Wolff runs for mayor

Posted 7/28/16

“I don’t know much about politics at all, but I’m willing to learn it and willing to do the work,” Wolff said during his introductory speech at the candidate meet-and-greet in The Commons on July 21. “If you come to me with something …

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Wolff runs for mayor

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Dawson Wolff, a 2008 graduate of Powell High School, is running for mayor of Powell.

“I don’t know much about politics at all, but I’m willing to learn it and willing to do the work,” Wolff said during his introductory speech at the candidate meet-and-greet in The Commons on July 21. “If you come to me with something you’d like to try, I’m willing to research it and talk about it and figure out if it is a good idea or not and go from there.”

Although he has no previous political experience, Wolff did recently complete six years of active duty in the Marines, where he was a squad leader and reached the rank of sergeant. During that time, he was a range coach and worked embassy security, he said.

“It was security for places like Obama in Israel, which is pretty cool,” Wolff said. “It was pretty normal actually, but we were in a hotel instead of an embassy — it was all pretty calm.”

“I can make a team work; ‘We are only as strong as the weakest link’ is what we always said,” Wolff said. “We always found a way to make it work out pretty good, and now that I’m back, this is my home and I love it here and I want to be involved.”

Wolff grew up in Clark with his parents, Rhett and Jill Wolff, and now he’s attending Northwest College and plans to become a pilot.

“I just got back home from the military and love it here and wanted to be involved, and it was an election year so I figured might as well do it instead of just talk about it,” Wolff said. “I just was (joking around) with some friends and it came up, and I thought about doing it because it would be interesting and — well, I don’t know — time to give it a try.”

Wolff said he has been pretty busy working various jobs in irrigation and fencing, so he hasn’t given the role of mayor much thought.

“I just kinda threw my hat into the ring,” he said, adding that hasn’t heard much feedback from the community, or his friends and family, about his candidacy. 

Wolff said he hasn’t really got any set goals in mind if elected, but would like to talk to people if they have an issue, and then research it and see if anything can be improved.

“One thing I thought was weird is the bagel shop at the college isn’t allowed to advertise and I thought ‘Why not?,’” Wolff said.

Wolff is up against James Andrews and current mayor Don Hillman for the mayor’s seat.

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