In December the Dawsonville City Council swore in its newest member, John Walden, who represents Post 3 and fills the seat vacated after previous council member Jason Power resigned in November. Last week, the Dawson County News sat down with Walden to talk about his background, priorities and why he decided to seek the city council position. “Right before qualifying for city council I had several people approach me, call me and email me and asked would I run. At the time it was Mr. Power’s seat, and at first I say ‘If he was still running I would not run against him,’” Walden said. “He’s done an excellent job for the city of Dawsonville, and I was pretty comfortable about where I was at on the planning commission.”