NEW: Block Blasts Fung on Cranston Share of State Aid

NEW: Block Blasts Fung on Cranston Share of State Aid

In a release sent out as a follow-up to the debate between Fung and Block on the John Loughlin Show on Saturday, Block said that Cranston is "grabbing a greater share of state taxpayer dollars" as the second biggest recipient of distressed community funding from the state.

See Block Statement

“Cranston is the second largest recipient of state aid for distressed communities,” said Block. “Mayor Fung raised taxes every year for the first three years of his time in office. This is not a success story.”

Block said that Cranston is one of only seven communities (Central Falls, Cranston, North Providence, Pawtucket, Providence, West Warwick, Woonsocket) receiving those funds and is the second largest recipient of taxpayer money under the program, second only to Providence, and that while Cranston and the City of Warwick have nearly identical populations of just over 80,000, Warwick receives just $3.4M in state aid and Cranston receives a total of $9.4M in state aid, which includes $2.3M in distressed community aid, according to the Fiscal Year 2014 Revised State Aid to Cities and Towns). 

“If there is a Cranston success story, the taxpayers of Rhode Island deserve the credit for it because they have been propping up Mayor Fung for the last three years,” said Block. “The mismanagement we’ve seen in Cranston, whether its tax increases, police scandals, or giveaway union contracts, is not the way to fix Rhode Island.”

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