Independent for Governor of Rhode Island

Rhode Island
Joined October 2009
I'm running for Governor as an Independent. No party labels. No political insiders. No special deals.
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Rhode Islanders should know the truth about Helena Foulkes: she's a political insider owned by special interests
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Helena Foulkes and I each sent out press releases today. My release covered a press conference that I held this morning at the State House to discuss 17 priorities for my administration during my first 100 days in office (see below for more details). I took questions from the media for about half an hour. Foulkes made noise about my tax returns and who I am voting for. Guckian has been invisible. Haven't you had enough of insider politicians like Foulkes? Don't you want change as badly as I do? If you want things to change...then vote for change. My opponents are just more of the same.
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Helena Foulkes is misleading voters about my views on healthcare
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RI's problems are fixable. Leadership has been the missing ingredient. We cannot solve problems unless someone is working on the solutions. We cannot solve problems if our governor literally doesn't know what to do, or even how to think about it. We have a unique chance, right now, to elect a different type of governor. Someone dedicated to solving our toughest problems. No other candidate has proposed sweeping tax policy changes to remove the regressive taxes hidden in our utility bills. No other candidate has proposed truly out-of-the-box solutions like a regional health insurance marketplace or my "One Stay, One Bill" proposal, which would require hospitals to send a single bill within 30 days of discharge that covers every charge from every provider during that stay. No other candidate has proposed slowing our rush to meet a green energy goal that no other state comes close to matching, which could cost us up to a billion more than if we moved our goals to where other states have theirs. No other candidate, and certainly no other governor, has tackled poor educational outcomes in our state. Our government has been a reactive mess for decades. Everyone is feeling it - state workers, the public who has to interact with our government, taxpayers, businesses, and cities and towns. Our government has let hackers make off with the confidential information of more than half of us. They have thrown money at terrible proposals. They have failed to keep businesses here and made little progress in attracting new ones. Too many of our governors have not had what it takes. To compensate for their shortcomings, they hide behind the money and power wielded by RI's special interests. We have all seen the cost of special interest-driven policymaking. Look no further than the Washington Bridge. We can shake off our governmental stupor. Vote for real change. Vote to eject special interests from the governor's office and your checkbooks. Let's get this done. We are so close.
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I will fight to establish a line-item veto for the Governor
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Overheard at a campaign event: [question] How are you different from the other candidates? [Me] Well...its hard to know where to start. There is a height difference.
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The Rhode Island Auditor General provides a roadmap for saving taxpayer money and making our state government more efficient
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Helena Foulkes is a new face on the same political machine
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55 minutes Barrington to Warwick this morning.
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The bridge is not cooperating tonight. Gotta get there on time....
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The Audubon Society held its gubernatorial forum today, and I was the only candidate who showed up. Both Foulkes and Guckian blew it off.
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Next week, Foulkes will be in Boston for a joint fundraiser with a gubernatorial candidate from Maine. Today, she's raising money at the exclusive Aurora Club alongside members of the General Assembly. Two days ago, she raised $30,000 in a single fundraising event at a swanky restaurant in Providence. In her TV ads, Foulkes describes herself as an "outsider." Does she sound like an outsider to you? Foulkes thinks that money can convince Rhode Island voters to accept another four years of the status quo. Let’s prove her wrong. Let’s show her that the office of Governor of Rhode Island is not for sale.
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Voters are fed up and they want something different
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Press Release: Rhode Islanders Deserve Answers from Foulkes on CVS Opioid Case, Not a Spokesperson's Statement
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Our campaign has all the momentum as we enter the final stretch of this race.
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#BREAKING: New Rhode Island poll shows Helena Foulkes leading the gubernatorial race with 44%, followed by Ken Block at 35%, according to Emerson College.
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