Sasse gives out RIPEC's first annual Sasse award
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PROVIDENCE -- Among the other interesting moments at last night's RIPEC dinner... Longtime RIPEC director Gary Sasse, now chief of Governor Carcieri's Department of Revenue, was among the headliners. He had just learned the week before that RIPEC had established the "Gary S. Sasse Distinguished Service Award." Sasse was given a standing ovation as he took the podium preparing to present the first annual award bearing his name. The usually modest Sasse looked a bit embarrassed by the ovation, and quickly turned the focus to this year's award recipient, House Fiscal Adviser Michael O'Keefe. Sasse said he was honored to present the first Gary Sasse award to O'Keefe. "There's a certain poetry there," Sasse said. Both men have been intricately involved in state finances for decades, often working together on key issues. 
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