Our city has made great strides in ending the ‘pay to play’ corruption that damaged public trust in government and imposed enormous costs on taxpayers for decades.  As the only candidate in this race who is not a career politician and does not accept campaign contributions from city workers and city vendors, my administration will pride itself on its honesty, openness and transparency.

As Mayor I will fiercely protect the integrity of the Mayor’s office and City Hall.

As Mayor, I will:

• Return any and all political contributions from full-time city employees and city vendors throughout my campaign and term as Mayor.

• Refuse political contributions from brokers or financial advisors who manage Providence funds.

• Require lobbyists who lobby the Mayor or the City Council to register in a publicly accessible database.

• Move to deny a City pension to any former employee or elected official who renders dishonorable service to the City of Providence.

• Establish an anonymous hotline for residents and city workers to report fraud and abuse in city government.

• Require mandatory ethics training of all department directors and city employees responsible for zoning, procurement and permitting as well as private vendors with significant amounts of business with the city.