Former Mayoral Candidate Seeks Council Seat

Former Stow mayoral candidate Larry Kinnan is among the eleven confirmed candidates running for seven seats on Stow City Council in November.

Kinnan, 56, grew up in neighboring Munroe Falls but has lived in Stow for the past 20 years.

The candidate issued the following release announcing his candidacy:

Kinnan previously ran for Mayor in 2011 and believes that he can provide a fresh view of city issues along with ideas based on facts and less on emotion as has been seen recently in Stow.

One key issue Kinnan will focus on is financial integrity of the Stow budget. As we have all seen the results of poor fiscal management recently in cities such as Detroit, Stow must have a balanced budget to insure long term stability for the city, its employees and its residents. Other key issues are the revitalization of the Stow Kent Plaza and the need to insure that this project does not overwhelm the city's infrastructure as the residential portion is built out. This is vital given the track record of the developer involved in the Plaza for all these years. Kinnan is an ardent supporter of private property rights and believes that all elected officials have a sacred duty to ask themselves anytime they vote on legislation be it zoning, property codes and the like how this will affect the property rights of their constituents. Kinnan is committed to defend the private property rights of the residents of Stow at all times including the rights of rental property owners from excessive or onerous regulations that would negatively impact their property or its value.  

About Larry Kinnan

Larry is a lifelong resident of the Stow-Munroe Falls community having grown up in Munroe Falls.

Larry attended Stow-Munroe Falls Schools from kindergarten through high school graduating in 1975.

He also completed a 2 year Electronic Technology certificate as part of the Stow Schools Vocational Compact. Through the vocational program, Larry obtained a job with Technicare, a medical device company as a technician. During his 12 years at Technicare, Larry progressively held positions with more responsibility finally holding the position of software developer in the Computed Tomography Engineering department. After Technicare closed, Larry held positions at Bell and Howell, Picker and for the last 14 years has been employed by Wind River, a California based company that is a subsidiary of Intel and is currently serving in a Director-level position as a Principal Technologist for Avionics and Safety Critical Systems. Larry is a recognized leader in the safety critical software field and has published numerous technical papers and presented at many technical conferences.

At Technicare he met and married his wife Renata celebrating their 31st anniversary this year. They have raised two children, Michael and Nicole, who both attended Stow-Munroe Falls Schools. They moved to Stow 20 years ago and through hard work Larry and Renata have put their two children through college and own their house in Highland Chase. Larry has been active in the Cub Scouts as Pack Chairman, the Boy Scouts and the Aviation Explorer program as a Post Leader.  Larry is currently the President of the Stow Republican Club after previously serving as the Ward 1 representative. Larry is also a Trustee for the Highland Chase Landowner’s Association and has worked with City Council on a number of issues for the Association such as connection to the Metro Parks hike and bike trail.