Mary Lynn Liddiard and Richard N. Warne may have run joint campaigns, but now that they've been elected, each will vote his own way.
Liddiard and Warne decided early in the campaign that they could get more votes for the buck if they pooled their bucks.They put both names on all of their signs. They slapped both of their photos on their campaign literature, and they divided up the gladhanding chores.
"We thought that because the city is getting so big, we could cover more territory that way."
The tact didn't work for the "Stop the Madness" trio in Draper. But it did for Liddiard and Warne. In a final but unofficial tally, the two took first and second place, respectively, with incumbent Thomas Christensen seizing third place.
Liddiard and Warne each want slow residential growth and only top quality commercial and industrial businesses.
"We are definitely low-density believers," Liddiard said.
But while the two share similar philosophies, they aren't politically joined at the hip, Warne said.
"We've already talked about that," he said. "She has her own views and she's her own person. We know that there are times when we'll see the issues differently. She'll vote one way and I'll probably vote the other way."
Christensen landed his second term with less than 300 votes to spare.
He voted for the controversial interchange to the Bangerter Highway and wants the city to develop its freeway frontage to improve its commercial tax base. But he is also opposed to piecemeal development and cookie-cutter subdivisions, although he hasn't gone as far as Liddiard and Warne have in arguing for low-density housing.