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barbaraann

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

Reply to nkpolitics1212 (Original post)

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