Marc Comtois
Despite this year’s budget deficit, the State Legislature commendably held the line on tax policy and forsake any marked increases. However, rather than look for deeper cuts in spending, they have decided to push off–or trickle down, if you will–the expense to the cities and towns that had, unfortunately, become accustomed to a regular increase…
The trend is clear. Fred Thompson has all of the momentum in the GOP race. There’s change at the top in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson earning support from 28% of Likely Republican Primary Voters. Former New York City Mayor…
A little slow around here this morning. Here’s a conversation starter: It is a paradox of the 2008 presidential race. By a wide margin, several polls show, voters want a Democrat to win — yet when offered head-to-head contests of leading announced candidates, many switch allegiance to the Republican. In a Los Angeles Times-Bloomberg poll…
In my previous post, I focused on the possible/probable drawbacks of Rep. Lima’s midnight budget amendment that implemented an extensive review and appeal process before any privatization of State government services. Commenters to the post have looked at it from a different angle and may have been able to chicken soup out of chicken… Commenter…
The ProJo covers most of the angles regarding last night’s budget debate, but I couldn’t find anything about the “amendment” (Article 42-RELATING TO PRIVATIZATION OF STATE SERVICES) that Rep. Charlene Lima proposed at midnight. In actuality, it was a full-fledged bill that Rep. Lima explained she had been trying to bring to the floor for…
OK, Jonah Goldberg at The Corner linked to this performance by a “bloke” named Paul Potts on the UK’s “Britain’s Got Talent” reality TV show. Usually I don’t get into that stuff (which is why I’m probably a little late to this story), but I followed the link. Before reading on, I’d recommend you do…
After all the wailing and gnashing of teeth over the budget….and the tone deaf Legislature still approved the freakin’ courthouse in Lincoln (as reported by Dan Yorke). I guess I understand, I mean, what kind of dent could a measly $71 million put in a $300 million deficit, right? Um…..
As Andrew posted, the Immigration Bill will be coming back. Charles Krauthammer can’t understand why the damn thing has to be so complicated (via NLT): The reason comprehensive immigration reform remains in jeopardy, despite yesterday’s partial resuscitation, is that it is a complex compromise with too many moving parts and too many competing interests….There is…
RI GOP Chair Gio Cicione went on the Dan Yorke Show to defend himself and the RI GOP regarding the now infamous “1,000 Worker layoff” sign. Yorke’s position is that the sign provided the unions with an excuse–or added weight to their rhetoric–that the Governor was unfeeling and “gleeful” over impending State Worker layoffs. Yorke’s…
Rasmussen: Sixty-nine percent (69%) of voters would favor an approach that focuses “exclusively on securing the border and reducing illegal immigration.” Support for the enforcement only approach comes from 84% of Republicans, 55% of Democrats, and 69% of those not affiliated with either major party. Overall, just 21% are opposed to the enforcement-only approach. Victor…