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Brigadier Sockface posted:Oh no guys I think the granite's about to crumble... O'Malley is next
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lolquote:It was not a recipe for a successful term. Chafee, who took office near the end of the Great Recession, was a distant and unpopular governor, deciding against reelection after polling showed him losing to any serious candidate. His exit from the political scene was welcomed; his decision to run for president inspired a baffled editorial from Rhode Island's biggest newspaper.
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Mr. Powers posted:Was Chaffee in charge when RI loaned 38 Studios a truck load of money to convince them to move to Providence and then they went bankrupt? That was a really hilarious story. MLB player got obsessed with MMOs and convinced the state to give him money to make a game, even though he had no previous business/software experience.
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Powercrazy posted:drat I wish I could essentially steal millions from a state government. It was 75 million too. The total cost to the state for the bond money and interest to fund the studio was $116 million.
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TEAYCHES posted:dude went totally broke cause when rhode island wouldnt bail him out he spent his personal fortune to finish the game and turn it into a second rate single player rpg. it was released at the same time as skyrim. and the rest is dust in the wind Yeah Schilling lost 30 million of his own money, while RI is now on the hook for $116 million when you factor in all the bond interest payments. etalian has issued a correction as of 17:45 on Oct 23, 2015 |
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I think they screwed over their employees too by trying make them replay their relocation packages
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oystertoadfish posted:I love Photoshop or photographers or whoever 
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oystertoadfish posted:cool picture thanks for that (not ironic) i was guessing they didnt set up a rhode island podium in the arizona desert so chafee could gloat and that that was photoshopped into it but iono This gave me the funny mental image of Chafee preaching the glories of the metric system from a lonely desert pulpit. The real highway story is for some reason the arizona contract for the highway required metric signs.
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