Monique Chartier

In-State Tuition For Illegal Aliens: When Did the Board of Regents Acquire the Constitutional Ability To Appropriate?

By Monique Chartier | September 19, 2011 |

Patrick highlights the recommendation by a Board of Regents panel that the state offer to illegal aliens the ability to attend state colleges at the much lower tuition rate paid by in-state residents. The ProJo 7 to 7 News Blog reports that the Board of Regents Board of Governors for Higher Education is expected to…

Watch “Attack Waaaatch” Commercial

By Monique Chartier | September 15, 2011 |

Heh. As the 2012 presidential campaign heats up, President Obama’s campaign team has set up a new Web site, AttackWatch.com, to challenge negative statements about the president made by Republican presidential candidates and conservatives. Obama for America national field director Jeremy Bird told ABC News that the site’s goal is to offer “resources to fight…

(Non)Funding of the American Jobs Act: “Paid For” Doesn’t Mean Someone Else Will Find the Cuts!

By Monique Chartier | September 10, 2011 |

Usually, when Democrats on the national level propose something that is misguided, irresponsible, stupid or – worst of all – presuming of stupidity on the listener’s part, it goes in one ear and out the other. As this item from the President’s speech Thursday night is all of the above in truckloads, however, there simply…

Proactively Defending Himself: The Congressman from the First District Responds

By Monique Chartier | September 4, 2011 |

Further to Patrick’s post and in response to my question, You voted “No” on the following amendment. An amendment numbered 38 printed in House Report 112-88 to require that the rules of engagement allow any military service personnel assigned to duty in a designated hostile fire area to have rules of engagement that fully protects…

Et Tu, MoDo?

By Monique Chartier | September 4, 2011 |

That’s what the Obama campaign must be quietly saying after reading the column of the not-exactly-right-leaning Maureen Dowd in the not-exactly-Republican-sympathizing New York Times. (“Languid”? “Flailing”? Yikes!) … If the languid Obama had not done his usual irritating fourth-quarter play, if he had presented a jobs plan a year ago and fought for it, he…

The Deleterious Distinctions of a Disability Pension (And Their Dubious Designers)

By Monique Chartier | September 4, 2011 |

Under Patrick’s post, Max Diesel asks Does anyone know how much this clown’s pension was bumped with and without the disability after coming back as chief? The answer is that, in Rhode Island, a regular pension is taxable. A disability pension is not taxable. And this continues for the life of the retiree. But why…

A “Proactive” Question for Congressman Cicilline

By Monique Chartier | September 1, 2011 |

Congressman Cicilline: I turn to this forum to communicate with you because your Congressional website bars you from receiving e-mail from anyone outside of your district. You voted “No” on the following amendment. An amendment numbered 38 printed in House Report 112-88 to require that the rules of engagement allow any military service personnel assigned…

Dawn of the Dead? Susan Menard Pulls Papers

By Monique Chartier | August 31, 2011 |

On the last day to do so, Former Mayor Susan Menard has filed declaration papers for the office of mayor. (Woonsocket has off year elections.) It should be noted that pulling papers is only a first step to running for office. The Valley Breeze correctly points out that Critics of Menard may wonder, however, if…

Woonsocket School Dept’s Balanced Budget: Savoring the Good Times – However Fleeting in the Absence of Pension Reform

By Monique Chartier | August 30, 2011 |

[Note: In the article excerpted below, the Woonsocket Call, bless them, is using the term “pension reform” erroneously. What they are referencing is the “proposed increase of employer pension contribution”.] [Note II: In the note above, the word “employer” is used as it has widely has in the indicated phrase. While technically correct, it is,…

Oh, The Horror – Iowahawk “Reports” That Gibson Guitars Have Landed In the Hands of Mexican Drug Lords

By Monique Chartier | August 28, 2011 |

As you may have heard, US Fish and Wildlife have been cracking down on those fiends at Gibson Guitar. (H/T Glenn Beck.) Federal Agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service raided factories and offices of Gibson Guitar in Memphis and Nashville on Wednesday, seizing wood pallets, electronic files and guitars. Federal authorities are apparently…