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...neighboring Rhode Island, incumbent Gov. Joseph Garrahy easily defeated the popular mayor of Providence, Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
...Wildcats stand as the region's lone undefeated squad with an 11-0-3 mark, which includes the September 27, 0-0 deadlock with Harvard. UMass, with a 17-1-1 mark --the loss at the hands of UNH -- is seeded second, followed by Springfield, UConn, Dartmouth, Yale and Rhode Island. Only the Rams' 3-6-2 mark is worse than Harvard...
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Cianci, who is a brash and fiery campaigner, has accused Garrahy's administration of being implicated in a public housing fraud and of forcing the University of Rhode Island to hire the Governor's former brother-in-law as personnel adviser at a salary of $30,000. Garrahy has responded by charging the mayor with misleading campaign advertising...
Each candidate also sharply attacks his opponent's competence as an administrator. Cianci claims that Garrahy has ignored too many pressing problems, like tuition at the University of Rhode Island, which since last year has risen by 55% to $1,777, fifth highest among state universities. Moreover, says Cianci, the Governor has done nothing to clean up polluted Narragansett Bay. Says Cianci: "I don't believe there should be any 'maybe' buttons on a Governor's desk. Garrahy's desk is full of them. He can't decide and simply waits for things...