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Jim Stanford spent the last eight years of his life vigorously fighting for and against various matters connected to Snow King Mountain Resort, aka âthe Town Hill,â as a member of the Jackson Town Council.
Now that heâs left the council â Stanford opted not to run for a third term and left the council at the turn of the new year â heâs able to enjoy the fruits of that labor, with his backyard sitting in Snow Kingâs shadow.
âIt feels great,â Stanford said in a recent interview. âIâm on day three as a free man. My first day as a free man was a powder day on Snow King, right behind my house here.
Mayor Hailey Morton Levinson hands outgoing Mayor Pete Muldoon a framed proclamation of appreciation for his service to Jackson during the first council meeting of the new year on Monday. KAYLA RENIE / NEWS&GUIDE/
Former Jackson Mayor Pete Muldoon, who left office at the start of the year following an unsuccessful bid for a Town Council seat, sat for an interview with the News&Guide to look back on his four years at the town’s helm. Read the full version online at JHNewsAndGuide.com.
Q: What made you decide to run for mayor in the first place?
A: The issues that I ran on are . very important to me personally. Additionally, I felt we needed to get more done as a town and to actually go out and accomplish some of these things, and I felt I would be able to do that. I think the last four years have shown that I did.
There was plenty of praise to go around Monday night as the Jackson Town Council thanked two outgoing members for their service, while welcoming two new faces to the council and former Vice-Mayor Hailey Morton Levinson to the mayorâs seat.
Councilors Jessica Sell Chambers, a political consultant, retired educator Jim Rooks and new Mayor Morton Levinson were all sworn in to their seats in an Oath of Office Ceremony on Monday morning, then participated in Monday eveningâs meeting for the first time in their new roles.
Morton Levinson replaced former Mayor Pete Muldoon, who was defeated by Chambers and Rooks in his bid for a council seat. Chambers and Rooks, meanwhile, filled the seats opened by outgoing two-term Councilor Jim Stanford, who chose not to run for reelection, and Morton Levinson.
Mayor, 2 new Town Council members to be sworn in Monday morning jhnewsandguide.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jhnewsandguide.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.