Swan seeks seat on Cape Girardeau city council

Well-known Cape Girardeau businesswoman Kathy Swan filed Monday as a candidate for the Ward 6 city council seat.

Swan, 58, is president and owner of JCS Wireless. She is a two-term member of the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education and a member of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry Board of Directors.

Swan is a past member of the Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission and the Cape Girardeau Board of Education.

Swan is seeking to take over the seat held by two-term Councilwoman Marcia Ritter, who is prevented from seeking another term by the city charter.

After spending a great deal of free time on statewide concerns, Swan said she is running in order to give her attention to city issues. Her term on the coordinating board expires in June, she said.

"It is a good opportunity to focus some on Cape Girardeau," she said. "I want to see it continue to be a community that is prospering and progressing, conducive as a place to do business, work and raise a family."

The council seat will give her an opportunity to participate in implementing the recently completed city Comprehensive Plan and DREAM Initiative Master Plan, Swan said. "I enjoy following up and implementation of a plan and measuring to see how far we are

progressing."

Swan ran unsuccessfully in the August 2004 Republican primary for District 2 Cape Girardeau County commissioner.

Ward 6 covers areas of the city generally south of Kings­highway and west of Mount Auburn Road. The boundary goes east at Themis Street, then south at Edgewood Road.

Filing for city offices opened Oct. 20 and closes at 5 p.m. Nov. 17. In addition to Ward 6, voters will be electing a mayor and council members in Wards 1 and 2. Candidates must obtain signatures from 50 registered voters. Forms and details are available at city hall, 401 Independence St.

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