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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts) Fri Jul 8, 2022, 11:01 AM Jul 2022

What does everyone think of Former RI Governor Edward DiPrete?

DiPrete lost re-election in 1990 by a 50 percent margin and then in 1994 was arrested and convicted of corruption charges. Did RI voters knew DiPrete was corrupt more than 5 years before he was arrested?

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What does everyone think of Former RI Governor Edward DiPrete? (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Jul 2022 OP

Based on my three years in RI in the Seventies, here is what I can say-- barbaraann Jul 2022 #1

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1. Based on my three years in RI in the Seventies, here is what I can say--

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Fri Jul 8, 2022, 11:56 AM

Jul 2022

Rhode Island is a small place and when I lived there pretty much everyone knew who the gangsters and corrupt politicians were. However, corruption was not necessarily a disqualifying quality for a politician, the best example being Buddy Cianci, "The Prince of Providence." Buddy was extremely beloved for all of the good he did for ordinary people even though he was a Republican and corrupt. So, my best guess is that the people of RI did know DiPrete was corrupt.

Does anyone else here know who this man was?
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/providence/name/chester-george-obituary?id=15560453

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