The primary race for District 6 includes five candidates. Cape Coral voters may cast a ballot in every council race in both the Primary and General Election no matter where they live in the city or their party of record.<\/p>\n
Candidate name: Joseph Angrisano<\/p>\n
Age: 73 <\/p>\n
Education\/degrees: Revere High School, Massachusetts; Education courses at Boston University and Marketing classes at Northeastern University.<\/p>\n
Occupation and place of employment: Former Digital Marketing\/Social Media Marketing\/Reputation Manager for Herb Chambers Companies, Massachusetts, and same position\u00a0at LocatePlus, Massachusetts including website build outs, edits, content and monitoring. Currently working part-time, Home Depot, Cape Coral.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Time in the district in which you are running\/years of residency: 6 years, <\/p>\n
Business experience applicable to the office you are seeking: While employed in the private sector, I had the privilege of always reporting directly\u00a0to the president, CEO and\/or the owner of the company.\u00a0During my time at the Herb Chamber Companies reported to the owner and various upper management weekly with critical\u00a0performance data that included my social media marketing numbers, reputation management results, website traffic reports, current and future projects and executive summaries distributed to the owner and appropriate managers. The Herb Chamber Companies was seeing a gross revenue of two billion dollars while selling over 60,000 cars per year through fifty dealerships; a half a billion dollars over the current 1.4 billion dollar Cape Coral budget.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Political Experience\/offices held: None<\/p>\n
Civic\/Community involvement: Deeply committed to environmental stewardship and Southwest Florida\u2019s unique ecosystem. I have built, updated and maintained multiple informative websites dedicated to increasing public awareness of local politics, government accountability, and critical environmental issues \u2014 including wildlife protection, water quality, pollution, and ecological challenges facing Cape Coral and Florida communities.<\/p>\n
Family: Married, two children\u00a0<\/p>\n
Military Experience: None<\/p>\n
Website:\u00a0savecapecoral.com<\/a><\/p>\n *** *** ***<\/p>\n Candidate name: Jeffrey Huddleston<\/p>\n Age: 61 <\/p>\n Education\/degrees: Russell HS 1983, some college for Fire Science, State Voc School for EMS License; attended ITT Tech for 1.5 years,<\/p>\n Occupation and place of employment: Self-Employed (Uber), Part-time Pizza Delivery<\/p>\n Time in the district in which you are running\/years of residency: 12 years same location<\/p>\n Business experience applicable to the office you are seeking:<\/p>\n Political Experience\/offices held: Involved in educating politicians in the state of Kentucky about the difference between career firefighters and volunteer firefighters and how the EMS was run by the county and not the fire service. In the capital at least twice a week for several years.<\/p>\n Civic\/Community involvement: Past member of the CCFW, past member of the SW Beekeepers, Elected Board member of the Eastern Kentucky Firefighters Association<\/p>\n Family: Parents in Kentucky, two sisters (one here in Florida the other in Nashville, TN), one brother back in Kentucky<\/p>\n Military Experience: None<\/p>\n Website: jeffsavecapecoral.com<\/a><\/p>\n *** *** ***<\/p>\n Candidate name:\u00a0 Liza King<\/p>\n Age: 51<\/p>\n Education\/degrees: Criminal Justice\/Forensic Psychology BS, FGCU<\/p>\n Occupation and place of employment: Chief Deputy Court Administrator-State of Florida<\/p>\n Time in the district in which you are running\/years of residency: Less than one year in D6. Lifelong resident of Cape Coral who has lived in various areas throughout the city over the years, giving a broad understanding of the needs and concerns of residents across Cape Coral.\u00a0<\/p>\n Business experience applicable to the office you are seeking: Over 30+ years of public service. Extensive leadership and management experience overseeing teams, division directors, budgets, operations and strategic planning within a large government organization. Responsible for administering multi-million dollar budgets and supporting a five-county judicial circuit with more than 300 employees. Experienced in policy implementation, contract review, personnel management, fiscal accountability and long range planning. In addition to my public sector leadership experience, helped manage a small family-owned business, overseeing operations, budgeting, customer relations, vendor coordination and strategic development, providing firsthand insight into the challenges faced by entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n Political Experience\/offices held: No prior political experience<\/p>\n Civic\/Community involvement: Lifelong Cape Coral resident with deep roots in the community.\u00a0 Active supporter of veterans through the Honor Flight Program. Active member of Step of Faith Ministries, the Cape Coral Chamber.\u00a0 Founder of Alice\u2019s Wings of Hope, a charitable initiative created to honor my late sister\u2019s legacy by supporting women facing difficult life transitions. A board member of Bridge for Hope of SWFL.<\/p>\n Family: Married to my husband, Robert, proud mother of Jordan, Samantha and Alyssa. Grandmother to\u00a0 the joy of my life Kobe. We have a high maintenance furbaby, Cielo<\/p>\n Military Experience: None<\/p>\n Website: Kingforcapecouncil6.com<\/a><\/p>\n *** *** ***<\/p>\n Candidate name:\u00a0 Ray Mule<\/p>\n Age: 64 <\/p>\n Education\/degrees: Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York; attended Xavier High School in New York City, a Jesuit and Military institution founded in 1847, before earning a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems from Pace University \u2013 Lubin School of Business, BBA\/MIS<\/p>\n Occupation and place of employment: Retired. <\/p>\n Time in the district in which you are running\/years of residency:\u00a05 years<\/p>\n Business experience applicable to the office you are seeking: Began professional career in technology, working at IBM in Poughkeepsie, New York; later held technology and project management roles with Chase Manhattan Bank, Shearson Lehman Hutton, and Merrill Lynch going on to serve as vice president and manager of Interactive Sales for the National Sales Group, followed by a role as vice president and manager of Interactive Sales for the International Sales Group. After 9\/11\/2001, transitioned into real estate. Fully retired in 2020 and currently holds no active licenses or real estate holdings beyond his primary residence.<\/p>\n Political Experience\/offices held:\u00a0No prior political office.\u00a0<\/p>\n Civic\/Community involvement:\u00a0 Founder \u2013 North Cape Boaters Alliance; Founder \u2013 Old Burnt Store Neighborhood Alliance; Member \u2013 NorthWest Neighborhood Association (NWNA), Membership committee; Member of Knights of Columbus- 3rd Degree; Former Youth Girls Soccer Coach<\/p>\n Family: Married, 3 Children, 1 Grandchild <\/p>\n Military Experience: N\/A<\/p>\n