PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The president and a former president visit the state, a new ad about a future construction project shows other construction work and a letter with copied wording becomes an issue in the Providence mayor's race. President Barack Obama was the headliner for a fundraiser in Newport to benefit the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which works to elect Democrats to the House. A new television ad for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Angel Taveras suggesting work is underway on a project at the South Street Power Station shows something different — construction on another, completely unrelated project. Providence mayoral hopeful Jorge Elorza is blaming an ex-adviser for copying language from another elected official and using it in a letter to voters explaining a shoplifting arrest nearly 20 years ago. Department of Labor and Training Director Charles J.