Monique Chartier

Obama/Romney Debate: Moderator Lends a Hand (Twice)

By Monique Chartier | October 4, 2012 |

Due to technical issues, I heard only scattered snippets of the debate last night (so I did not realize how it went until learning this morning that they were all but rushing counselors and a case of Zoloft to stricken MSNBC commentators). At one point, however, the livestream kicked in just at the moment that…

“Burying” the Middle Class With Tax Cuts Hikes??? A Joe Biden Two-Fer

By Monique Chartier | October 2, 2012 |

Even if six things are going on at work, as they were today, I can usually grab what is being said on the radio, even if only on a tertiary level of attention. But this shorted my brain out with an audible sizzle when I heard it during a news break of the John Gibson…

GarbagemanGate Prematurely Terminated By Pesky Facts

By Monique Chartier | October 2, 2012 |

“Pathetic” and “weak” would be good adjectives for this anti-Romney ad put out by AFSME. The ad opens this way: “My name is Richard Hayes, and I pick up Mitt Romney’s trash. We’re kind of like the invisible people. He doesn’t realize that the service we provide – if it wasn’t for us, it would…

[Cough, Cough] Elizabeth Warren Also Represented an Eeeevil Corporation Against Coal Miners

By Monique Chartier | September 25, 2012 |

Mass senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren purports to represent the little guy. Just ask her website. Washington is rigged to work for those who can hire an army of lobbyists and an army of lawyers to get special deals. It isn’t working for small businesses and middle class families. That has to change. It’s turning out,…

But What About the Category Five Hurricane That Is Providence’s Tax Burden?

By Monique Chartier | September 23, 2012 |

When Mayor Angel Taveras took office, he discovered, very much contrary to the assertions of outgoing Mayor David Cicilline, that Providence’s finances were a “category five hurricane“. Yesterday, in a Providence Journal article, Providence Finance Director Michael L. Pearis pulled down the hurricane flags. “We turned a pretty significant thing around,” said Pearis, who was…

TCC Announces 2012 Candidate Endorsements

By Monique Chartier | September 22, 2012 |

The following arrived via e-mail earlier this afternoon. Yes, one of TCC’s endorsed candidates for school committee is THE Justin Katz, Anchor Rising contributor extraordinaire and Managing Editor of the Ocean State Current. Check out Tiverton Citizens for Change’s website here. Tiverton Citizens for Change are pleased to announce our candidate endorsements for the 2012…

Charlie Hall Suggests a Third Alternative for the CD-1 Primary

By Monique Chartier | September 21, 2012 |

Apologies that this is a little late … Courtesy Ocean State Follies and Rhode Island 101

Did They Just Set Up a Skating Rink in Hades? PolitiFact Changes a Ruling

By Monique Chartier | September 18, 2012 |

As I just remarked via e-mail to GoLocalProv’s Dan McGowan, I had almost wrapped up a stinging post this evening about PolitiFact’s latest rating of a statement by Brendan Doherty. The post would have been entitled Doherty Was Right; PolitiFact Is Wrong – Cicilline “Volunteer” Ramirez Not The Source of the Funds That Repaid His…

Delaying the Independent Auditor: A Misinterpreted Deadline and No Signed Confession Facilitate This Cicilline-Friendly Rating

By Monique Chartier | September 15, 2012 |

Ah, the good times are so fleeting. PolitiFact has rated one of the items on the Doherty campaign’s Top 10 List of David Ciciline’s Most Serious Deceptions. (Love the concept, by the way. Bad elected officials need to be called out and their official misdeeds highlighted.) We decided to look at number four, which focused…

How the Results of The CD-1 Primary Will Be A Win Either Way

By Monique Chartier | September 11, 2012 |

Here’s the way I see it. If Anthony Gemma wins (and I think that’s a bigger possibility than some people think), firstly, the state will be rid of a mendacious, duplicitous elected official (i.e., David Cicilline) who selfishly put his own political career far ahead of honesty and the best interest of the people he…