Karl W Kassel was born on September 10,1952 and is an American independent politician and former Mayor of Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, serving from 2015 to 2018.
11 Facts About Karl Kassel
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Karl W Kassel was born in 1952 in Rochester, New York.
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Karl Kassel's house, built in 2009 and occupied by Kassel and his family beginning early the following year, was noted for a combination of window placement, solar panels and a heat exchange system, which resulted in little usage of fossil fuel oils to heat the home.
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Karl Kassel has traded on the similarity of his name to that of the NPR broadcaster Carl Kasell.
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Karl Kassel has participated in fundraising efforts for public radio station KUAC where he offers to record an answering machine or voice mail greeting, similar to the prize offered on Wait Wait.
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Karl Kassel was unchallenged in the primary and received 1,844 votes.
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Karl Kassel lost the election receiving 5,020 votes as opposed to 5,024 for Kelly, a difference of only four votes.
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In 2008, following his retirement as parks and recreation director for the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Karl Kassel ran for the Alaska House of Representatives from the 7th District, which covers most of the FNSB north of the city of Fairbanks.
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In 2012, Karl Kassel was elected by his fellow Assembly members to serve as the body's presiding officer for the following year.
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Karl Kassel ran for borough mayor in 2015 and was elected.
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Karl Kassel served one term and did not run for a second term.