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City again eyes water-system lease

PROVIDENCE MAYOR JORGE ELORZA is spearheading a proposal to lease the city’s water system, which supplies much of Rhode Island, to an outside operator in order to raise money to help the city meet its employee pension payment obligations. The proposal, which requires state-enabling legislation, has been filed for the current session of the Rhode Island General Assembly. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

As the saying goes, if at first you don’t succeed – try, try again. That’s what Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza is doing with a legislative proposal to let the city lease its water-supply system to an outside operator in order to raise money for costly employee pension-payment obligations. Opponents in the past have criticized

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