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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Jamie Parsons</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Juneau,_Alaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor of Juneau, Alaska">Mayor of Juneau, Alaska</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />October 1991 – October 4, 1994</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Egan" title="Dennis Egan">Dennis Egan</a><sup id="cite_ref-ktoo_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ktoo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Botelho" title="Bruce Botelho">Bruce Botelho</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Byron_Mallott" title="Byron Mallott">Byron Mallott</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">James McClary Parsons</div><br />1941<br /><a href="/wiki/Sherbrooke" title="Sherbrooke">Sherbrooke</a>, Quebec</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 26, 2015 (aged 74)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mercer_Island,_Washington" title="Mercer Island, Washington">Mercer Island, Washington</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Mary Beth Parsons</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>James McClary Parsons</b> (1941 – December 26, 2015) was an American civil servant, politician and businessman who served as the <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Juneau" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor of Juneau">Mayor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Juneau" class="mw-redirect" title="Juneau">Juneau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>, from 1991 until 1994. Parsons originally moved to Juneau in 1972 to become the city's first Director of Parks and Recreation.<sup id="cite_ref-ktoo_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ktoo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served on the Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska, during the 1980s before being elected mayor in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-ktoo_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ktoo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jempire_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parsons declined to seek re-election for a second term, Instead, Parsons devoted his attention to the defeat of a 1994 statewide <a href="/wiki/Ballot_initiative" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballot initiative">ballot initiative</a>, which would have moved the Alaskan state capital from Juneau to <a href="/wiki/Wasilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Wasilla">Wasilla</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ktoo_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ktoo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jempire_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has been widely credited with the rejection of the proposal by voters.<sup id="cite_ref-jempire_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jamie_Parsons&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1972, Parsons moved to Juneau from <a href="/wiki/Kent,_Washington" title="Kent, Washington">Kent, Washington</a>, to become the first Director of Parks and Recreation.<sup id="cite_ref-ktoo_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ktoo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jempire_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jempire3_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then worked for the city as a civil servant in various roles throughout the 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-jempire_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parsons then served on the <a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_the_City_and_Borough_of_Juneau,_Alaska" title="Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska">Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau</a>, from 1981 until 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-jempire3_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parsons was elected Mayor of Juneau on October 2, 1991, with 64% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-jempire_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parsons also spearheaded a campaign to form an informal committee to improve the <a href="/wiki/Quality_of_life" title="Quality of life">quality of life</a> in Juneau.<sup id="cite_ref-jempire_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The committee, which became known as the Alaska Committee, was created in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-jempire_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later served as its chairman.<sup id="cite_ref-ktoo_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ktoo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He declined to seek a second term in 1994. Instead, Parsons focused on the defeat of a 1994 ballot initiative, which would have moved the state capital from Juneau to Wasilla, in <a href="/wiki/Southcentral_Alaska" title="Southcentral Alaska">Southcentral Alaska</a>. Parsons campaigned statewide against the initiative. He traveled throughout <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Alaska" title="Southeast Alaska">Southeast Alaska</a> to encourage the high <a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">voter turnout</a> needed to defeat the measure.<sup id="cite_ref-jempire_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parsons has been credited with defeating the proposed move to Wasilla, which voters rejected by a margin of 116,277 (54.7%) to 96,398 (45.3%).<sup id="cite_ref-ktoo_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ktoo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jempire_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Christopher Clark, who worked for Parsons as his <a href="/wiki/Anchorage" class="mw-redirect" title="Anchorage">Anchorage</a> field coordinator against the 1994 initiative, "He helped organize it. He'd go out door-to-door. He'd give speeches. He'd talk to editorial board meetings. He’d go to newspaper interviews. And it all worked. Jamie was with me in Anchorage on the night of the election returns and we were jubilant. We once again had dodged a bullet and managed to keep the capital here in Juneau and Jamie deserves a lot of the credit for that."<sup id="cite_ref-ktoo_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ktoo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parsons proposed an idea to televise live coverage of the <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Legislature">Alaska Legislature</a>, similar to <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ktoo_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ktoo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His proposal developed into "Gavel to Gavel Alaska," which originally aired on <a href="/wiki/KTOO-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="KTOO-TV">KTOO-TV</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ktoo_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ktoo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parsons also served as the CEO of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Juneau_Chamber_of_Commerce&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Juneau Chamber of Commerce (page does not exist)">Juneau Chamber of Commerce</a> from 2001 to 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-ktoo_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ktoo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jempire4_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire4-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He departed in Chamber in 2003 after his wife, a retired elementary school teacher, accepted a two-year teaching position at the <a href="/wiki/Cairo_American_College" title="Cairo American College">Cairo American College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jempire4_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire4-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, Parsons attempted to reclaim his former job as Mayor of Juneau.<sup id="cite_ref-jempire2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 3, 2000, Parsons was narrowly defeated in the general election by <a href="/wiki/Sally_Smith_(politician)" title="Sally Smith (politician)">Sally Smith</a> by just 209 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-jempire2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smith received 4,820 votes, while Parsons garnered 4,611 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-jempire2_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jamie Parsons battled multiple myeloma, a form of cancer, for more than 10 years, following a diagnosis in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-jempire_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jempire3_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died from the disease at his home in <a href="/wiki/Mercer_Island,_Washington" title="Mercer Island, Washington">Mercer Island, Washington</a>, where he had been undergoing treatment, on December 26, 2015, at the age of 74.<sup id="cite_ref-jempire_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jempire-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was survived by his wife, Mary Beth Parsons, and three children, Rob, Sara and Andrew. 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