Cicilline allowed to intervene in Corrente pension case
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- A Superior Court judge has allowed the City of Providence and Mayor David N. Cicilline to interverne in a court case over the pension of Frank Corrente, former city director of administration. Corrente, who served under former Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr., was convicted in 2002 on federal corrupton charges and served time in prison. Cicilline favored revoking Corrente's city pension, but the city's Retirement Board in October granted him a partial pension, based on the first of his two stints in city government. Cicilline sought to challenge that decision in court. Associate Justice Michael A. Silverstein listened to arguments Friday before granting the city's request to become a party to the case. Silverstein will hear hear the merits of the case, but no date has been set yet. In a statement Friday, Cicilline said he was pleased with Silverstein's decision. "We must send a clear and unmistakable message that anyone who violates the public trust by engaging in wrongdoing forfeits the right to a city pension," he said. 
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"We must send a clear and unmistakable message that anyone who violates the public trust by engaging in wrongdoing forfeits the right to a city pension,"
This statement should be law! And enforced by all of the City's, Towns and the State politicians & Employee’s. To the MAX!
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HONORABLE SERVICE. means nothing the thing is he just did not get caught prior to this. once a crook always a crook. convicted but still able to collect pensions the whole state of RI is one big joke. When people ask me where I'm from I really hate to admit I was born and raised in RI they all know the littlest state in the union is also one of the most crooked, highest taxed, least business friendly state and very, very strange ideas on how to raise taxes/money. No wonder everyone who can moves out
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great job mayor ,keep it up.
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