By ETHAN SHOREY
Valley Breeze Staff Writer
ethan@valleybreeze.com
PAWTUCKET – Members
of the Pawtucket City Council
say they'll review existing rules
that ban people from asking
for money on street corners to
see if something can be done
to accommodate the common
practice.
Councilor Tim Rudd said
he wants a distinction made
between "random people" like
those who are homeless or por-
tray themselves as homeless,
and the youth organizations
that rely on donations. He said
he wants to "formulate a docu-
ment that allows youth orga-
nizations to solicit" funds in a
safe manner.
Rudd said he can remember
from his own time in youth
sports just how much he and
others relied on cash collections
to cover the cost of trips and
other expenses, and he thinks
the complete ban currently in
place may not be fair to those
groups. He's not advocating for
anyone to be allowed to collect
anywhere, he said, but rules
that promote safe soliciting
could be the answer.
By ETHAN SHOREY
Valley Breeze Staff Writer
ethan@valleybreeze.com
PAWTUCKET – Former
City Council President Henry
Kinch Jr., who unsuccessfully
challenged Donald Grebien for
the mayor's seat in 2010, will
not try again in 2014.
Kinch, who has been much
more vocal the past two years
in his criticism of Grebien,
and further fueled speculation
last year when he said he was
"strongly considering" a run,
told The Breeze he thinks he
would have a shot of taking
down Grebien, but that "family
concerns" will keep him out of
the race.
"I'm convinced that the race
would've been competitive,"
he said, reasoning that he
has heard from a number of
people who were supporters of
Grebien in the past who have
called to offer their support to
him instead. Others who sup-
ported him in
2010 also urged
him to run, he
said.
Kinch took
home 36.5 per-
cent of the vote
in the 2010
Democratic pri-
mary for mayor, or 3,235 votes,
to Grebien's 63.5 percent, or
5,631 total votes, according to
totals on the Board of Elections
website.
According to Kinch, he has
one child getting ready for col-
lege, as well as a 14-year-old
and a 12-year-old who deserve
his full attention. The nature
Council will consider
new rules to allow
soliciting of money
In the meantime,
ban in effect
Kinch decides against run for mayor's seat in 2014
But may challenge for at-large council seat
Valley Breeze photo By DaViD Wuerth
The Pawtucket YMCA hosted its annual Healthy Kids Day featuring super heroes and princesses last
Saturday. More than 50 kids played games, decorated cupcakes and had their pictures taken with a super
hero or a princess. The Hulk, JOSH DuquETTE, of Cumberland, holds MAxfORD fOSTER, 9 months, for
a photo. See more photos on page 9.
Supersized fun at Healthy Kids Day
KINCH
See KINCH, page 11
See SOLICITING, page 18
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