David Cicilline, the former Mayor of Providence and current Democratic congressman from my home district RI-01, is in deep electoral trouble because he lied about Providence’s abysmal finances during the 2010 congressional race.  He has apologized for lying.

With Providence on the verge of bankruptcy, Cicilline is way behind in the polls...

I have posted numerous times about David Cicilline, former Providence Mayor and current Democratic congressman in my home district, RI-01.

As I previously noted, Cicilline deliberately concealed the terrible financial condition of Providence during the 2010 election in a close fight with Republican John Loughlin:

In June 2010, when Loughlin challenged Cicilline’s fiscal record in...

One of my focus races is the attempt by Republican Brendan Doherty to unseat Democrat David Cicilline in RI-01, my home district.

Cicilline is very unpopular due to the mess he left behind when he was the Mayor of Providence.  While Cicilline was able to hide the problems when he ran for...

The City of Providence, in my home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is in dire financial trouble, as I have posted here many times before.

The City, with its...

I previously have posted about the RI-01 congressional race, which is my home district, a seat currently held by Democratic former Providence Mayor David Cicilline.

Cicilline concealed Providence financial problems until after the 2010 election.  Cicilline ran a “scare grandma” campaign, making a tour of senior centers to falsely claim their social security...

There’s a very interesting article in The Providence Phoenix (h/t Hummel Report) regarding plans by the Republican Party in Rhode Island to regain relevance:

The Rhode Island Republican Party’s reputation for ineptitude is, by any reasonable measure, richly deserved.

Sure, the party held the governor’s office for much of the last two decades. But no...

It was surprisingly easy for public sector unions to bust Providence.  Through political influence public sector unions gained a majority on the Providence Pension Board, and helped themselves to unsustainable benefits.

The Providence Journal digs bag into the history of the City of Providence pension system, and finds the answer to the...

David Cicilline (D-RI), the former Mayor of Providence, left city finances in a shambles, despite assuring voters in the November congressional election that the city finances were sound.

New Mayor Angel Taveras was confronted with a financial catastrophe on his hands when he...

The City of Providence lives paycheck to paycheck.

As reported by The Providence Journal, Providence officials warn city may not be able to pay its bills on time:

Providence may not have enough cash in its bank accounts to pay its employees and vendors after late August or early September.

Internal Auditor Matthew M....

A report commissioned by the City of Providence finds that then Mayor, now Congressman, David Cicilline is responsible for the fiscal mess, which has been the subject of numerous prior posts here.  Most famously, Providence recently was forced to issue preemptive termination notices to every teacher in...

If it keeps him on the straight and narrow, good for him.

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(The bride to be gets to meet Gov. Linc Chaffee and Congressman David Cicilline.)

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I have written about PolitiFact before, includine the clear bias shown by The Providence Journal in its application of ratings during the campaign by former Democratic Mayor David Cicilline against Republican John Loughlin in my home RI-01 District. I also have noted an analysis of PolitiFact bias against conservatives.

Two recent examples...

The Board of Editors of The New York Times is demanding significant cut backs in public sector union contracts, but refuses to recognize the cause of the problem, which is the entire structure of public employee unions:

At a time when public school students are being forced into ever more crowded classrooms,...

Democrat David Cicilline was Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, for 8 years, replacing the colorful and convicted Mayor Buddy Cianci. 

Cicilline was elected in November to Congress in Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District (my home district), for the open seat vacated by Patrick Kennedy.

Cicilline is an openly gay Italian Jew, and Cicilline cultivated that public...

Providence, Rhode Island, where I used to work and near where I now live, is a wonderful city.  The always colorful Buddy Cianci took a down-on-its-luck former industrial blight and turned it into...