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Elorza money-for-water pension fix should sink

ZOMBIE LEGISLATION: Despite being rejected two years ago by the General Assembly, the city has again proposed monetizing the water it owns to help it pay down long-term obligations to employees. 
 / COURTESY PROVIDENCE WATER SUPPLY BOARD
ZOMBIE LEGISLATION: Despite being rejected two years ago by the General Assembly, the city has again proposed monetizing the water it owns to help it pay down long-term obligations to employees. 
 / COURTESY PROVIDENCE WATER SUPPLY BOARD

Some ideas won’t die, no matter how bad they are. Two years ago Mayor Jorge O. Elorza floated a plan to create a new state-supported water-supply board that would pay the city for access to the water it owns and sells to retail and wholesale customers across the state. The proposal was designed to help

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