mulcahy.  The Aspen Times and Aspen Daily News recently held their signature “Squirm Night” virtually with both the Mayoral and City Council candidates on Grassroots TV. Each candidate gave a short opening statement and answered a few rapid-fire q...

Candidates for the March 2 Aspen City Council election answered questions about business-related matters in a forum hosted by the Aspen Resort Chamber Association.

Campaign fundraising and spending among Aspen City Council candidates is ramping up as finance reports due Monday show thousands of dollars have been contributed and spent in a 12-day period. Kimbo Brown-Schirato, who is vying against seven other candidates for two open seats, still leads in fundraising with an additional $3,275 between Feb. 9 and Sunday. That brings her total fundraising to $10,575. Brown-Schirato has spent over $3,343 on web-based advertising, Facebook and printing. Mark Reece raised $3,635 in the past 10 days in addition to his self-loan of $5,000 during the first reporti...

Staff report Two Aspen City Council candidates who are using the treasurer services of a woman who previously worked for Rep. Lauren Boebert claimed no connection Monday to the controversial congresswoman. Mark Reece and Casey Endsley both hired Marjorie Klein of Fort Lupton as treasurer of their campaigns, according to campaign finance reports. Klein served as Boebert’s treasurer until June, according to federal campaign finance reports. “I’ve never met her,” Reece said of Boebert. “I’ve never spoken to her. I don’t know her.” Reece said Klein’s name was one of three given ...

Collage of the Aspen City Council candidates 2021. Top row from left: Sam Rose, Erin Smiddy, Casey Endsley, John Doyle; second row from left: Ward Hauenstein, Jimbo Stockton, Mark Reece, Kimbo Brown-Schirato. Of the eight candidates vying for two seats on Aspen City Council, four of them did not vote in the last municipal election, and all of them have not attended a council meeting in years, except the incumbent, and only two said they have not violated local COVID-19 public health orders. Those revelations, among others, were made public Thursday during the traditional, albeit non-tradition...