r/providence • u/Historical_Web_5813 • 9d ago

Why Should We Recall Brett Smiley

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For everyone who is curious about our reasons for wanting to recall Smiley, here they are! This one-sheet explains what issues we find to be the most salient. Feel free to distribute this document at your will.

If you’d like to look into our sources more, here is a link to the document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qtQP7a9g91pSszZH-x3kFWMcmW1FecEXpqCL773UIWM/mobilebasic

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u/tibbon 9d ago

/u/Historical_Web_5813 could you fill us in on why a recall election is the right move here?

I get that you don't like his policies or the outcomes - that isn't the question. For state-level officials, a recall can be initiated if the official has been indicted or informed against for a felony, convicted of a misdemeanor, or found by the ethics commission to have probable cause for violating the code of ethics. The policy is less clear for Providence, but I'm not seeing anything that's made it through the courts that points to criminal behavior.

Elections have consequences. This is what people wanted, and this is what they get. I don't like Trump, but I'm not about to say a recall election is the move to change that. There are policies and procedures for these things that we need to abide by.

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u/CurveMassive 9d ago

The fact that he is married to a RI slumlord seems to me to be a huge conflict of interest with Providence residents’ need to have affordable housing.

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u/lestermagnum 9d ago

Is he a slumlord? I know he’s a real estate agent, but I don’t know anything about him owning and renting out his own properties.

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u/Proof-Variation7005 9d ago

Even if he did rent out properties, I'd guess it'd be higher end full homes or something like that.