Marc Comtois
On its face, making sure that the executive power is transferred to the Lt. Governor when the Governor can’t act (like when he’s in Iraq during an 8″ snow “storm”) is, well, a freaking good idea, no? But the problem is that there is a deeper root problem not being addressed by any of the…
New Hampshire voters just did what they do best–go against the Conventional Wisdom (or the establishment, in the case of McCain). All sorts of theories are out there about how the media misread the Democratic race. One interesting theory is that perhaps McCain pulled independents away from Obama because–to the NH independent voter–it looked like…
Iowa rewards populists. That’s how Mike Huckabee and John Edwards and, to a certain extent, Barack Obama did so well last week. According to George Will, Huckabee and Edwards are cut from the same cloth (more on Obama in a bit) and their class-warfare dependent messages are flawed: [Huckabee] and John Edwards, flaunting their histrionic…
Justin was correct, the “first father” in Rhode Island in 2008, Mynor Montufar, was arrested by immigration officials (ICE). ProJo account is here. Two days after local media featured Mynor Montufar and Carmen L. Marrero as the parents of Rhode Island’s first baby of 2008, federal immigration agents arrested Montufar at his apartment. Now Montufar…
Justin wisely warns that we should pay attention to what our legislators are (or aren’t saying) when it comes to Rhode Island’s “looming financial crisis.”TM For his part, Dan Yorke has blogged his prediction for what’s going to happen. For some reason (heh), Dan predicts that the state’s political class will fail to properly address…
The RI Department of Education released the latest RI High School proficiency ratings. Not good: Only half of Rhode Island’s 58 public high schools are making enough progress in English and math, while the other half are failing to make adequate yearly progress — a slight dip from last year’s 54 percent. According to the…
We all know we need to cut the state’s budget deficit. And while Monique has laid out some specific areas for potential budget cuts, our legislature did what it has done so well over the years: looked for the quick fix. Rhode Island’s part-time lawmakers returned to the State House yesterday, opening the New Year…
As I’ve written before about the perils of allowing our kids–especially our daughters–to be to “in the know” about the latest tween pop culture icons. Being a Dad to a couple ‘tween girls certainly heightens one’s awareness of how our culture seems hell-bent on having our girls grow up too fast. Today’s ProJo contains a…
Warwick Mayor Scott Avedesian negotiated a contract with the Warwick Crossing Guard union, but it was rejected by the City Council for still being too expensive. Avedesian then solicited bids for a privatization option, but only received one. Now, he’s proposing laying off the union crossing guards and instituting a no-benefit, per-diem only crossing guard…