Jim Stafuss Enters Taney County Commissioner Race - Campaign Press Release

Local Property Owner Jim Strafuss Enters Race for Western Taney County Commissioner   Forsyth, Missouri � Local property owner Jim Strafuss today announced his candidacy for Western Taney County Commissioner. Strafuss will seek the Republican nomination in the primary election on August 5, 2008.   Strafuss said a group of concerned citizens approached him more than a year ago to run for public office.   "I believe in community service and I share a common vision with the residents of Taney County," Strafuss said. "It is time for a change in our local leadership."   Strafuss has an impressive track record of 15 years of professional business experience. During his career as a technology consultant with Cisco Systems, Inc., Strafuss worked with Fortune 500 Companies such as Tyson Foods, J.B. Hunt and FedEx to develop computer and wireless solutions to improve business communications, operational efficiency and reduce costs.   He founded Valcom Arkansas in Fayetteville, a company dedicated to serving the computer networking needs of small businesses. Before moving to Branson, Strafuss owned and managed several small real estate investments and four bakeries in Northeast Arkansas between 1991 and 2005.   "My wife and I first visited the Tri-Lakes Area on our honeymoon nearly 20 years ago and we've been coming back almost every year since," he said. "We decided to raise our family here because of Faith Life Church and because we share the same values and goals as many of the local residents we now consider friends."    "A strong economy, a great quality of life, and new opportunities for our young people will take open-minded leadership, cooperation with other government organizations from the local to the federal level, and most of all � a carefully though-out plan for how to address many of the County's issues," Strafuss said.   Strafuss and his wife Javonna own a 15-acre housing development on Table Rock Lake and a parcel off Hwy. 76 near Tanger Outlet Mall, which they plan to develop into a sports and recreation park.   "I'm committed to serving the residents of Taney County and respectfully ask for their vote on Aug. 5 in the primary election for Western Taney County Commissioner," he said.   Strafuss and members of his campaign staff will hold an informal campaign rally from 5:30pm to 6:30pm, Thursday, February 28, 2008 at College of the Ozarks, inside the US Bank Lobby. RSVPs are requested. Please call campaign manager Ken Kline at (417) 339-6757 to reserve your seat. -- http://www.bransonedge.com http://www.bransonmissouri.blogspot.com