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Kenneth Block

Kenneth Block

Kenneth Block is a software engineer and president of Simpatico Software Systems. He founded Rhode Island's Moderate Party and ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2010. He switched to the Republican Party in 2013 and made an unsuccessful run for Rhode Island Governor in 2014.

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Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on August 23, 2015 TV interview:
"The cost of fire in Rhode Island is anywhere from 33 percent to 100 percent more expensive than anywhere else we could find."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • September 20, 2015
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on July 15, 2014 a radio debate:
"The increase in the garbage tax that [Mayor Allan Fung] imposed in Cranston for some people has been as much as $200."
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By Karen Lee Ziner • July 27, 2014
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on June 17, 2014 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
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on April 14, 2014 a campaign website:
In Rhode Island, "Nearly 9 percent of covered employees go out on short term disability every year, with an average outage from work of almost 12 weeks each."
Half-True
By John Hill • April 15, 2014
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on March 2, 2014 a TV interview:
Under a bill before the legislature, "you’d have to go to court to fire an employee."
False
By John Hill • March 10, 2014
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on November 8, 2013 an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio:
Rhode Island's unemployment insurance system "is the most expensive such system in the country."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2013
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on January 24, 2013 a television interview:
"More than 9,000 Rhode Island voters used the Moderate Party master lever mechanism and they didn't have a single Moderate on their ballot."
Mostly True
By Michael McKinney • February 22, 2013
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on December 16, 2012 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
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on June 19, 2010 a TV and Internet commercial:
"(I) helped to invent a system that saved over a billion dollars on welfare."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 29, 2010
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Latest Fact-Checks About Kenneth Block

Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on August 18, 2014 a news release:
"Nazi imagery [was used] by the Block for Governor campaign to describe supporters of Allan Fung for Governor."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 24, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on June 17, 2014 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
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on June 2, 2014 a TV commercial:
Ken "Block supports Obamacare."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 8, 2014
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