PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A former Providence, R.I., mayor convicted of turning City Hall into a shakedown racket might run against Congressman Patrick Kennedy or the incumbent mayor.
Vincent “Buddy” Cianci (see-AN’-see) Jr. says he’s considering challenging Kennedy or current Providence Mayor David Cicilline (siss-ill-EE’-nee).
He said during his radio show Monday that it doesn’t take a genius to win in a state facing almost 13 percent unemployment. He has feuded with both Kennedy and Cicilline.
Cianci was credited for helping revive Providence, but prosecutors allege his administrations ran amok.
He was convicted in 2002 during a federal probe into City Hall corruption and served four years in prison.
