Questions Brett Smiley Must Answer to Be Providence’s Next Mayor
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Providence Mayoral candidate Brett Smiley has a plan -- multiple plans, in fact, from education to addressing crime in the city, as well economic development.
He most assuredly has a plan to seek to win the Democratic primary in September, and then prevail against the field in November. Will it succeed?
SLIDES: See Questions Smiley Needs Answer to be Mayor of Providence BELOW
The progressive, politically connected Smiley has gotten off to a strong start, but faces a tough primary against Providence City Council President Michael Solomon and former Housing court judge and Roger Williams University law professor Jorge Elorza.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTIf he wins, he then has to face Republican Dr. Daniel Harrop, the Democrat-turned-independent Lorne Adrain, and the eight hundred pound gorilla in the room, former Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci.
Smiley's Cliff Notes
Smiley does not hail from Rhode Island originally, but has wasted no time arriving on the political scene in Providence, nabbing an appointment to chair the Water Supply Board and serving as an "advisor and finance expert" to the last two Mayors,
Smiley is married to equally politically connected Jim DeRentis, and has garnered the support of key players in both the East Side elite, as well as a number of community leaders across diverse neighborhoods in Providence.
The admittedly dry and droll Smiley recently made a big splash nationally when he unveiled his TV spot playing up his "first in the class" persona, claiming to be the candidate with the plans to move the state's capital city forward.
If he plans on doing so, here's what he'll have to answer.
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