Micah Cawley: An Inspiring American
January 8, 2010 2 Comments
Micah Cawley is the newly crowned Mayor of Yakima. At Micah’s young age, he has built up quite an attractive political resume. I say that he has a very promising political future.
His public service launched in 2005 at the age of 21 when he decided to file for a Yakima City Council position. No one at that point would have guessed that a 21-year-old kid was going to shake up politics in the City of Yakima. Of course, questions came sliding Micah’s way. “Isn‘t he too young to serve the city in that capacity?” ”Is he qualified for that position?” Then came primary election night, a shocker. The young kid finished second in a field of five candidates with 27.41% of the vote. Micah had just won his ticket to the final game, the general election.
Yakima Mayor Micah Cawley
Now Micah was up against the incumbent, Bernard Sims. The picture certainly did not look in Micah’s favor. However, he continued campaigning hard and the end result surprised everyone. Micah Daniel Cawley had just defeated the incumbent in a landslide, gathering 68.84% of the vote.
Two years into his first term he had the honor to serve as Assistant Mayor and is now the Mayor of Yakima. What an inspiring story! The sky is the limit for him, and I believe many more significant opportunities will come his way.
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Very well said. I too have watched this kid from day one thinking how could such a young man have such a grasp for politics.
But I think we could see it coming that someone was going to take over for Dave Edler. It seemed the city council felt Edler was going way beyond his duties as mayor. Plus Edler was turning into a wishy washy so-called republican.
But the question is this. Edler liked the city manager and worked well with him. The city manager has been there for many years and has had his ups and downs. He has been a manager who seemed to flow with the tide. Knowing Micah is not especially fund of the city manager. It will be interesting to see what changes in his position he may persue !
Diego, I like it where you are bringing new air to this forum. I hope you keep us informed more on outside politics. Jason has done a great job on Sunnyside politics. Welcome aboard !
He really is exciting. He gives fresh hope for many things in Yakima. I wonder where he got his guts, because he~s got a lot of them.