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Message: From GoLocalProv by Josh Fenton: Commerce RI has hired Joseph Riccio — the one-time director of the Bridgeport Port Authority who spent more than $35,000 in less than three years attending conferences around the country and guys gifts and meals using the public agency's credit cards. When the Connecticut Post newspaper unveiled the questionable spending which included upwards of $1,200 a month, or $35,932, between January of 2007 and April 2009 on a variety of expenses, including travel to cities like Houston and Detroit as well as an engraved wine decanter -- the members of the city council took action and said the agencies spending was reckless. The reports by the paper were based on public record request of the port lead to the departure of Riccio and the abolishment of the Authority. A new agency has subsequently been created. http://www.golocalprov.comhttp://beta.golocalprov.com/commerce-ri-hires-former-bridgeport-port-authority-who-spent-35k-on-credit