Meet the Candidates in the Primary Election for City Council in District 5
Jason Conzelman
JASON CONZELMAN
YouTube.com/@Conzelman4Councilman
Age: 44
Education/degrees:
Graduated from Bishop Verot High School; AA in Political Science; BA in Mathematics and Poly/Sci
Occupation and place of employment:
Owner of Poorman’s Card and Collectibles; Part-time help as the office manager of Poorman’s Auto Repair, a small family business operating for 40 years in Cape Coral.
Time in the district in which you are running/years of residency:
More than 15, or up to 20 depending on how much time you’re applying for moving several times over 35 years. Probably as many as 28 if the district maps remained unchanged.
Political experience:
Interned at the office of former state senator Burt Saunders in college.
Civic/Community involvement:
A year-long collection of toys for Toys for tots and toy donations to churches and fire station 2.
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Joseph Kilraine
JOSEPH KILRAINE
Age: 73
Education/degrees:
BS Chemical Engineering; MBA; MS Polymer Engineering/MS Chemical Engineering; Doctorate Business Administration program.
Occupation:
Retired/part-time business consulting.
Time in the district in which you are running:
20 years.
Political experience:
2020 candidate for District 3 Cape Coral City Council and reapportioned into District 5 three years ago.
Civic/Community involvement:
Member of St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church, Cape Council for Progress, Republican Party of Lee County, Habitat for Humanity fundraising, Knights of Columbus, Harry Chapin Food Bank, Cape Coral Caring Center. Past member Rotary Club of Cape Coral. Sandoval HOA BOD President, Chair of the Finance Group & Transition Committee.
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Charlie Pease
CHARLIE PEASE
Age: 40
Education/degrees:
MBA.
MA in Educational Policy and Leadership.
BS in Mathematics; National Merit Scholar.
Cape Coral High School graduate, valedictorian.
Occupation and place of employment:
Director of Cape Coral Technical College (head of school).
Time in the district in which you are running/years of residency:
Three and a half years in what is now District 5; Born and raised in Cape Coral (moved for graduate school and work; returned in 2015).
Civic/Community involvement:
Board member of Cape Coral Charter School Authority Governing Board, Cape Coral Historical Society and Museum of History, Cape Coral Mayor’s Scholarship Fund and Golf Tournament chair; Keep Our Parks and Rec-Cape Coral co-founder/spokesperson and more.
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Robert Welsh
ROBERT WELSH (Incumbent)
Age: 39
Education/degrees:
Mariner High School graduate.
Post-secondary work.
Occupation and place of employment:
Production/Sales Manager at Arthur Printing. Co-owner of Roots Salon.
Time in the district in which you are running/years of residency:
37-year resident of Cape; 37-year resident of District 5.
Political experience:
Cape Coral City Council member, District 5, 2020-present.
Civic/Community involvement:
Cape Coral Rotary, Lee County MPO, Cape Coral Transportation Advisory Committee, Community Development Block Grant Committee, Planning & Zoning Commission, National League of Cities, SWFL League of Cities, Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, Community Redevelopment Agency, Aveda Earth Month Donation Drive.