Little Rhody seems to be on running on empty into the bottom of the 9th inning of survival as a viable state, with a very important election coming up next year for governor. Rhode Island is on the verge of becoming a permanent “welfare state “unless something changes dramatically in the next four years. As John DePetro has said on the radio, 4 more years of Governor Gump would crush the state with no chance of coming back. Although Fung or Taveras would be ” ABC”( anybody but Chafee), the money seems to be on the General Treasurer.