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WE'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT.
THAT AND MORE COMING UP ON "THE
RHODE SHOW."
THIS MORNING, WE KICK OFF OUR
ELECTION SERIES TO HELP YOU GET
TO KNOW THE CANDIDATES RUNNING
FOR OFFICE ON A PERSONAL LEVEL.
JOINING US IS MICHAEL RILEY.
GOOD MORNING, THANKS FOR BEING
HERE TODAY.
GOOD MORNING, WILL, HOW ARE
YOU?
NICE TO SEE YOU.
NO DEBATES, WE JUST WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT YOU.
YOU'VE HAD QUITE A LIFE.
YES, I HAVE, STARTED VERY
SOUTH OF HERE.
I WAS *** IN PENSACOLA ON A
NAVAL BASE.
BY FATHER WAS A NAVY PILOT.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE HAVING A
DAD WHO IS A NAVY PILOT.
EVERY GUY WOULD LOVE THAT
ATMOSPHERE.
AFTER SIX OR SEVEN DIFFERENT
PLACES, WE SETTLED IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, I REMEMBER BRINGING
MY FATHER'S HELMET IN FOR SHOW
AND TELL.
I WOULD HAVE IT LIKE THAT, THE
HELMET WITH THE BIG SHADE OVER
THE TOP.
I WAS THE STAR OF THE SHOW AT
THAT POINTED.
SO THAT MADE YOU VERY
POPULAR.
HOW MANY PLACES DID YOU LIVE?
TEXAS, HAWAII, PHILLIPINES.
IN HAWAII, I WAS THERE BEFORE IT
BECAME A STATE.
I HAVE THE NEWSPAPER, 1959 WHEN
IT BECAME A STATE.
WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE TO
RHODE ISLAND?
I WORKED IN NEW YORK CITY ARE
225 YEARS IN WALL STREET AND
UNFORTUNATELY WAS IN THE WORLD
TRADE CENTER INCIDENT.
I SOLD MY BUSINESS AND MOVED TO
RHODE ISLAND FOR SOLACE AND FELL
IN LOVE.
THIS IS WHERE I LIVE.
YOUR FAMILY LIVES IN
ARAGANZA?
YES, I DO.
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE LIKE.
I HAVE THREE CHILDREN IN
COLLEGE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S KIND OF AN EMPTY NEST
SITUATION.
LIFE WOULD BE QUIET IF I WEREN'T
RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR YOU TO
TELL THE FAMILY YOU'RE RUNNING
FOR OFFICE?
THEY WERE NOT IN FAVOR OF IT.
REALLY?
I'M GAINING A LITTLE MOMENTUM
WITH MY FAMILY, SO I ASSUME THAT
THAT'S ALSO HAPPENING THROUGHOUT
THE STATE, BUT MY FAMILY DIDN'T
WANT THE -- FIRST OF ALL, THE
CHILDREN SEE THEIR MONEY GOING
OUT THE WINDOW.
ALL THAT MONEY FOR COLLEGE.
AND THEY HAVE TO FLY
STRAIGHT.
THEY KNOW THEY CAN END UP IN THE
NEWS IF THEY DO SOMETHING WRONG.
NO ONE WANTS THAT KIND OF
SCRUTINY.
I READ YOU WERE A BIG SOCCER
PLAYER.
I ACTUALLY DIDN'T PLAY UNTIL
I WAS A SOPHOMORE IN HIGH SCHOOL
AND MOVED TO CONNECTICUT AND
THERE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A
FOOTBALL PROGRAM SO I HAD TO
LEARN SOCCER.
EVENTUALLY I BECAME ALL-STATE
SOCCER PLAYER AT CANTON HIGH
SCHOOL, VERY SMALL SCHOOL AND
PLAYED UNIVERSITY OF
CONNECTICUT.
AFTER I GRADUATED, I PLAYED A
LITTLE SEMI PRO BALL IN CHICAGO.
NICE!
AND I PLAYED IN THE GREAT
LAWN IN CENTRAL PARK IN NEW YORK
CITY WHEN I WAS WORKING THERE.
THEY USED TO CALL ME ENGLES,
BECAUSE I WAS THE ONLY IRISH
ENGLISH SPEAKING GUY THERE.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN
YOUR SPARE TIME?
I'M A PUZZLE GUY.
I KNOW THAT DOESN'T SOUND VERY
EXCITING.
I DO JAPANESE PUZZLES.
I'VE JUST BEEN SOLVING PUZZLES
SINCE I WAS THREE YEARS OLD.
I WOULD CHEAT, TAKE A PICTURE
ON THE PHONE AND YOU CAN SALVE
IT.
IT'S A MATTER OF PRACTICE
LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT BRINGS ME INTO MYSELF AND
LETS ME FORGET EVERYTHING AND
THE REST OF THE WORLD.
IT'S A REAL PLACE FOR ME TO GET
AWAY.
HAS RUNNING FOR THIS
POLITICAL OFFICE BEEN EVERYTHING
YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE
OR HAVE THERE BEEN A LOT OF
SURPRISES.
WAY MORE.
THE GREAT PART IS I'M MEETING A
LOT OF PEOPLE.
I WAS PRETTY MUCH TO MYSELF
BEFORE, BUT NOW I'VE MET PEOPLE
ALL OVER THE STATE AND SEEN
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE STATE.
I REALLY DO ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE
AT THIS POINT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN,
SPENDING TIME WITH US.