by Jay Hamburger
Dwayne Vance, an attorney who has practiced in Park City and surrounding Summit County for nearly 20 years, is running a long shot campaign for Congress as a member of the Independent American Party. The party’s purpose, according to its platform, is “to bring our country back to the original intent of our founding fathers.” The party practices a strict brand of constitutionalism. It is his first political campaign.
Vance is 47 years old and lives in the Millcreek area of the Salt Lake Valley. He has never lived in Summit County but has been a locally based attorney since 1995. He once was a member of prominent Park City attorney Joe Tesch’s firm and has since started his own.
Vance connections to Park City and Summit County over the years include involvement in the Park City Arts Council and The Colby School. He was the president of the Park City Bar Association and twice served as the president of the board of trustees of the Park City Film Series.
“It’s a matter of restoring freedoms,” Vance said as he described the campaign.
A plank in his platform that could grab attention is his desire to eliminate federal departments over time. In a prepared outline of his platform, Vance said he wants the Department of Education and the Department of Energy eliminated. The Environmental Protection Agency should be eliminated as well, he said in the outline. The outline indicates he wants components of the Department of Energy and the EPA merged into the Department of Defense “to the extent they deal with national security issues.”
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