It’s politics in Providence, Rhode Island, one of America’s more… ahem… how to put it… cities. Cianci might be a two-time felon, but Elorza stole the language he used in a letter apologizing to voters for having been arrested for theft.
The thing that tripped Elorza up is that so many Providence politicians have to write letters to their constituents apologizing for their theft records that the same professional political advisor simply recycled his last youthful indiscretion letter in producing one for Elorza. The advisor seems to have a template onto which he slots each new name.