![]() ![]() We have some great things in Rhode Island, but we also have some problems. But we are a great place to live, and I think those people - those 80 something percent of the people who said they want to move, I don't think they really understood the question because, let's face it, this is a great place to live.īS: Buddy, isn't it true that that the city and the state face a different economic climate than you were facing back in the 80s and 90s?īC: Yes, and I don't think the city can be fixed without the state. So people get to know more about each other- become more self critical. And we're only 47 by 39 miles, something like that so it's small geographic area, with less people. Everybody knows each other, and we're a small state with only a million people. ![]() If somebody here throws up, you know, everybody in the state knows about it. You know a bomb could go off in San Antonio and no one would know about it in the other parts of Texas. I think that when they were asked - I think another thing is that we're small. But I think that when you boil it all down, that we've got a great state, and I think people realize that. Because Providence has had its troubles with taxes, and low employment, and those things - and corruption - and so they think we have the corner on that here in Rhode Island, but we don't. I think that when this Gallup poll came to town, I guess they were being extremely overly critical of Rhode Island. It's like criticizing your brother: you can criticize him, but nobody else can. Number two, we're always criticizing ourselves more than anybody else is. Because we achieved perfection, and that's what our problem is. Listen or read for more about the recent Gallup poll, the State of Rhode Island, the Curt Schilling loans, and Cianci's possible plans to once again run for public office.īob Seay: I hope Rhode Islanders are feeling a little bit better about their state, but to what do you attribute to the rating of self-esteem in Rhode Island?īuddy Cianci: Overly self critical. WGBH News Morning Edition host Bob Seay chatted with Vincent "Buddy" Cianci - the former and longest-running mayor of Providence, who is now a radio talk-show host and TV commentator - about a recent Gallup poll showing that more than any other Americans, Rhode Islanders are the most dissatisfied with the state of their state. ![]()
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