Star Profile Ward & Jim Casci

Candidate Profile Published Friday, September 07 08:30:16 AM

Name:	Jim Vincent Casci	Other candidates in this race: Janine Kelley Kathy Lantry
Office:	St. Paul Ward 7 City Council member
Incumbent:	No
City of residence:	St. Paul
Website:	http://www.myspace.com/jimcasci
Age:	64
Background:	I have attended St. Thomas Academy, Harding High School, University of Wisconsin-River Falls. I have lived in St. Paul my entire life. During this time I have developed a great respect and understanding for the city and its people.
Endorsements:	No endorsements listed.
Most important issue:	Since I am not a career politician, but an individual who wants to make a difference, I will give you a brief outline of my important issues. I would like to address the issues of senior citizens, including housing, nursing home abuse and health coverage. Reduce the 1,217 vacant homes, boost ownership! Address crime, reduce drug-dealing. Revitalize downtown, make it thrive again. Bring the Taste of Minnesota and Winter Carnival back to the Capitol. Cut the pork from the top down. Join the winning team! One person can make a difference!

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Jim Casci-Scoop-Wink Wink

August 28, 2007 4:23 PM

Ward 7: Wink, wink

taken from www.cityhallscoop.com

Reporter tnelson@pioneerpress.com

Some political candidates might be deterred by an arrest record.

Not Jim Casci.

We were gearing up coverage recently for the Sept. 11 primary and we found the Ward 7 challenger's page on Myspace, the site he lists at the top of his voluminous fax communications. On the site, he's converted a recent mugshot into an animated gif -- it's now a winking Jim Casci in custody.

"Is that my mugshot?" he said when we called him about it today. "Well, what's wrong with that? It gets a lot of attention."

He was arrested -- but not charged -- for making phone threats to former St. Paul police chief Bill Finney in 2005. "It was a false arrest," he assured us when we asked him about it today. "It was malicious prosecution and attempted murder. I take 17 pills a day, and they didn't give them to me. It was all a set-up deal..."

Wink wink. jimcasci@comcast.net