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Vincent

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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Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 30, 2014 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."
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By Alex Kuffner • October 2, 2014
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 21, 2014 an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers."
"In 2001 and '02 . . . we had the pension system funded at (the) 100% level in that year, and we did for two years at that point."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 28, 2014
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 10, 2014 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.
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By Alex Kuffner • September 21, 2014
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 10, 2014 a radio interview
Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Karen Lee Ziner • September 12, 2014
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on July 11, 2012 a question to a candidate
President Obama’s health care law says "when you sell your house now you have to pay a 3.8 percent tax."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 15, 2012
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 1, 2011 a talk show discussion
"Mike Trainor...still owes $250,000 to the state."
Mostly True
By Lynn Arditi • September 11, 2011
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Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on December 12, 2010 an ABC-6 interview program
"Over 80 percent of the people want the shot to vote" on whether to approve same-sex marriage, according to polls.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 26, 2010
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Jorge Elorza
stated on September 30, 2014 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."  
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By Alex Kuffner • October 6, 2014
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