Louise Carter-King

Louise Carter-King is the first female mayor of Gillette, Wyoming.[1] Carter is frequently interviewed in international U.S. press because Gillete is a center of the coal industry in Wyoming.

Carter-King at a 2018 ceremony for a veteran police officer.

Family

Carter-King's's father, Herb Carter, was one of the previous mayors of the city.[2] Her husband works in the coal industry.[2]

Positions

Arts

Carter-King is supportive of the local arts industry.[3]

Coal industry

Gillete is very dependent on Coal mining and is a boom town at the center of the Wyoming fossil fuel industry.[4] Carter-King has expressed opinions throughout her career about the coal industry.[4]

After a 2017 policy change by president Trump loosening regulations on cool, Carter-King was mildly optimistic about how that would effect the local economy, while noting other trends causing the closure of coal companies.[5][6]

The predicted return never came—a convergence of energy market changes favoring non-coal fossil fuels and reducing the viability of coal.[2] After the 2020 elections, she expressed interest in talking with the Biden Administration about how to recover jobs in Gillete due to the failing local coal industry.[1] Carter-King acknowledges the larger forces that reversed the opportunities they were hoping for during the Trump administration.[2]

Muslim rights

When anti-muslim protestors attempted to prevent creation of a mosque in Gillete in 2016, Carter King supported rule of law and condemning discrimination.[7][8]

Controversies

After the city council rebuked a counselor for public sexist actions in June 2020, local community groups protested Carter-Kings administration.[9]

References
  1. McKim, Cooper. "Gillette Mayor Sees "Marked Difference" From 2016 Presidential Election". www.wyomingpublicmedia.org. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  2. Opinion by John D. Sutter Video by McKenna Ewen. "Opinion: This town powered America for decades. What do we owe them?". CNN. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  3. "Can the Arts Save These Struggling Towns in Postindustrial America?". OZY. 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  4. "'Energy capital of the nation' reacts to new climate orders; mayor says she's 'ready to talk' to Biden". CBS 42. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  5. "Mayor Of Wyoming Coal Town Reacts To Trump's Climate Order". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  6. "President Trump's Rollback of Coal Rules Electrifies Wyoming Workers". K2 Radio. Associated Press. April 2, 2017. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  7. Ahtone, Tristan. "Wyoming town abandons mosque opposition, pivots to anti-refugee rhetoric". america.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-02-27. "People would call and say ‘is the city going to allow a mosque to locate here?’ and of course, we answered, We would allow any church as long as it was zoned correctly.”
  8. Bryan, Miles. "Gillette's First Mosque Draws Anti-Refugee Anger". www.wyomingpublicmedia.org. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  9. Exchange, Greg Johnson Gillette News Record Via Wyoming News. "Protesters seek ouster of Gillette mayor after councilman's resignation". Casper Star-Tribune Online. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
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