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Edith Ajello
Edith Ajello
stated on February 6, 2013 in an interview with The Providence Journal:
"Lots of studies seem to indicate that minors find it very easy to get marijuana, easier than to get alcohol."
False
By Michael McKinney • February 16, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on January 26, 2013 in a speech:
More than 40 percent of sales nationally are made without background checks.
Half-True
By Michael McKinney • February 10, 2013
Janet Freedman
Janet Freedman
stated on January 13, 2013 in an interview on 10 News Conference:
Tide gauges measuring sea level in Rhode Island since 1930 have risen "maybe about 10 inches since that time."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 8, 2013
Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
stated on January 8, 2013 in news story:
"Eighty percent of those who have applied for licenses have no cancer, no Parkinson's disease or glaucoma. They have nothing you would associate [with] the use of medical marijuana."
Half-True
By Michael McKinney • February 3, 2013
Central Falls Police Department
Central Falls Police Department
stated on January 28, 2013 in a news release:
"Statistics show one male cat can father 420,000 kittens in five years."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 2, 2013
Peter Palumbo
Peter Palumbo
stated on January 22, 2013 in a news release:
Driving with a dog in your lap is dangerous, in part, because it could fly forward in a crash. "An 80-pound dog at only 30 mph packs a 2,400-pound punch."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 30, 2013
National Organization for Marriage
National Organization for Marriage
stated on January 17, 2013 in a newspaper ad:
"Religious groups like Knights of Columbus have been forced to allow same-sex marriage ceremonies in their facilities, against their beliefs."
Pants on Fire!
By Michael McKinney • January 27, 2013
Christopher Plante
Christopher Plante
stated on January 13, 2013 in an interview:
"The governor does not have any power to veto a referendum [on same-sex marriage] that would be a constitutional amendment."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 23, 2013
Protect Families First
Protect Families First
stated on January 10, 2013 in a news release:
"The average age of first marijuana use is 12."
False
By Michael McKinney • January 20, 2013
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 16, 2013 in his State of the State address:
The state budget proposal has been submitted "on time and [it's] the earliest that a governor has done so in over two decades."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2013
Providence City Council
Providence City Council
stated on January 3, 2013 in a council resolution:
"Semi-automatic weapons, whether pistol or rifle, were designed for use by the military on the battlefield."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 16, 2013
Dawson Hodgson
Dawson Hodgson
stated on January 3, 2013 in a radio interview:
"The amount of money that we put into running our own state legislature is nearly as much as we put into the University of Rhode Island."
False
By Michael McKinney • January 13, 2013
James Bennett
James Bennett
stated on January 1, 2013 in a Gov. Lincoln Chafee YouTube video:
"Our numbers are going up at the airport."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 10, 2013
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on December 16, 2012 in a newspaper commentary:
"Eleven states complete their [legislative] sessions within three calendar months, and another five only meet biennially."
Mostly True
By John Hill • January 8, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 16, 2012 in a Facebook posting:
"Switzerland (where the government) issues every household a gun . . . has the lowest gun related crime rate of any civilized country in the world!!!"
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 6, 2013
Deepwater Wind
Deepwater Wind
stated on December 12, 2012 in a Tweet:
"Did U know? Block Island Wind Farm would mean 40% est. drop in BI electric rates."
True
By John Hill • December 29, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 15, 2012 in an internet message:
"Last year, handguns killed 48 people in Japan, 8 in Great Britain, 34 in Switzerland, 52 in Canada, 58 in Israel, 21 in Sweden, 42 in West Germany and 10,728 in the United States."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 5, 2012 in a report:
"If the House of Representatives fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts, 400,000 middle-class Rhode Island families will see their federal income taxes increase."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 16, 2012
Pew Environment Group
Pew Environment Group
stated on December 11, 2012 in a newspaper advertisement:
"In recent years, menhaden numbers along our coast have plummeted by 90 percent."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 14, 2012
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on December 1, 2012 in a newspaper interview:
"The five economic indicators that the federal government tracks - for the first time since August 2006 - were positive this October."
True
By John Hill • December 9, 2012
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