Kim Kalunian and Bill Haberman (left and center) host Cumberland Mayor Dan Mckee. Photo by Sam Wroblewski, WPRO News
By Sam Wroblewski WPRO News
Cumberland Mayor Dan McKee said the office of Lieutenant Governor can be valuable in the right hands during an hour-long discussion with the WPRO News’ Bill Haberman and Kim Kalunian.
McKee said that despite the office’s lack of constitutional authority, the importance of the office cannot be understated.
“There’s a lot of things we can do, we certainly have a long way to go but we can make progress immediately and we shouldn’t be waiting four years to align a governor and a lieutenant governor to make the lieutenant governor’s worth having,” said McKee.
The Cumberland Mayor said he would use the office as a bully pulpit to influence change and reform business regulations and education in the state; all the while budgeting what some believe to be a burdensome office.
“I would only spend money out of that office if I could get a return that exceeded the amount of money I spent in that office.”
“I’m frustrated that four out of every five of us in Rhode Island who can’t say we’re headed in the right direction; and I’m one of those,” continued McKee, “I want to be Lieutenant Governor because I believe that’s a place where I can similar things that I did for my town of Cumberland.”
Mckee was the lone Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial candidate who appeared for a debate hosted by the WPRO Newsroom; his opponents Secretary of State Ralph Mollis and Representative Frank Ferri declined to appear.
Listen to the full discussion Here
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