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The results of an all-mail ballot election set to end in less than two weeks could make Keystone Colorado’s newest town. Just over 900 registered voters in the area could determine if the resort community will join the ranks of Breckenridge, Frisco, Dillon and Silverthorne as a home-rule municipality or remain governed by Summit County officials as an unincorporated area.
Ballots began hitting residents’ mailboxes last week and, as the March 28 voting deadline nears, community members are expressing a spectrum of emotions from excitement to skepticism to uncertainty.
For Ken Riley, a Keystone resident who has been at the forefront of efforts to bring the decision to a vote, this election represents “a turning point for the community.”
While Riley and others see a need to break from Summit County government in the belief it will give Keystone more power, some residents are not sold on the idea, with concerns it will eventually lead to more taxes and unnecessary bureaucracy. And the question of how much money the would-be town will be operating with remains contested between county officials and incorporation advocates.
