IFPD election results

Three new faces will be sitting in the front of the IFPD meeting room after December 4. That's the date the commissioner-elects will be officially sworn.

Of course, stranger thiings have happened and one or more might be invited to be seated sooner. Afterall Commissiioner Lloyd Vaught has already expressed a desire to retire from the board. Now he will be.

Victors Dr. Charles "Chip" Schelly and Jeannine Charles-Stigall won commission seats in a surprisingly easy race. The voters overwhelmingly retired all of the incumbents except for Ben Killingsworth. (Vote totals are below.)

As of 9 p.m., Tuesday evening, Registrar of Voters Barbara Dunmore said write-in candidate Steve Kepler had 138 votes with more ballots to be counted. So it is possible that he may eventually slip past Killingsworth, although it is a long-shot.

Schelly and Jeannine each polled more than twice Glen McWilliam's and Earl Parker's vote totals. Both received more votes than President Paul Riggi did two years ago.

Unless a surprise occurs, the composition of the IFDP commission in December will be Riggi, Killingsworth, Schelly, Charles-Stigall and Pete Capparelli, who along with Riggi will be up for election in 2011.


Candidate Vote Count Percent
Schelly 460 30.30
Charles-Stigall 403 26.55
Killingsworth 251 16.53
McWilliams 172 11.33
Parker 170 11.20
Vaught 62 4.08

Vaught to resign from IFPD board

Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Commissioner Lloyd Vaught said today, August 6, prior to a scheduled interview with the Town Crier that he intends to resign for reasons of health.

Vaught said he had tried to get his name taken off the ballot but it was too late to do so. Vaught said he would inform IFPD President Paul Riggi today of his decision.

We are researching, with the Registrar of Voters, how his resignation this close to an election would effect results in the event he is voted in.

We will update this blog with information from the Registrar once we receive it.

A reminder to voters - this is a mail in ballot election. There will be no polling places for walk in voting. What you have received in the mail is not a sample ballot. It is your mailed in ballot. Mailed ballots must be received by the Registrar no later than 8 p.m. on August 25th.