2018 Governor’s Race Playbook: It is a Brawl in June — Can the Pace Continue?
Monday, June 18, 2018
The race for governor already has the intensity of a late October election cycle, and it is just early June.
It is a race with vicious intensity. Two weeks ago, Governor Gina Raimondo was the loser and this past week nearly every candidate took a hit.
Raimondo’s administration failed to file another legal appeal costing the state thousands. Her endorsement from civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis became a political embarrassment.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTCranston Mayor Allan Fung took his hits, too. Fung had a lot of explaining to do about the rent agreement he had with mega-developer Fred Carpionato’s company, but a GoLocal investigation also unveiled the U.S. Senator had an unusual lease agreement with the developer at his Chapel View property.
A number of candidates criticized the Fung-Carpionato arrangement and none was more aggressive in the critique than Independent candidate Joe Trillo — he says Fung’s rent issue is nothing more than a “conman’s game, played by someone who is trying to beat the system.”
“For Allan Fung to think he can outsmart the Rhode Island Board of Elections, and pay little to no rent for the past 3 election cycles, is no surprise to me. Allan Fung now claims there was an oversight in the paperwork his campaign filed, and thinks that everything he does should be forgiven. Guess what, we’re not forgiving him on this one. The only thing Allan Fung is sorry for, is that he got caught. Allan Fung is one of the most dishonest politicians in the state of Rhode Island. His ego is so big, that he thinks he can spit in the face of the Board of Elections, and the taxpayers of Rhode Island, by playing fast and loose with campaign contributions given to him by those who mistakenly trust him, as well as the law,” said Trillo.
There are now eight declared candidates - late last week Democrat Paul Roselli announced that he was going to run for State Senate instead and threw his support to Democratic challenger Matt Brown.
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