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bluehat9 t1_j9fn3o6 wrote

Reply to comment by theanti_girl in David Cicilline to resign from Congress to lead Rhode Island Foundation by rhodyjourno

Maybe he just got this offer

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wenestvedt t1_j9fy8rl wrote

Yeah, it looks like Steinberg just announced his resignation at RIF, opening up the job.

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WickedDog310 t1_j9gj6i8 wrote

He announced he was leaving a year ago, and the search committee's been meeting for almost all that time. There's no way that Cicilline didn't know he was up for it during the fall campaign.

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wenestvedt t1_j9gnr4d wrote

Oh! I hadn't heard, and I am in a couple of non-profits, and kind of keep an ear open for this stuff.

Dang, then I have to agree that Cicilline must have known the opening was coming. It adds to the credibility of the suggestion that he's miffed over being squeezed out of the Dem leadership in the new house.

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mkmck t1_j9fypdu wrote

...and maybe he also took a look at his workplace for the next 2 years and said NFW.

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buffymiffington t1_j9i93cd wrote

Exactly. He’d be swimming against the tide all. The. Time.

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mkmck t1_j9jpf2d wrote

Not to mention having to listen to the likes of Bobert, Gaetz, and MTG day after dreadful day. I think I'd be looking for an escape hatch too!

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februarytide- t1_j9h7yqk wrote

Yeah, I mean this is job searching 101 — even at such a high level, you don’t just give up the bird in the hand.

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