Brett Smiley has the most cash on hand
Brett Smiley netted just over $100,000 in the 1st quarter in his run for Mayor of Providence, but 95% of the donations were either from the affluent East Side or outside of the city of Providence.
The lack of financial support from Providence residents other than in Wards 1, 2, and 3 points to a limited appeal or limited outreach previously Smiley ran for Mayor in 2014 and served as a top staffer to Mayor Jorge Elorza and former Governor Gina Raimondo.
Smiley topped the other leading mayoral candidates Gonzalo Cuervo and Nirva Lafortune in fundraising for the quarter, but his fundraising fell off dramatically from the previous quarter, while both his Cuervo and LaFortune s increased.GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST
What is it allowed to do?
Pave sidewalks from Westerly to Woonsocket? Build a brand new rec center in every community? Build a well because, well, the town needs a new well?
Or take Rhode Island s share of the state and local dollars in President
Joe Biden s American Rescue Plan and invest big chunks of it in one of more really BIG ideas?
There s uncertainty right now about how these federal dollars can be used, but the Twitterverse is already bubbling with ideas: How about earmarking some $ to promote fitness & activity in RI youth who have been excessively sedentary during COVID-19? tweeted sports medicine Dr.
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Sunday news shows in RI, Feb. 28, 2021 The Providence Journal
Newsmakers (5:30 a.m., Ch. 12; 10 a.m., Ch. 64; 7 p.m., Ch. 64.2)
Kim Kalunian interviews R.I. Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott about the one-year anniversary of Rhode Island’s first coronavirus case and how the experience has changed her; Tim White and Ted Nesi examine the major hospital merger proposed this week.
In the Arena (7 a.m., Ch. 6)
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, joins Joe Paolino Jr. to discuss legislation she has been fighting to get passed for nearly two decades, and her experience during the harrowing attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Sunday news shows in RI, Feb. 21, 2021 The Providence Journal
Newsmakers (5:30 a.m., Ch. 12; 10 a.m., Ch. 64; 7 p.m., Ch. 64.2)
Tim White and Ted Nesi sit down with U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., in his first local television interview since serving as one of the House impeachment managers.
In the Arena (7 a.m., Ch. 6)
Providence City Council President Sabina Matos joins Joe Paolino Jr. to discuss the most pertinent issues facing the city, as well as her bid to become the next lieutenant governor of Rhode Island.
State of the State (8 a.m., Cox Ch. 13, Verizon Ch. 32 and Full Channel Ch. 9)