Political Career
Upon leaving Keegan, Laffey went to Vermont during the summer of 2001. While there, he attended a retreat at Camp of the Woods, a Christian conference center in the Adirondacks. He attended the retreat with some of his Harvard Business School classmates and it was at that time that he stated he felt the "call" to enter politics. Laffey was quoted as saying:
- "When I was asked where I was from, I said I was from Cranston, Rhode Island," Laffey recalls. "Why did I say I was from Cranston? I'd been away for 20 years. But I felt I was supposed to go back to Cranston, Rhode Island, even though I didn't know why."
Laffey moved back to Cranston with his wife and children and ran for mayor in 2002.
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