FE - Cheney, Prince win seats on Frisco council

From Frisco Enterprise, June 17, 2007

Cheney, Prince win seats on Frisco council
By Penny Rathbun, Staff writer


Jeff Cheney won Place 2 in Saturday’s runoff election in Frisco. His 1,433 votes amounted to 57.34 percent of the total. This gave him a victory over his opponent, Fred Pascarelli, who received 42.66 percent of the votes with 1,066.

David Prince was the victor for Place 4 with 66.35 percent. His 1,656 votes defeated Chris Moss, who received 840 votes for 33.65 percent. Prince described his reaction when he realized he had won the runoff election.

“Just pure elation. This is going to be a lot of hard work, a lot of learning curve,” he said. “I’ve sat in city council meetings for the last year and I’m seeing the easy part of it.”

He and his wife, Nanci, were tired after their gathering at the Embassy Suites in Frisco waiting for the runoff election results.

“I think it’s going to be some rewarding work. Anything worth doing is worth doing well and I think Frisco deserves the best I can do for them,” said Prince.

Nanci Prince said she felt they had won no matter what the votes showed. She said it had been a great experience for them. Prince is interested in making sure the police department has what it needs to keep Frisco a safe city.

He described what’s next for he and his wife this way: “Living life, your world starts shrinking. This sure has exploded your world. Your little envelope just got ripped apart and you’re in a much bigger envelope now.”

Other Frisco candidates were unavailable for comment.

The Town of Prosper also had a runoff election on Saturday. Kenneth Dugger received 192 votes, or 51.6 percent, defeating his opponent, Joe Anselmo, who received 180 votes, 48.39 percent of the votes cast. The race was for Place 2 on the town council.