Advocacy groups team up on mailer attacking R.I. House Speaker Mattiello
"Mattiello should be focused on making
There was no new response from the Mattiello reelection campaign, though his spokeswoman sent along a copy of the latest Mattiello mailer, which says: "A vote for
The mailer was produced -- and financed -- by the
The two groups bumped heads with Mattiello over pay-equity legislation, abortion rights, bills to beef up the state's anti-sexual harassment laws in a package recommended by a legislative commission created amid the #MeToo movement, and any version of a bill to extend the state's seven-year statute of limitations on filing civil suits against priests, and others, responsible for the abuse of children. The hearings drew past victims to the
None of the bills won passage.
The mailer stops short of endorsing
The mailer cites controversies that have ensnared Democrat Mattiello and several of the people he appointed to leadership positions, including former House Finance Committee Chairman
Gallison went to prison. Carnevale, a former Providence police officer, has already been sentenced to five years, with nine months of home confinement and the remainder of his term suspended with probation. There are also allusions to the free-tuition controversy still dogging top Mattiello aide -- and former
When the two groups first announced their joint effort to oust Mattiello, in hopes of clearing the way for the election of a new speaker more sympathetic to their causes, Mattiello spokeswoman
"Speaker Mattiello has a long and strong record of accomplishments on passing legislation that addresses women's issues," she said. "They include complete insurance coverage for mastectomies, taking guns away from domestic abusers, affordable child care, a full year of access to contraceptive care, and increasing opportunities for parental leave."
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