GOP Gov Candidate Guckian In-Studio

Why didn't you get back to us when we were asking you questions? when you were the executive of the Dental Association, about that 610 deal and how that all came together with the attorney general.

Well, I was the executive.

Let's frame this first of all.

Why

after all of

the,

hey, Dan, can I get on the air and talk about this for the Dental Association? Sure.

Hey, Dan, can I get on the air and talk about this for the Dental Association? Sure.

And then Dan had a question about the Dental Association, and we couldn't find you under a rock.

What happened?

So what happened was, you know, it was $11 million.

I'm very happy that it went to the Providence schools and the children.

If you can't chew, you can't eat.

Over 500 kids alone needed emergency dental care to require anesthesia.

So I worked for multiple months to try to get this and advocate on, you know, all parts of the aisle and through the statehouse.

And ultimately, you know, the attorney general was able to allocate $11 million from the fine dollars to from the construction company, from that room 10-6.

And the Rhode Island Dental Association, the American Dental Association, all really supported me and it took us a long time.

As you knew, once that decision was made, it was complicated in the legislative side and politically.

And so the last thing I wanted to do was get onto a radio station and start talking about things when it had to be decided and go through the process.

I was just glad that we were able to amplify this message so people understood how serious the situation was in

Providence.

So did you – I want to make sure I'm hearing this clearly.

Did you have a role as the executive director of the Dental Association then of – Scratching out a plan with Peter Nerona, the attorney general, to make the dental services of kids in the immediate vicinity of the 610 connector neighborhoods.

that package that he put together and started a fund called the Attorney General's Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation for that express purpose.

Are you representing that you had a role in introducing that idea to him? Because he was suggesting for a long period of time that the lawsuit had no benefactor or beneficiary, I should say, in that he didn't really know what to do with the money.

Why didn't you get back to us when we were asking you questions? when you were the executive of the Dental Association, about that 610 deal and how that all came together with the attorney general.

Well, I was the executive.

Let's frame this first of all.

Why

after all of

the,

hey, Dan, can I get on the air and talk about this for the Dental Association? Sure.

Hey, Dan, can I get on the air and talk about this for the Dental Association? Sure.

And then Dan had a question about the Dental Association, and we couldn't find you under a rock.

What happened?

So what happened was, you know, it was $11 million.

I'm very happy that it went to the Providence schools and the children.

If you can't chew, you can't eat.

Over 500 kids alone needed emergency dental care to require anesthesia.

So I worked for multiple months to try to get this and advocate on, you know, all parts of the aisle and through the statehouse.

And ultimately, you know, the attorney general was able to allocate $11 million from the fine dollars to from the construction company, from that room 10-6.

And the Rhode Island Dental Association, the American Dental Association, all really supported me and it took us a long time.

As you knew, once that decision was made, it was complicated in the legislative side and politically.

And so the last thing I wanted to do was get onto a radio station and start talking about things when it had to be decided and go through the process.

I was just glad that we were able to amplify this message so people understood how serious the situation was in

Providence.

So did you – I want to make sure I'm hearing this clearly.

Did you have a role as the executive director of the Dental Association then of – Scratching out a plan with Peter Nerona, the attorney general, to make the dental services of kids in the immediate vicinity of the 610 connector neighborhoods.

that package that he put together and started a fund called the Attorney General's Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation for that express purpose.

Are you representing that you had a role in introducing that idea to him? Because he was suggesting for a long period of time that the lawsuit had no benefactor or beneficiary, I should say, in that he didn't really know what to do with the money.