Mayoral candidate and Democratic state Rep. David Morales, center, enters There, There on West Fountain Street in Providence on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, after a press conference criticizing the Smiley administration’s response to a late January snowstorm. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)
Providence mayoral candidate and Democratic state Rep. David Morales on Monday blasted Mayor Brett Smiley’s handling of city snow removal since the winter’s first big storm dropped approximately 16 inches of snow on the capital city last week.
“We heard the same trend and story over and over from our neighbors and from small businesses alike,” Morales said at a campaign appearance outside a West End burger joint. “Side streets that went left untouched, bus stops that were buried, driveways that were blocked.”…