When Cranston Mayor Allan Fung wanted a new slogan and logo for the city, he started a contest.  Local high school students were offered $500 for the winning entry.  Victor Roman of Providence and Kerri Salerno of Cranston will split the prize for coming up with the best slogan, while Alexx Gonsalves of Providence took the top prize for best logo.  It's a great situation, since several local high school students who participated engaged in a creative activity, a few made extra money, and Cranston received a high quality product for just $1,000.

     Now, let's compare Cranston with Providence.  While Cranston spent just $1,000, Providence spent $100,000 on an out-of-state consulting firm which came up with the name "Creative Capital", and an orange "P".  If we're the Creative Capital, then why couldn't David Cicilline hire someone from Providence, or at least Rhode Island, to design the slogan and logo?  He probably would have had some excellent entries from the cities students and artists, but he decided to over-spend on a lousy product.

     So here we have it: Two mayors, one spends $1,000 for a good product, while the other spends $100,000 for an inferior product.  Maybe its me, but someone with judgement like that shouldn't be in Congress.

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