Wednesday, December 19, 2007

From City Hall:

PROVIDENCE – Mayor David N. Cicilline will announce a series of action steps the City is taking in response to the findings of a week-long review into the circumstances surrounding the release of Providence school children during the December 13th winter storm.  The news conference will be held on Thursday, December 20 at 1 p.m. in the Mayor’s Office at Providence City Hall. 

 

Last Friday, Mayor Cicilline directed Police Chief Dean M. Esserman and Chief of Administration John Simmons to conduct a thorough review of the events that led to Providence school children being stranded on gridlocked buses for hours.  The Mayor will also announce a series of action steps the City is taking to ensure the safe transport of children home from school under any circumstances.

Meanwhile, self-styled good government watchdog Buddy Cianci is suggesting on his WPRO radio show that Bud Cicilline's big loss in Newport is due to his sharing the same surname, in the aftermath of last week's storm, as the Providence mayor.