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June 09, 2009

Cicilline Hits Airwaves on Firefighter Fight
By David Scharfenberg

Providence Mayor David Cicilline's campaign has launched a radio ad amid the storm over the firefighters' planned picket of the US Mayor's Conference. The script, just in:

ANNOUNCER:

And now a word from Mayor David Cicilline

MAYOR CICILLINE:

These are tough times for Providence. I’ve cut spending and city employees have trimmed benefits….

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May 08, 2009

The "P" Lives On
By David Scharfenberg

Oh, it's not over. Weeks after talk radio finished beating on Mayor David Cicilline for the "P" - you know, the little orange letter meant to rebrand Providence as the "Creative Capital" - our favorite little controversy resurfaced yesterday with a front-page piece in the Wall Street Journal on the local tempest and the broader debate over branding places.

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