Monique Chartier
It’s one thing for Reverend Al Sharpton to use the racial gaffes of others principally as a means of attracting a spotlight or a microphone to himself. It’s an annoyance but the ultimate impact is on the credibility of Reverend Sharpton. It’s another thing for him to do so when the gaffe involves the word…
After pleading no contest to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter and serving one third of his four year sentence, co-owner of the Station Night Club Michael Derderian, has applied for parole. One of the one hundred people killed in the fire was Nicholas O’Neill. Below is the statement of his parents, Joanne O’Neill and Dave…
But some hows and whys are needed to understand the surprise result of the Democrat primary. Per the Drudge Report, with 73% and 76% of precincts reporting: McCain 36.78% Romney 31.74% Huckabee 11.15% Giuliani 8.52% Paul 7.74% Thompson 1.19% Clinton 39% Obama 36% Edwards 17% Richardson 5% Kucinich 1%
Rejoice, flying saucer buffs. Following the example of France this past March, the British Ministry of Defense is releasing its U.F.O. files. The public opening of the MoD archive will expose the once highly classified work of the intelligence branch DI55, whose mission was to investigate UFO reports and whose existence was denied by the…
In expressing reluctance to cut social programs, some Democrat leaders in the General Assembly have placed such programs in the context of compassion. In point of fact, Rhode Island spending on all social services in Fiscal Year 2005 was in the top third nationally [we are ranked fifteenth]. Our spending in the category of “Medicaid/Vendor…
To close the half billion dollar operating deficit and back Rhode Island down from its ranking as the seventh highest taxed state, the focus must be on state spending which is funded by General Revenues – state income tax, lottery proceeds, business tax, gas tax, sales tax. Out of the 2007 state budget of $7,000,000,000,…
In view of the RFP (Request for Proposals) that has been on the Rhode Island General Assembly’s website for several months, it appears that a broad based sales tax is not off the table when our solons begin to tackle the half billion dollar annual operating deficit of the seventh highest taxed state in the…
In her OpEd in yesterday’s Providence Journal which Justin brings to our attention, Ms.Yeh Ling-Ling states: But at least the Chinese leaders realize population growth’s contribution to global warming. They defended their one-child policy by arguing that it has helped the fight against global warming by avoiding 300 million births There are some valid points…
While Rhode Island has been distracted by gridlock snow storms, triple dipping public employees and Presidential primaries, Senate President Joseph Montalbano has been sneaking around giving an interview to the Editorial Boards of the Pawtucket Times and the Woonsocket Call. As reported by the Pawtucket Times’ estimable Jim Baron on Tuesday, the state budget was…
Citing a lack of confidence in the Director’s ability to carry out his official duties in a future emergency, Mayor David Cicilline has announced that Leo Messier has been fired as Providence’s Emergency Management Agency director. Mr. Messier is perhaps best known for being a little too sanguine during last week’s storm about how some…
