Marc Comtois
Both Senator Reed and Senator Chafee voted against the Flag Burning Amendment (story), which failed by one vote. Senator Chafee, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Robert Bennett of Utah were the only Republicans who voted against the Amendment. UPDATE: Andrew emailed me to say it was worth noting that Langevin voted for the House…
Confirming reports from the ProJo 7to7 Blog and NBC10 ‘s Bill Rappleye, Major General Reginald Centracchio, former Adjutant General of the RI National Guard, confirmed that he was entering the GOP primary for Lt. Gov. on the air with Dan Yorke this afternoon. Centracchio had previously said he wasn’t going to run. He also told…
One of the central lines of Dennis Michaud’s criticism of Governor Carcieri is that he has a poor relationship with the General Assembly (Remember: “He’s a fighter, I’m a lover.”). Any follower of contemporary Rhode Island politics would probably agree, but that doesn’t mean that tough-minded negotiating on both sides can’t yield positive results. In…
With a vote of 36-0, the State Senate passed a bill that would slow down and then limit the amount that a community could raise property taxes in any given year. The bill would lower the maximum annual increase to a community’s tax levy from the current 5.5 percent to 4 percent gradually, starting in…
I’m sure everyone will let me know if I missed this already, but included in his new website “Solutions America“, Rudy Giuliani has a section for those Republicans he has endorsed. For Rhode Island, he has endorsed Lincoln Chafee, which really isn’t a big surprise. But perhaps the bigger point is the whole concept of…
According to this morning’s ProJo: More than 14,500 Rhode Island Democrats have switched their voter affiliations within the past six months to participate in the Sept. 12 Republican primary, a figure that experts say will probably help incumbent Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee in his campaign against Cranston Mayor Stephen P. Laffey. State elections records compiled…
Lowering the acceptable rate of annual property tax increases is a good idea. (I wonder why our Democrat dominated general assembly is tackling this now…Oh yeah, it’s an election year). Senator Teresa Paiva Weed (D-Newport) is leading the charge in the effort. Currently, communities are prohibited from raising their tax levy by more than 5.5…
Justin already referred to the position paper sent out by the Dennis Michaud campaign. The linchpin to many of Michaud’s positions seems to be not so much what he’d do differently than Governor Carcieri, but that it is his belief that he will be better able to bring people together. He really puts a premium…
Arnold Kling has a few questions regarding whether or not “you” are conservative. Here they are: 1. Do you believe that bringing children into the world is a very serious responsibility for the parents? 2. Do you believe that the flaws and imperfections of human beings are reflected in government? 3. Do you believe that…
Mayor Laffey is running a new radio ad that states that, in the aftermath of 9/11, Sen. Chafee did not support attacking the Taliban in Afghanistan. Sen. Chafee disputes that claim and can point to his September 14, 2001 affirmative vote for authorizing Military force against those who attacked the U.S. on 9/11. The Chafee…