Thank you Middletown Voters for your trust, and your votes this election season. I am truly honored to have been elected to serve YOU on the Town Council here in beautiful Middletown, Rhode Island

This has been an interesting election season to say the least, especially here at the local level. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting and interacting with so many of you throughout the campaign. I learned first hand, Middletown is full of amazing, smart, caring people.

I carried one major message throughout the campaign: Transparency. It was the main reason I ran, most of you thought it was the most important thing in this election, and it will continue be one of my main focuses when I take my oath of office in the coming weeks. 

I am ready to serve this Town, to serve all of YOU, and to be that Town Councilor you can count on for listening to YOUR concerns and recommendations. I will also be asking all of you to get more involved, and will make sure the Town Council stays out of the way and lets you do your work. 

So many of you are already more engaged. I think that is the result of having some great quality candidates this year, there was a lot to discuss, and a lot to decide on. So many topics and issues going on in Town and our State. 

I want to thank my entire family, friends and supporters who helped carry me to a successful run. Thank you especially to my wife and two sons, who had to put up with me day to day, and were so helpful holding signs and talking about me on election day. 

I want to thank my extended family and friends, childhood, college and local. The support you showed me inspired me every day. I am blessed to have new friends now as a result of this election run too. Thank you all for your financial and emotion support, for holding signs and putting them in your yard.

Thank you to my fellow candidates for challenging me, especially Leon Amarant, Antone Viveiros, and Councilor Dennis Turano. I learned a lot from each of you, and I will never forget election day together in 2024, with the voters of this great Town.

I am up for this challenge and I am motivated to serve the great people of this Town. Thank you Middletown.

Charlie Roberts, Middletown

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