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What Can’t Brown Do for You?

What Can’t Brown Do for You?

By John Jackson on January 22, 2012

Was with Occupy Providence to the City Council meeting on Thursday night and the City Council distributed the following flier about how the wealthy Brown University refuses to pay their fair share in Providence — even after teachers, firefighters, police officers and city workers did their fair share, the taxpayers did theirs and even after [...]

Posted in News, Rhode Island, Taxes | Tagged Angel Taveras, Brown University, Ed Fitzpatrick, John Igliozzi, Property Tax, Providence, Ruth Simmons, Ted Nesi | 2 Responses


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