The bus hub at Kennedy Plaza in Providence is frequently the focus of discussions in the state. (ecoRI News)
PROVIDENCE — While the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority was holding public hearings on proposed service cuts, the most extensive in the agency’s history, the governor’s office was trying to schedule a meeting with former Providence Mayor Joseph R. Paolino Jr. about the multimillion-dollar bus hub project.
After several failed attempts at scheduling a meeting, Paolino referred to the agency as a “joke,” and said he would not attend future meetings on the hub, according to an Aug. 5 email obtained through a public records request and reviewed by ecoRI News…