Given the time of year and an election in only one ward with no well-known candidate running, a skimpy turnout was predictable, but the outcome was poor even by these low expectations.
Category: Ward 3 Special Election
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Walking the walk and talking the talk with Ward 3 candidates
In the past month or so, I’ve had a chance to walk with all of these candidates in their home neighborhoods within the ward. I’ve learned a whole lot about both them and the different enclaves — some of them quite out of the way — that they call home.
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Jacob Ventura: Ward 3 newcomer brings legal acumen, listening skills to the race
Ventura is running perhaps the most traditional of the campaigns. He has issued a spate of press releases outlining his positions on issues, even criticizing certain actions of the current council.
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Bob Bromley: Budget analyst for R.I. state Senate says he’ll bring his financial acumen to the Ward 3 job
“I’m just mad about what’s going on. I want to get in and basically right the ship, get it in place, and then be able to move on and pass it on to somebody else.”
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Carmen Amaral: As a lifelong advocate, ‘I have the skills’ to represent Ward 3
Her advocacy is hard-won and emblematic of an immigrant’s success story. Amaral came to the U.S. when she was 4 years old, with parents who spoke no English. She grew up in the Portuguese enclave of triple-deckers around Madeira Field.
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Bob Cabral: He sees his local government, sees its problems, and wants to fix it
He’s taking a chance to see if he can knock on enough doors, leaflet enough cars, to possibly win this seat and perhaps shake this city government up a bit.
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Kathy Dehner: People of Ward 3 need somebody to listen, and to do something about their problems
“No one person is going to solve all the problems in the city. You have to listen to other voices. I know we do that in my own family. There’s people out there that probably have the greatest ideas that I never thought of.”
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Shawn Oliver: A candidate who can properly represent its diversity will give Ward 3 a chance to establish a true identity
Oliver talks like a guy who’s interested in building consensus, almost like a Team New Bedford. “We’re all trying to fight for the same goal, to live well in a city and a place that we enjoy,” he said.
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John Robinson: Trash, traffic, streetlights … neighbors’ concerns should be what drives a ward councilor
He’s just one of those guys who remembers when things worked better and wonders why they can’t work better again.