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The nine council members are elected three each from three wards on a non-partisan ballot; they receive a stipend of $120 maximum each day for meetings they attend, with no offices or benefits. They serve four-year terms with no term limits; expiration years are staggered. There are two expiring terms in Ward 3 The top four candidates for Ward 3 will advance to the General Election and in the Primary, you will vote for 2 for the two vacancies in Ward 3. The two winners in the General Election will join sitting council member Matt Lockhart in representing Ward 2.

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    SAMUEL BUCKWALTER
    (NON)

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    TAMMY HOOPER
    (NON)

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    ERIN O'DOHERTY
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    BRETT RALSTON
    (NON)

Biographical Information

Why are you running for this office, and what training, experience, and skills would you bring to this office?

What would be your top three priorities as a city council member?

Property taxes are a significant funding source for the city budget. In the 2026 General Election, voters will decide whether to pass a constitutional amendment for a 50% reduction in property taxation. How would your budget priorities change if the amendment passes or other tax reduction legislation is proposed by the legislature?

Which additional ordinances do you think the city needs and/or which ordinances do you think should be repealed?

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Campaign Mailing Address 2911 Dover Drive
Laramie, wy 82072
Campaign Phone 307-286-4790
Campaign Website http://hooper4ward3.wixsite.com/tammy-hooper-for-w-1
As a native of Laramie, I decided I would like to use my experience to assist my community through service on city council. My basket of experience includes mediation and collaboration with diverse groups that sometimes have conflicting ideas or goals. I have degree in accounting and always have appreciated the analytical tools it offered to look at ideas and issues. My work experience included working with a budget of over 10M dollars. I have been a risk manager dealing with liability and property losses and also a director working with a statewide staff to help people with their problems they encountered with local and federal agencies. I want to work together and decide what we want our Laramie to look like and to be.
Increase outreach for education, participation and general knowledge of city council issues, priorities and upcoming votes/ordinances and issues that affect everyone.

Hold more public meetings regarding issues and reach out through our community groups; political parties, our services organizations, etc. to get a bigger and broader representation for the education and participation in our community.

Work to better build collaboration with our community partners who employ as well as contribute to the population of Laramie; businesses, University of Wyoming, Wyo Tech, Ivinson Hospital, Albany County School District our county government partners.

What follows from these steps is the "transparency" and "accountability" we all want.
Regardless of whether or not the 50% reduction passes for our state, the City will still have some hard and difficult conversations and decisions regarding budgets.

We need to have conversations with our community as to what their priorities and needs are and some those will be vast and very different from their neighbors.

Government is to provide for the health and safety of its citizens and that will be a core priority for me-ensure that we have the necessary law enforcement and fire protection needed. That includes having streets in good order to provide that access, snow removal for those streets and also to make sure that transportation of students to our schools is not impeded by poor roads.

I'm not sure there needs to be any new ordinances, however, education and outreach regarding the current ordinances on the books that may already address an issue(s) would certainly be helpful. Depending on the circumstances often public awareness to address a situation or a behavior may be the most elegant solution.
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