Latest Fact-Checks By Alex Kuffner

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Friends of India Point Park
Friends of India Point Park
stated on October 31, 2014 in a web site:
"Proximity to high-voltage power lines lowers property values by as much as 30 percent."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • November 16, 2014
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 26, 2014 in a TV debate:
"We have the third-lowest minimum wage … of developed countries."
True
By Alex Kuffner • November 1, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on October 9, 2014 in a TV commercial:
Gina Raimondo "paid 70 million in taxpayer dollars to millionaire hedge fund managers."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • October 31, 2014
John Carlevale
John Carlevale
stated on October 19, 2014 in a TV debate:
Four members of the Rhode Island General Assembly "went to vote in 2010 and were told they had already voted."
False
By Alex Kuffner • October 26, 2014
Local 799 of the International Assoc. of Fire Fighters
Local 799 of the International Assoc. of Fire Fighters
stated on October 8, 2014 in in a mailer:
"Elorza wants to teach our public school children about the ‘non-existence of God.’"
Pants on Fire!
By Alex Kuffner • October 19, 2014
The Rhode Island Catholic
The Rhode Island Catholic
stated on October 2, 2014 in a newspaper editorial:
Almost every state has offered an insurance plan on its health exchange that does not cover abortion.
True
By Alex Kuffner • October 17, 2014
Jorge Elorza
Jorge Elorza
stated on September 30, 2014 in a debate:
"In the last six years of Cianci’s administration violent crime was down in the United States. It was down in the region. It was down in Rhode Island. But it was up in Providence."  
Mostly True
By Alex Kuffner • October 6, 2014
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 30, 2014 in a TV debate:
"[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 was the fifth best city to live in in America. In addition to that, All Cities Almanac said in 1994, I believe, that it was the safest city in America."
True
By Alex Kuffner • October 2, 2014
Jorge Elorza
Jorge Elorza
stated on August 28, 2014 in a radio debate:
"We have a goal of 10 percent of [City of Providence] contracts going to women and minority businesses. In reality, less than 1 percent of contracts go to women and minority businesses."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • October 1, 2014
Catherine Taylor
Catherine Taylor
stated on September 7, 2014 in a TV interview:
"Every time [the people from Newport Tent] work in a city or town they have a whole different set of permits that they have to get in order to pitch a tent."
True
By Alex Kuffner • September 25, 2014
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 10, 2014 in a TV commercial:
"When I left office, there was a $7-million surplus in Providence," but in 2008, the city had a $110-million deficit.
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • September 21, 2014
David Dooley
David Dooley
stated on April 8, 2012 in a TV news show.:
"We have to recognize that our salaries for faculty are the lowest in New England with the exception of the University of Maine."
True
By Alex Kuffner • May 3, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on April 20, 2012 in a news release.:
Gas prices have gone up 99 percent since Obama became president, "the highest gas price increase since Carter."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • April 29, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on April 11, 2012 in a campaign speech:
"The number of new businesses started per year has dropped by 100,000 during this president’s term."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • April 22, 2012
Lisa Tomasso
Lisa Tomasso
stated on April 5, 2012 in a news release.:
"Rhode Island’s exports have increased by 53 percent in the last two years."
True
By Alex Kuffner • April 17, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on April 11, 2012 in a campaign event.:
The "Buffett rule" "raises virtually no money, maybe a day and a half of our borrowing per year."
Mostly True
By Alex Kuffner • April 15, 2012
Doreen Costa
Doreen Costa
stated on March 26, 2012 in a radio talk show.:
"This is the only state in the country that bypassed the General Assembly to authorize [in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants]."
True
By Alex Kuffner • April 5, 2012
John Elkhay
John Elkhay
stated on March 21, 2012 in a rally.:
If Rhode Island raises the meal and beverage tax to 10 percent, it would be the "fourth-highest in the nation."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • April 1, 2012
Peter Palumbo
Peter Palumbo
stated on March 20, 2012 in a talk radio show.:
"Every poll you see, the overwhelming majority of people want [E-Verify]."
True
By Alex Kuffner • March 25, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on March 11, 2012 in a TV news show.:
"We have $60 billion in 2010 in Medicare fraud."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • March 20, 2012
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