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Providence, R.I., Mayor Spars with Colleges over Tax-Exempt Status.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 2003
Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 25--PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Mayor David N. Cicilline's quest to get cash payments from the city's private universities to support city government has met strenuous opposition from the colleges and a perilous path at the State House.
Exhibit A yesterday was a 1:30 p.m. news conference that Cicilline scheduled outside Van Wickle Gate, the ceremonial main entrance of Brown University.
TV crews and news photographers began to set up for what looked to be a photogenic event.
The mayor was going to up the ante in his campaign to get annual cash payments from five private tax-exempt colleges and universities, including Brown, by announcing the details of proposed state...
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