20 Facts About Lisa Baldelli-Hunt

Lisa Baldelli-Hunt was born on June 13,1962 and is an American politician and former Mayor of Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

Lisa Baldelli-Hunt went to Bryant College and was involved with the commercial real estate business.

In 2015, Lisa Baldelli-Hunt agreed to pay a $750 civil penalty for violating the state ethics code by hiring her son and teammates on his baseball team for unadvertised summer jobs.

Lisa Baldelli-Hunt was elected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives for District 49 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, in 2006.

In 2013, Baldelli-Hunt was elected as mayor of Woonsocket, beating incumbent mayor Leo T Fontaine.

Lisa Baldelli-Hunt served until October 6,2022, when she was removed from office by the Woonsocket City Council.

In 2010, Lisa Baldelli-Hunt opposed a Rhode Island bill that allowed same-sex and unmarried couples the right to plan the funerals of their late partners.

In 2013, Lisa Baldelli-Hunt voted against a bill allowing same-sex couples to get married in Rhode Island.

Lisa Baldelli-Hunt was one of three Woonsocket politicians who opposed the bill, along with Stephen Casey and Robert Phillips.

In November 2019, Lisa Baldelli-Hunt objected to New York City's Special One-Time Assistance Program, which helped five formerly homeless families relocate back to Rhode Island communities without advanced warning.

Lisa Baldelli-Hunt cited limited resources as her reasoning for opposing the program, and called on local social service agencies to get involved in blocking the moves.

In June 2020, Lisa Baldelli-Hunt signed an executive order imposing a temporary 8 pm city curfew for Woonsocket, following national protests against the murder of George Floyd.

Lisa Baldelli-Hunt cited a "potential threat against city property" as her reasoning.

In June of 2021, Lisa Baldelli-Hunt was accused of intentionally blocking a pride event from taking place in Woonsocket.

Lisa Baldelli-Hunt then scheduled a car show in the square, giving only three days notice.

Lisa Baldelli-Hunt agreed to unblock previously banned accounts on her Facebook account, to not block anyone going forward "based on First Amendment-protected viewpoints expressed", and pay $7,000 to the ACLU for legal fees.

In 2022, after Rhode Island became the first state to legalize supervised injection sites, Lisa Baldelli-Hunt passed a resolution opposing harm reduction centers.

On January 4,2023, Lisa Baldelli-Hunt ordered the demolition of a Woonsocket homeless encampment where nine people were sheltering by the Blackstone River.

In mid-January 2023, Lisa Baldelli-Hunt's administration issued a cease and desist order to CODAC Behavioral Healthcare's mobile methadone clinic demanding they move from the parking lot of the Community Care Alliance in Woonsocket.

On November 10,2023, Lisa Baldelli-Hunt resigned the office of Mayor of the City of Woonsocket, citing health concerns dating back to her prior fainting episode in April 2023.