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Most candidates yet to qualify for R.I.’s primary
Christmas may not be a day of comfort and joy for dozens of campaign workers. Political Scene has learned that just three presidential candidates had submitted enough signatures as of yesterday to qualify for Rhode Island’s primary ballot. The deadline...
December 23, 2007 6:22 pm
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Is it really that hard to collect 1,000 signatures?
This Political Scene reporter fended off signature requests by several campaign volunteers late last week scrambling to fill their quota. And while each party has hundreds of volunteers, most of the major candidates have paid staff coordinating the signature collection....
December 23, 2007 6:21 pm
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At State House, snow team was no team, Kass says
The governor’s communications director, Steve Kass, views the Dec. 13 snow storm that stranded drivers and schoolchildren for hours as “reinforcement” for his belief that the governor and lieutenant governor should be “bracketed” on the ballot, so a vote for...
December 23, 2007 6:20 pm
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Fogarty — remember him? — ends his 'exile'
In the days following the snow storm, former Lt. Gov. Charles J. Fogarty emerged from what he calls his year of self-imposed exile. Called by one reporter after another for his memories and perspective on how the state Emergency Management...
December 23, 2007 6:15 pm
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Manni leaves Office of Health, Human Services
Tracey Manni, a contracted spokeswoman for the state Office of Health and Human Services, is calling it quits. She finished clearing out her office in the Pastore Complex on Friday and has no plans to return to state government after...
December 23, 2007 6:14 pm
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