5 vie to become first mayor

She formerly served as a member of the Association of Community Councils Together and is currently on the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Citizen Advisory Board in the Wasatch District. She is a graduate of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Citizens' Police Academy and has served as a local PTA president.

She was born and reared in Detroit and has been a resident of Cottonwood Heights for 16 years. She has six children, three of them adopted, and is married to Donald L. Harwell, president of The Genesis Group.

Jim Keane, a 17-year resident of Cottonwood Heights, knows it may not take a rocket scientist to govern his favorite city — but he does have a degree in aerospace engineering.

Among his goals are: Keep taxes as low as possible; evaluate the experiences of other communities that have recently incorporated; establish strong working relationships with officials from surrounding cities, the county and state; and use an existing building for the new city offices.

Keane said he has the "financial expertise, business skills, political experience, passion and determination to maintain and improve the quality of life we all share here in Cottonwood."

He said he has "extensive experience" in budget management, contract negotiations and working with political leaders, including work as a contract manager with Lockheed, Boeing and the federal government.

Keane said he wants to keep city offices and city officials accessible to the public.

"As mayor, I will not serve on any board of directors or community groups that may bias my office," he said. "As mayor, my decisions will not be based solely on influence from corporate entities or groups with political agendas."

Candidates seeking election in the four City Council districts are as follows:

District One: Winton "Clark" Aposhian, Craig Bevan, Ronald K. Fullmer, Michael T. Hannan, Bill Morris, Fitzgerald Petersen, Gordon M. Thomas, Richard L. Walsh.

District Two: Geoff Armstrong, Scott Bracken, Rob O. Gillespie, RaJean Higginson, David Kubinski, Greg Ruther, Richard Steele.

District Three: Don J. Antczak, Dee "Dieter" Chilinski, Max Fortie, Dave McFerren, Gordon W. Nicholl, John M. Peterson.

District Four: James Adinaro, Cecile Christiansen, L. Jeme Deviny, Carl "Pink" Evans, Steve Hill, Bruce T. Jones, John Cannon Josephson, David L. McClintock, Josh Reid, Jeffrey S. Watkins.

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