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December 28, 2006

Poverty activists protest at State House / Photo

Journal photo / Kathy Borchers
The group holds up a "laundry list" of their demands at the State House this morning.

PROVIDENCE — About 40 advocates for the poor descended upon the State House today as part of an effort to urge Governor Carcieri to take actions to help the poor, disabled and elderly.
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The group led by the George Wiley Center and the Campaign to Eliminate Childhood Poverty presented the Republican governor with a “laundry list” of items and issues that it says remain “unanswered and ignored.”

Henry Shelton, coordinator of the center, said that he and others have tried time and time again to get the governor’s attention but have been routinely ignored.

“We’ve tried to bring to a head our many frustrations with this governor. We’re getting ignored with vital issues,” he said. “[The governor] never responds to phone calls, faxes, hand-delivered stuff.”

Carcieri’s staff today said that Carcieri will personally meet with the advocates but that no date has been set.

-- Journal staff writer Scott Mayerowitz

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