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As part of the ongoing publicity rounds for his new book, Linc Chafee taped WPRI-WNAC's Newsmakers this morning. The show will be broadcast Sunday, at 5:30 am on Channel 12 and at 10 am on Fox 64. Here's a short version of some of the highlights: -- Why...
Speaking of Chafee, he was his idiosyncratic self during his appearance yesterday with Rappleye on 10 News Conference. It sometimes seems like some of the gubernatorial hopefuls for 2010, including David Cicilline, Patrick Lynch, and Steve Laffey, have...
Dan Barbarisi has the news today that John Kelly, whose incipient Providence mayoral campaign was first reported by Matt, is being replaced as chair of the Providence Zoning Board of Review by three-time former gubernatorial candidate Myrth York. Kelly...
During yesterday's broadcast of A Lively Experiment , Lou Pulner raised the possibility that Frank Caprio -- who unveiled a furlough plan for the treasurer's office earlier in the week --had been tipped off by the Carcieri administration that it was moving...
Matt has the details : I am extremely impressed to see at least one of the 2010 Providence mayoral candidates getting serious about the city's economic future : City Council Majority Leader Terrence M. Hassett , Ward 12, has asked the City Council’s Committee...
Cliff Wood , who claimed Rita Williams's Ward 2 Providence City Council seat in 2006 , continues to be the subject of some mayoral speculation for 2010. N4N thinks Councilman Cliff, a member in good standing of the Cicilline-Cornish Associates' nexus...
Former US Senator Lincoln Chafee says he won't support Hillary Clinton -- or anyone who voted for the Senate authorization for the war in Iraq -- for president in 2008. "Anyone who voted for the war is disqualified in my view," Chafee said during an appearance...
Despite his characteristic candor, Linc Chafee remains a somewhat enigmatic figure. If the Republican Party has moved too far to the right for his taste, as he told the Sunday ProJo's Bruce Landis in explaining his decision to disaffiliate, it's not like...
General Treasurer Frank Caprio offered the standard boilerplate when asked about his political future during a taping today of WPRI/WNAC-TV's Newsmakers . In response to the query from Steve Aveson, Caprio basically said that, for now, he remains focused...
Matt Jerzyk, an occasional Phoenix contributor, has blogged the second quarter fundraising numbers of top Rhode Island officials, and he offers some smart handicapping as the early maneuvering continues for 2010.
In his latest roundup on the prospective Providence mayoral field for 2010, RI Future's Matt Jerzyk interestingly includes the name of General Treasurer Frank Caprio . Perhaps, with a potentially crowded gubernatorial field on the Democratic side, Caprio...
