Home Editorial and Op-Ed It should not have taken two years to remove Aponte from office

It should not have taken two years to remove Aponte from office

PUSHED OUT: It took two years after his indictment for embezzlement for Providence City Councilman and former President Luis A. Aponte to be removed from the council.
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PUSHED OUT: It took two years after his indictment for embezzlement for Providence City Councilman and former President Luis A. Aponte to be removed from the council.
 / PBN FILE PHOTO

What is most amazing is not that former Providence City Council President Luis A. Aponte pleaded no contest to a felony count of embezzlement in R.I. Superior Court. Nor is it that as part of the deal, Mr. Aponte was required to step down from the City Council. No, what stands out the most in

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