Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci is a talk-radio host and ex-convict who spent more time serving as mayor of Providence (21 years from 1975 to 2002) than anyone in the city's history. He is the author of "Politics and Pasta: How I Prosecuted Mobsters, Rebuilt a Dying City, Advised a President, Dined with Sinatra, Spent Five Years in a Federally Funded Gated Community, and Lived to Tell the Tale." He was defeated in the 2014 mayoral election when he ran as an independent.
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"[When I was mayor] Providence was one of the five renaissance cities of America, according to USA Today in those days. Money magazine said it…
Buddy Cianci says in 2001 and ’02, when he was Providence mayor, the pension system was fully funded
"In 2001 and '02 . . . we had the pension system funded at (the) 100% level in that year, and we did for two years…
"When I left office, there was a $7-million surplus in Providence," but in 2008, the city had a $110-million deficit.
Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax."
President Obama’s health care law says "when you sell your house now you have to pay a 3.8 percent tax."
"Mike Trainor...still owes $250,000 to the state."
"Over 80 percent of the people want the shot to vote" on whether to approve same-sex marriage, according to polls.