Dave Talan thinks it’s hateful. Rep. David Morales thinks it’s the right thing to do. And Providence Mayor Brett Smiley thinks it’s legally unenforceable.
The candidates in Providence’s mayoral race are divided over Question 7, a citizen-led proposal that will appear before Providence voters on the Nov. 3 ballot.
The ordinance — buoyed by two rounds of petitions, thousands upon thousands of signatures, and a seldom-used provision of the city charter — would limit city investments when they are tied to foreign countries “conducting severe violations of human rights such as ethnic cleansing, apartheid, illegal military occupation, or genocide.”…