With a big field of Providence mayoral candidates still unfolding, some of the usual suspects of West Side civic engagement/the knowledge economy are promoting Uncaucus, "a citizen-led movement for Providence's future."

The Uncaucus will encourage a citizen-led search to hire a Mayor who will help us build a stronger city. Over the next nine months the Uncaucus will:

A day before he formally unveils his Republican challenge to US Representative Patrick J. Kennedy, John Loughlin is using Facebook to play up comparisons with Scott Brown's upset victory in Massachusetts. As Ted Nesi reports at Providence Business News: