Rhode Island
Campaign contributions from controversial Rhode Island landlord at center of mayoral race
In Cranston’s hotly contested Republican mayoral primary, Representative Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung called for Mayor Kenneth J. Hopkins to redirect the campaign contributions he received from one of the city’s controversial landlords.
Fenton-Fung was reacting to a story in the Boston Globe that detailed how renters at 1890 Broad St. had formed a tenants union after their landlord, Elmwood Realty LLC, had allegedly failed to deal with several maintenance issues that tenants say inc... [5777 chars]