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John DePetro
John DePetro
stated on July 7, 2014 in a talk radio comment:
"Although the governor doubled the beach fees . . . all the money, as we found out, is all going to an out-of-state company. The state isn't even getting the money for that."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 14, 2014
Nicholas Mattiello
Nicholas Mattiello
stated on July 6, 2014 in an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers.":
On the last night of the General Assembly, "by 11 o'clock 95 to 98 percent of the business was done. So we really didn't have that late-night session. We were just holding on one bill."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 13, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on June 26, 2014 in a letter to taxpayers:
Cranston's 2014-2015 "budget funds 100 percent of the local police and fire pension and other retiree benefit costs."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 9, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on June 17, 2014 in a debate:
Republican candidate for governor Ken Block was "fined and had to admit that (he) funneled money illegally to the Moderate Party."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 29, 2014
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on June 17, 2014 in a debate:
Republican candidate for governor Allan Fung "donated to Democrats like Congressman David Cicilline, disgraced (House) speaker Gordon Fox and even Mr. Obamacare, Harry Reid."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 29, 2014
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on May 1, 2014 in Senate floor speeches and during a news conference:
The Senate proposal to restore emergency unemployment benefits for five months was "fully paid for."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 22, 2014
Erin Lynch
Erin Lynch
stated on June 11, 2014 in a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate:
"The average age of the minimum wage worker is 35 years old."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 20, 2014
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on May 1, 2014 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
In the 1950s and 1960s, "the minimum wage was such that it would lift you out of poverty."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 15, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on June 2, 2014 in a TV commercial:
Ken "Block supports Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 8, 2014
Dawson Hodgson
Dawson Hodgson
stated on May 27, 2014 in a radio commercial:
Peter Kilmartin voted for the 38 Studios loan guarantee and his State House job was to "twist [legislator’s] arms to vote for deals like this."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 30, 2014
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on May 12, 2014 in a fundraising letter:
I turned "a $110 million deficit into a $1.6 million surplus for our city."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 25, 2014
Nicholas Mattiello
Nicholas Mattiello
stated on April 6, 2014 in a television interview:
The Pell bridge "is a tourism bridge essentially and not a commuter bridge."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 11, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on April 28, 2014 in a news release:
"Residential property taxes [in Providence] are up nearly 27 percent under Mayor Taveras."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 4, 2014
Robert Walsh
Robert Walsh
stated on April 20, 2014 in an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program:
Says gubernatorial candidate Clay Pell "hasn't spent a dime on advertising."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 2, 2014
Seth Magaziner
Seth Magaziner
stated on April 13, 2014 in an appearance on “10 News Conference”:
"In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 21, 2014
Michael Solomon
Michael Solomon
stated on April 3, 2014 in a news release:
"Pregnant women who stand for five to six hours at a time increase their risk of pre-term pregnancy by 80 percent."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 20, 2014
Mike Stenhouse
Mike Stenhouse
stated on April 2, 2014 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:
"A grant for $5,000 [from the Governor’s Workforce Board] went to teach an employee at a company that makes ornamental business card holders how to use Facebook and Twitter."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 13, 2014
Linda Finn
Linda Finn
stated on March 18, 2014 in a speech during a rally at the Rhode Island state house:
"By a two-to-one margin, Rhode Islanders want to ban assault weapons and we have a very small percentage of gun owners in this state, less than 13 percent."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 6, 2014
Heidi Heilman
Heidi Heilman
stated on March 13, 2014 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:
"Today’s marijuana is 300 percent to 800 percent more potent than the pot of yesteryear."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2014
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on December 26, 2013 in a Facebook post:
"Nine out of the 10 poorest states are Red states."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 28, 2014
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