![]() ![]() “Everything from how we fill a pothole to the quality of the snow removal in the winter.”Īsked what he’d forgo in the city’s budget to spend more money on those city services, Smiley said Providence could hold third-party vendors accountable without spending more money. “Everyone’s concerned about these basic quality-of-life issues in the neighborhoods,” Smiley said. His top priorities, Smiley says, are improving city services, education and public safety. He’d previously worked in Mayor Jorge Elorza’s office after dropping out of the 2014 mayoral race to endorse Elorza. Gina Raimondo’s chief of staff before becoming director of the R.I. A theme running through most of Smileys work-including A Dangerous Business-is that lives are a mixture of good. ![]() “And I think we need someone who’s ready to get to work on day one.” “To actually run the city of Providence, a city with over 4,000 employees, a half a billion dollar budget, it’s a big job,” Smiley said in an interview for ’s Pulse of Providence. (WPRI) - Coming off a stint as Rhode Island’s director of administration - overseeing an entire state’s budget and purchasing during a pandemic - Brett Smiley says his experience sets him apart from his two rivals in the race for Providence mayor. ![]()
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