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Peter Palumbo on Legislation to Reverse In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants

By Carroll Andrew Morse | October 6, 2011 |

At yesterday’s rally at the Rhode Island statehouse in protest of Governor Lincoln Chafee’s bypass of the legislature on various issues (in-state tution for illegal immigrants through a board decision of a public corporation, an executive order to being the process of creating healthcare “exchanges”, and possible executive action to give driver’s licenses to illegal…

Analyzing the Civics of the Board of Governor’s Illegal Immigrant In-State Tuition Policy Change

By Carroll Andrew Morse | October 4, 2011 |

Determining whether it was a legitimate exercise of authority for the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education to make certain illegal immigrants eligible for in-state tuition at RI public colleges and universities takes us into a murky borderland in the civic landscape occupied by “public corporations” and “quasi-public entities” that have been created…

Doherty to Announce Big News Tomorrow

By Carroll Andrew Morse | October 2, 2011 |

Ron St. Pierre has tweeted, within the hour, that Col. Brendan Doherty will appear on WPRO’s (630 AM) Buddy Cianci show tomorrow at 4 pm to make a “‘big news’ announcement”. (h/t Jon Pincince, who wonders if it might be just about the biggest news possible, a change from the First to the Second district…

How Much Time Will There Be To Read the Pension Bill, Before Voting on the Pension Bill?

By Carroll Andrew Morse | September 27, 2011 |

At the John Loughlin fundraiser held in East Providence on Sunday evening, I was able to ask several of the sitting legislators in attendance about the highly anticipated special legislative session on pension reform. In particular, I asked House Minority Leader Brian Newberry and Senators Frank Maher and Nick Kettle about how much time they…

Some Sounds from the John Loughlin Fundraiser — And One Very Direct Follow Up

By Carroll Andrew Morse | September 26, 2011 |

If there was one message directed to the general public coming out of the John Loughlin fundraiser held in East Providence last evening, it was that, despite any rumors that might be heard to the contrary, former State Representative Loughlin will definitely be running for Rhode Island’s First District Congressional seat upon his return from…

It’s a Ponzi Scheme

By Carroll Andrew Morse | September 13, 2011 |

Ramesh Ponnuru is wrong in the New York Times discussion where he claims that one reason that Social Security shouldn’t be considered a full-blown Ponzi scheme is because it is involuntary. Think of it this way: Suppose Bernie Madoff requested that he be allowed to do community service as part of his prison sentence, in…

Earned Benefits, Core Benefits, and COLAs

By Carroll Andrew Morse | September 13, 2011 |

Ian Donnis of WRNI radio’s (1290AM) On Politics Blog reports on a potentially interesting quote from Rhode Island General Treasurer Gina Raimondo regarding the broad parameters of a pension reform proposal…State Treasurer Gina Raimondo’s pension briefing to the state Senate was nearing its conclusion this afternoon when she dropped a mini-bombshell in response to a…

From the End of the Pension Study Commission, On To???

By Carroll Andrew Morse | September 12, 2011 |

Ted Nesi of WPRI-TV (CBS 12) has a review of today’s final meeting of “the Chafee-Raimondo pension advisory group”, which doubles as a preview for the General Assembly’s upcoming session that is supposed to meaningfully tackle the states’ pension issue. One theme that seems to be emerging is that reamortization is being considered, in conjunction…

Remember

By Carroll Andrew Morse | September 11, 2011 |

At work, a co-worker had bought a television and set it up in the break room, so that everyone could follow the news of the attacks. All of the networks were into continuous coverage by now. I remember stopping by the break room at one point and watching a crawl go across the bottom of…

Remember — What Wasn’t Seen…

By Carroll Andrew Morse | September 11, 2011 |

…ten years ago, to the minute, when Islamist terrorists lost the initiative in the war they started.From 9:57, the cockpit recorder picks up the sounds of fighting in an aircraft losing control at 30,000 feet – the crash of trolleys, dishes being hurled and smashed. The terrorists scream at each other to hold the door…