It’s a question of which has cost Taveras his early lead in this three-person sprint to the primary: Pell’s huge advertising surge or the recent bad press about violent crime on the Hill. But at least some good news is coming. The potholes are going. Angel Taveras - the Mayor himself - bristles at the criticism that has been heaped on both him and the city for the sad situation. “We’re now into our second year of paving roads here in Providence and when we’re done, we will have done more new roads in two years than have been done in the previous ten years combined. And the difference is we are finally repaving them, not just patching them. And this time they’ll last.
So why does the Mayor think he’s the best candidate for the Governor’s seat? “After what we went through in Providence, I like to think I’ve proved I have the experience to do the same thing on the state level. I’m hoping voters will carefully compare my record and my abilities again my opponents.”
And if elected, what would a Taveras administration plan to tackle in its first hundred days? Job training would be the Mayor’s first priority. “According to a recent article in the Journal, the state reports that there are 10,000 job openings right now and yet we have 50,000 Rhode Islanders out of work. We need to insure that we are providing the necessary job training to insure those jobs can be filled right now. What a difference that would make in our state’s economy.”
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