Wednesday, August 12, 2009

3 Local Businessman Filing Petitions for Council

Three local Conneaut businessman are filing their petitions, hoping to obtain a seat on Conneaut City Council, following the upcoming election. Mike Bambarger, owner of Son Construction, current Ward 1 incumbent and owner of Campbell Tool and Campbell Storage, Dave Campbell and Dave Levesque, owner of Evergreen Lake Park Campgrounds.

Levesque and Bambarger are hoping to secure the two at-large seats open for grabs, and Councilman Campbell is vying for the position of Council President. Bambarger and Campbell have already filed their petitions, while Levesque plans to file his petition very soon.

Other known candidates in the race: Mr. Tom Udell, former commander for the Conneaut American Legion will be running for the position of Council President, Neil LaRush, Don Armstrong, Robert Naylor and Tammy Ledford are hoping to fill the at large seats.

It is unknown whether incumbent President Jim Jones and at large councilmen Chris Castrilla and Jake Chicatelli will seek re-election.