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ED O'NEILL TO CHALLENGE MONTALBANO

Former LTA President, Ed O'Neill, of Lladnar Drive has filed as an independent candidate for Senate District 17, currently held by the controversial Senate President Joseph Montalbano of North Providence.

Mr. O'Neill last ran for Town Administrator, coming within a couple of hundred votes to winner Joe Almond.

JOE ALMOND ANNOUNCES RUN FOR RE-ELECTION

Not only will he run for re-election, Mr. Almond plans on submitting a referendum in the next election to change the term of Town Administrator from two years to four years.

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O'GRADY DECLINES TO RUN FOR DISTRICT 1, RUSSO AND MCMAHON TO COMPETE

Newcomers to the council elections are Arthur Russo, unaffiliated and Timothy McMahon, Democrat.

KEITH MACKSOUD WILL RUN FOR RE-ELECTION IN DISTRICT 3

Read Mr. Macksoud's press release here.

JOE PAIVA TO RUN FOR DISTRICT 3 COUNCIL

Joseph Paiva, 451 Angell Road, will run for the District 3 Town Council seat, he announced this week. Paiva, 24, who says he's a lifelong Lime Rock resident, will run as a Democrat. In a statement, Paiva said, "As councilor I will protect and preserve the rural nature of Lime Rock. "Like many of my constituents, I am disappointed in our current representation's inconsistencies between rhetoric and action, particularly with regard to Twin River. Our councilor's refusal to put his district's interests above those of his own political career has largely made this run necessary."

The current District 3 councilor, unaffiliated Keith Macksoud, said he's likely to seek re-election but isn't ready to make an official announcement.

This is Paiva's first attempt at elected office. He is a member of the Lincoln Democratic Town Committee and a parishioner of St. Basil the Great Melkite Catholic Church. Paiva, who is single, attended Mount Saint Charles Academy in Woonsocket and holds a bachelor of arts degree from Tufts University in Medford, Mass. Later in May he will earn a master's degree in marketing and business analysis from the Boston University School of Management. Paiva currently interns as a marketing analyst at the A.T. Cross Company in Lincoln.

"I have great adoration and respect for my district, and for Lincoln as a whole," Paiva said. "I look forward to providing my neighbors and friends with the leadership they both want and deserve

JOHN CULLEN ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY FOR TOWN ADMINSTRATOR

http://www.electjohncullen.com/

Said Cullen, "The recent vote by the Rhode Island Senate and the votes of Lincoln Sens. (Joseph) Montalbano and his protege (Daniel) Connors to expand Lincoln casino gambling to 24 hours, despite the 65 percent vote by the Lincoln community not to allow 24-hour gambling in our town, shows the utmost contempt our two senators have for the Lincoln voters.

"Before our referendum on 24-seven casino operations, Governor Carcieri had stated that he would not support 24-hour gambling unless it had Lincoln support. On March 15, 2008, at the Rhode Island Statewide Coalition winter meeting, I asked Governor Carcieri to keep his pledge to the Lincoln community and veto 24-hour gambling; we will now see if he will keep his promise. If he fails to do so, then he has deceived us and aborted the democratic process; nevertheless, I will continue to fight the state's creeping full blown casino and the hotels that are bound to come."

JOHN BARR ANNOUNCES RUN FOR TOWN ADMINISTRATOR

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LOUIS AZAR TO RUN FOR TOWN ADMINISTRATOR

Perennial candidate, Louis Azar will be running in the Democratic primary against John Cullen and John Barr. Mr Azar only accumulated 149 votes in the last primary.