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Lawrence
voters bounce five elected officials
LAWRENCE - Five elected
officials in the city of Lawrence were fired by the
voters on election day, as growing discontent among
voters saw three members of the Lawrence city council
rejected on election day and two members of the Lawrence
School Committee being replaced by newcomers.
Eight out of the nine current members of the city council
sought reelection, only councilor Gil Frechette (District
“E”) chose not to run.
While voters rejected councilors Marie Gosselin, Nunzio
DiMarca and Joe Parolisi, outright, Councilors
Patrick Blanchette, Grisel Silva, and Jorge Gonzalez all
barely squeezed by their opponents. Only two incumbent
city councilors secured a comfortable margin over their
opponents on election day: At-Large Councilor Nilka
Alvarez-Rodriguez, and Tower Hill (District “D”)
councilor Nick Kolofoles.
Of the six current members of the Lawrence School
Committee (the mayor serves as chairman and was not up
for reelection) all but one decided to seek reelection.
Patricia Sanchez-Reyes recently had her second child and
chose not to run for a second term.
Of the five who did ask the voters to return them to the
committee, one ran unopposed, (Jim Vittorioso) two were
reelected with a comfortable margin (Martina Cruz and
Peter Larocque) and two were replaced by the voters after
serving only one term (Mejia and Morris).
Both Morris and Mejia ran unopposed two years ago.
Filling the vacant seat of Patricia Sanchez in District
“C” Pricilla Baez garnered enough votes to edge
out Lawrence Personnel director Frank Bonet.
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The November 2007
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