The Sweden Republican committee is pleased to nominate the following slate of candidates for the 2017 election to be held November 7: Supervisor Kevin G. Johnson; Councilperson Robert Muesebeck; Councilperson Patricia Hayles; Justice Anthony Perry and Town Clerk Karen Sweeting.
Kevin Johnson recently resigned as Sweden Town Justice in order to pursue the Supervisor’s seat. He served four years as a Town Justice and was a Sweden Councilperson prior to that. Johnson has a wide breadth of Town government service including posts on the Board of Assessment Review and the Seymour Library Board of Trustees. An attorney in the Brockport practice of Klafehn Heise and Johnson, he and his wife Marne are raising their four children in Sweden.
Bob Muesebeck is seeking his second four-year term as a councilperson. A native of Brockport, Muesebeck previously served on Sweden’s Board of Assessment Review from 1990 to 2013 and the Brockport Village Board from 1993 to 2000. He has also served as Sweden’s Deputy Supervisor for nearly four years. A licensed realtor, Muesebeck is a Vietnam veteran and serves as President of the Brockport Area Vets Club. Muesebeck has been married for 44 years to Lee Lee Muesebeck, owner of Our Village Optician.
Patricia Hayles will bring financial acumen to the Sweden Town Board as a councilperson. A CPA with a private practice in the Brockport area since 1987, Hayles has been active in the community notably with the Lakeside Health System and Lakeside Foundation. She is also very active in the Nativity Church, serving on several committees. Hayles and her husband Bill have lived in Sweden for 29 years raising their four grown children.
Anthony Perry is a retired Town of Gates police officer. His 32-year law enforcement career included time as a patrolman, investigator and road patrol sergeant. His candidacy for Sweden Town Justice is his first foray into elective service. Perry is a native of Port Crane, New York and he moved to Brockport to attend SUNY Brockport earning a degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Sociology. Perry has three adult children.
Karen Sweeting has served as Sweden Town Clerk since 2004. Prior to that, she worked for the Town as a Court Clerk and as the Tax Receiver. She is a member of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks, the NYS Town Clerks Association, Monroe County Town Clerk and Receivers Association and NYS Association of Local Government Records Officers. She and her husband Rob are raising four sons here.
“We’re excited to be running an outstanding slate,” said Sweden Republican leader Wayne Zyra. “Each brings an area of expertise and professionalism that will be tremendous assets to our Town.”
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