Providence Ri Elections

Frank, a caller on Mary Ann Sorrentino's radio show, could barely contain his enthusiasm. "I voted for you very proudly. It was probably the best vote I ever casted," Frank told the city's newly inaugurated mayor, Vincent A. (Buddy) Cianci Jr. "I mean," Frank said, "you did say you were sorry." Few words could have been more welcome to Cianci. In 1974, he was hailed as the first Italian-American mayor of this heavily ethnic capital city.

Frank, a caller on Mary Ann Sorrentino's radio show, could barely contain his enthusiasm. "I voted for you very proudly. It was probably the best vote I ever casted," Frank told the city's newly inaugurated mayor, Vincent A. (Buddy) Cianci Jr. "I mean," Frank said, "you did say you were sorry." Few words could have been more welcome to Cianci. In 1974, he was hailed as the first Italian-American mayor of this heavily ethnic capital city.