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  Strange 7 in council race
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Last Editede. dantes  Nov 01, 2010 08:47am
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AuthorISABEL VINCENT and MELISSA KLEIN
MediaNewspaper - New York Post
News DateMonday, October 25, 2010 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0
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And you thought the governor's race was crazy!

Meet the crew running for City Council from Queens: a deadbeat dad who allegedly threw a punch at a rival; a lawyer accused of drawing a gun on a rival's wife; an imam who filed for seven bankruptcies; a former city worker with $70,000 in judgments; two candidates with past campaign-finance violations; and four who don't live in the district or moved in so recently they're still unpacking their carpetbags.

Seven are vying for the seat left vacant when Councilman Thomas White Jr. died in August. It is one of only two council contests this year and the only one contested.

The candidate with the most name recognition is Nicole Paultre Bell, whose fiancée Sean Bell was gunned down by police on their November 2006 wedding day.

Bell lives outside the district, which covers Jamaica, South Ozone Park and Richmond Hill. She has said she will move in by Election Day, according to her lawyer.

Ruben Wills says he is in the process of moving into a rental in the district from his home in St. Albans.

Wills owes $27,147 in child support, according to state records. He says the bill is for back payments for a teenage daughter he didn't know he had until she was 14.



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