The City of Unalaska’s newest city councilor is John Waldron. He was unanimously appointed to fill the vacant seat, left by Zoya Johnson, in a special session on Saturday afternoon.
Waldron first came to Unalaska in 1987 to work as a private contractor. In 2005, he and his family moved to Unalaska, so he could serve as a police officer. He says the decision was "easy" because of the reputation of the Unalaska City School District. Since then, two of Waldron’s three children have graduated from the high school. Now, Waldron works for the school and Aleutian Electric.
Last year, Waldron unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the Unalaska City Council. That’s something none of the other candidates have done. In all, four members of the community applied for the interim position including FernandoBarrera, Shari Coleman, Ronald Kell, and Waldron.
Waldron will be a part of the board until October when the seat as well as two others and the mayor’s seat will be up for election.
