Justin Katz
Not to start the day with cynicism, but I just can’t help myself: On the evening of Wednesday, June 4, The American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) will travel to Providence with the first Indonesian ACYPL delegation to visit the United States since 2002. The delegation will visit as part of an 11-day political…
The Newport Daily News has the most thorough explanation of the outcome of Tiverton’s Financial Town Meeting that I’ve seen: More than 800 voters packed Tiverton’s reconvened financial town meeting Wednesday night and approved a slightly amended budget of $41.7 million for fiscal 2009. Voters also approved a tax-levy override of $1.6 million, which will…
* An older woman was passing jibes to a group of teacher unionists across the aisle from her, and a guidance counselor whose name I’d have to look up, but who is very active and vocal with union matters, brought over one of the policemen on duty to chastise her. I didn’t hear any of…
Monique’s conversation with Matt Allen last night can be streamed by clicking here (or download). They mainly discussed financial town meetings, and Monique teased a very interesting post on state-level nepotism.
First off: if I am incorrect in any of the particulars that follow, please correct me. I’ve been playing catch-up, and I’m tired. Last week, a body of 437 Tiverton residents rejected a tax levy of $30,200,000, which exceeded the budget cap by about $2,000,000. Specifically, “by a vote of 255 in favor and 151…
Well, my first financial town meeting is about to begin. As if knowingly, the woman at the rapidly moving G-L registration line stamped my admittance arrow to the right. (Or perhaps it was a sly political statement from her perspective.) If you’re coming, wear your walking shoes: Of course, you get to go right by…
The push for same-sex marriage must surely rank highly in recent history among movements that have doggedly ignored the opposition’s core objection, and last Thursday’s Providence Journal opinion pages encapsulate that myopia nicely. First, an editorial: … Gays who wed [in California] will help accustom others to this quiet revolution — chiefly by demonstrating that…
We just received a call from Tiverton Schools Superintendent William Rearick (or, more likely, a recording) encouraging us, as parents in the town, to attend tomorrow night’s financial town meeting in order to vote for the 11% increase in taxes so that the district won’t have to tighten its belt anymore. A related Projo article…
There’s something emblematic about states’ attempts to tweak homeland security programs in order to apply federal dollars to tangential matters: More openly than at any time since the Sept. 11 attacks, state and local authorities have begun to complain that the federal financing for domestic security is being too closely tied to combating potential terrorist…
