Providence Mayoral Candidate Witman on LIVE: Strike, Public Safety, Tax Breaks and More
Providence Mayoral Candidate Witman on LIVE: Strike, Public Safety, Tax Breaks and More
"What would I have done differently? Well I certainly would have had a contingency plan," said Witman of the strike, entering day two on Friday. "Now I’ve heard that they’ve said that they’ve tried to get busses in the past but I don’t know whether that means now or whether that means really in the past but if that didn’t work, if you couldn’t get buses from other states why didn’t you talk with other cities in Rhode Island and try and have a rotating schedule…and if [Elorza] had a good relationship with the teachers, which he clearly does not, then you [look at different start times] and get teachers to come in at 9:00, 9:30."
Witman called the speed camera program a “money grab” and would get rid of them.
“I think it’s a disgrace — what happened to our Mayor, when he said four years ago when I get to City Hall there’s no longer going to be a philosophy of ‘I know a guy?’" said Witman. "Well, we have the cameras because he knew a guy who was his Chief of Staff [who’s now] a $60,000 a year lobbyist for camera company. So much for ‘I know a guy'.”
During the interview Witman addressed her views on the Fane Tower proposal on the former I-195 land, how she would be opposed to selling Providence’s water supply, and how she would work to monitor and regular tax stabilization agreements when she called “like robbing the candy store.”