Forbes Columnist Attacks Nesi's Relationship With Raimondo

Forbes Columnist Attacks Nesi's Relationship With Raimondo

In a scathing column posted this weekend, Forbes columnist Ted Siedle, who had raised issues about General Treasurer's Gina Raimondo's management of the state's retirement system and links between investment and her former firm, took on the cozy relationship between local media and Raimondo.

Specifically, Siedle criticized local blogger Ted Nesi of WPRI-12. Siedle wrote, "For the record, I was not provided any opportunity to comment on Nesi’s article. I’ve learned to expect as much whenever I criticize highly-politicized public pension investment shenanigans. Local media is usually, shall we say, heavily influenced by local politicians. Seems the distinction between journalism and blogging is not as clear-cut as Raimondo would have the public believe."

Nesi and Raimondo

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Since January 1, 2012, Nesi wrote the following blog postings about Raimondo. Below are the headlines to each blog postings. 

Politico: 2014 may launch Gina Raimondo on the national stage  January 7th

Gina Raimondo is this month’s Institutional Investor cover girl January 9th

Charts: RI pension fund on track to close its shortfall by 2036 January 14

Raimondo to headline Bond Buyer municipal conference in RI January 23

Poll: Raimondo is favorite for gov; Chafee does best as a Dem January 31

Raimondo raises over $316K; Chafee, Taveras trail February 1

Watch Newsmakers with Treasurer Gina Raimondo February 10

Chart: How Raimondo has changed RI’s pension investments April 4th (in response to the Forbes column criticizing Raimondo)

Please note: the only negative post on Nesi's Notes was posted by former GoLocalProv contributor, Dan McGowan, titled, "Block blasts Raimondo for hiring campaign operative as chief of staff".