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Walker was not popularly elected as mayor of Valdez, but rather elected by the city council. The City of Valdez is administered by a manager, meaning that this was strictly a ceremonial position. Walker has admitted such himself, while acting as if people shouldn't be bothered by such details. In other words, he's bought into the same mentality as everyone else that all he needs to do is throw out "mayor", and that we're supposed to take "mayor" at face value and get all wet and gooey inside from hearing the word and not dig any deeper. Additionally, like with Scott McAdams in Sitka, Walker doesn't exactly rank very high within the context of notable mayors. He served during the same era as Walt Day, George Gilson, John Kelsey and Steve McAlpine. That's just one particular era; Valdez has also had such notables as Tony Dimond, John Devens and John Harris serve as mayor. It may be necessary for you to look beyond current headlines and other media hype to understand what I'm saying here. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 04:35, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
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We may have to keep an eye on Bill Walker (American politician), as there's an editor arguing that Walker is the 13th governor. The individual keeps removing the numbering :) GoodDay ( talk) 02:25, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
Did really nothing of note happen to this man between 1980 and 2010? -- Golbez ( talk) 22:55, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
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Folks, this article seriously needs updating with regard to the 2018 election. There is no mention of Walker's original plan to seek re-election, that he and Mallott were planning to run again as an independent ticket, or even the general-election result, with Mike Dunleavy winning election as Walker's successor. Rontrigger ( talk) 19:42, 23 April 2020 (UTC)