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October 1, 2007

Johnston mayor wants lawmakers to reconvene

JOHNSTON -- The Rhode Island legislature should reconvene and pass a tax incentive package that was derailed during the assembly’s 2007 session, Mayor Joseph M. Polisena said today.

The proposed tax incentives were for A. Duie Pyle, a Pennsylvania trucking company setting up shop in Johnston. However, the proposal was blocked by Sen. Stephen D. Alves, D-West Warwick, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.

On Sunday, The Journal reported that the FBI is investigating whether Alves killed the measure to punish Polisena after he decided that Alves, a stockbroker, would not be involved with the investment of various Johnston pension funds.

“This is outrageous,” Polisena said.

The legislature can vote to give Pyle the tax incentives if it should reconvene to override other legislation vetoed by Governor Carcieri, Polisena said. Otherwise, lawmakers should come back to pass the measure for Pyle, he said.

“It’s a fairness issue,” said Polisena.

A town lawyer is drafting a resolution that asks the legislature to take action, he said. The resolution will be presented to the Town Council for approval at the council’s meeting on Oct. 9, Polisena said.

The trucking company, A. Duie Pyle, is still coming to Johnston, because it had already committed to the project before the legislation died, its chairman said.

-- Journal staff writer Mark Reynolds

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