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Kenneth Block is a software engineer and president of Simpatico Software Systems. He founded Rhode Island's Moderate Party and ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2010. He switched to the Republican Party in 2013 and made an unsuccessful run for Rhode Island Governor in 2014.

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Kenneth Block
stated on August 23, 2015 in TV interview:

"The cost of fire in Rhode Island is anywhere from 33 percent to 100 percent more expensive than anywhere else we could find."

By Mark Reynolds • September 20, 2015
Kenneth Block
stated on July 15, 2014 in a radio debate:

"The increase in the garbage tax that [Mayor Allan Fung] imposed in Cranston for some people has been as much as $200."

By Karen Lee Ziner • July 27, 2014
Kenneth Block
stated on June 17, 2014 in a debate:

Republican candidate for governor Allan Fung "donated to Democrats like Congressman David Cicilline, disgraced (House) speaker Gordon Fox and even Mr. Obamacare, Harry Reid."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 29, 2014
Kenneth Block
stated on April 14, 2014 in a campaign website:

In Rhode Island, "Nearly 9 percent of covered employees go out on short term disability every year, with an average outage from work of almost 12 weeks each."

By John Hill • April 15, 2014
Kenneth Block
stated on March 2, 2014 in a TV interview:

Under a bill before the legislature, "you’d have to go to court to fire an employee."

By John Hill • March 10, 2014

Allan Fung
stated on August 18, 2014 in a news release:

"Nazi imagery [was used] by the Block for Governor campaign to describe supporters of Allan Fung for Governor."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 24, 2014
Allan Fung
stated on June 17, 2014 in a debate:

Republican candidate for governor Ken Block was "fined and had to admit that (he) funneled money illegally to the Moderate Party."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 29, 2014
Allan Fung
stated on June 2, 2014 in a TV commercial:

Ken "Block supports Obamacare."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 8, 2014

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