Samuel Johnson would smile at Cianci " Plunderdome "

     I have just come across a  Samuel Johnson quote that is pertinent to Providence mayoral candidate Vincent " Buddy " Cianci . I infer from it ( just replace " governour " with " mayor ") that England's  famous sage might just smile at the prospect of another term in office for this " twice-convicted felon ", as the antagonistic editorial pages of the Providence Journal daily reminds its readers:

        " A governour whose power is checked, lets others plunder, that he himself may be allowed to plunder ; but if despotick, he see that the more he lets others plunder, the less there will be for himself, so he restrains them; and though he himself plunders , the country is a gainer, compared to being plundered by numbers. "

           In Providence, the " numbers " include: the teachers union, the police officers union, the fire fighters union. " Plunder Dome " Buddy will protect us all from their collective greed and civic irresponsibility.  And remember that winning early campaign slogan : " He never stopped loving Providence "  ( that clever LaChance Advertising Agency ) .