Friday, March 30, 2007

The Cicilline Money Train

Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline is thought to be closing a very strong quarter of fund-raising. And while we know it takes considerable money to run for mayor, it takes a lot more to run for governor.

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3/30/2007 12:39:49 PM by Not For Nothing | Comments [2] |
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Sunday, April 01, 2007 6:36:51 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

I guess the drug dealers that use to pay off his brother now pay the Mayor directly. He will be in for a serious wake up call when he leaves the east side and Broad St. and trys to get votes in the rest of RI. Good luck.

Betty G.

Sunday, April 01, 2007 9:32:32 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

Ian,

If I could expand on Betty G's final point a bit, given Mayor Cicilline's political base, it wouldn't be unreasonable for people to believe that Governor Cicilline might be a little too amenable towards squeezing the rest of the state in order to further subsidize Providence and the urban core.

So if/when Mayor Cicilline does run for Governor, how does he handle the question of "what are you going to do for the parts of the state that aren't Providence" without falling back on unconvincing Charles Fogarty-style platitudes?

Andrew

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