Steve Laffey
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"Stephen (Steve) Laffey" is an American politician, businessman, author and Film director/filmmaker. He is the former Republican Party (United States)/Republican mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island from 2003 to 2007 and lost a bid for the United States Senate in 2006. He is a former executive of Raymond James Morgan Keegan/Morgan Keegan & Company, a Tennessee-based financial company where he served as President and COO until his departure in 2001. He is the author of the book Primary Mistake and in 2012, he released a documentary entitled Fixing America which is a road documentary asking Americans' about America's financial crisis, the disconnect with the political elite, and ultimately collects their thoughts, their emotions and their solutions to fix America's financial problems. He currently resides in Colorado with his wife and children where he raises Dexter cattle/Irish Dexter cattle and Cob (horse)/Irish Gypsy Cob horses.

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It was about $7,000. My tax bill was higher in Hopkinton than it was in Cranston.

Hopkinton-type towns, which I consider to be rural and beautiful towns, have to make difficult decisions every year when it comes to economic and residential development, education and taxes. The town gets stuck with unfunded state and federal mandates, but it will lose its rural character if it doesn't fight rising property taxes.

It's disappointing but not at all surprising. On key votes, Senator Chafee sides with the liberal special interests.

There are 1,600 to 1,700 trains a day passing through the six counties. They are primarily along Metra lines, which have 700 trains on a daily basis.