Monique Chartier
The Telegraph’s Alex Spillius (H/T Drudge) reports that some Democrats are quietly regretting their support for Barack Obama as President. In that vein, well into an OpEd in Saturday’s New York Times that vilifies all of the usual suspects (Bush, Republicans, Wall Street), Professor Drew Westen admits Those of us who were bewitched by his…
In the perfectly justified consternation and alarm Friday following upon Standard and Poor’s downgrading of the United States’ credit rating, let’s not miss the other statement issued on the same day by S&P which hits a little closer to home. [Although the ramification of the first statement may not be remote at all.] From Reuters.…
$2,200/month, to be more specific. As Jon Stewart asks , How do you collect rent from the guy you depend on to save your life? “Hey guys, it’s August 1. Where’s the rent??” “Oh, oh, I’m sorry. I must have left my checkbook in my other bullet-proof vest.” The Daily Show – Landlord Joe BidenGet…
Hal Meyer, Citizen Critic and former Rhode Island resident, has compiled an excellent website, RI Democrats, outlining the all of the damage that seventy years of a Democrat super-majority has inflicted on the state. Below is a selection of the evidence that he presents. My view is that, from now on, every voter should be…
So last week, the Warwick School Committee became a James McLaughlin Award recipient by filing suit against the city to obtain $6.2 million in additional revenue for the school department. (We should take note of a matter that is undoubtedly completely unrelated: the Warwick teachers contract expires at the end of this month.) A potential…
Courtesy Ocean State Follies
The Providence Journal reported this development on the very day (i.e., yesterday) that a Rhode Island municipality was thrown into bankruptcy. With no clear answer from the state on whether communities that cut funding to their school districts last year have to restore some of that money, the Warwick School Committee is suing the city…
Following upon WPRI/Tim White’s excellent expose, Providence had ordered that purportedly disabled weightlifting retired “firefighter” John Sauro be examined by a doctor. On Thursday, the Providence Journal reported the results. Former firefighter John Sauro remains permanently and totally disabled from doing his job in the Fire Department, an orthopedic surgeon has concluded after a special…
… both in today’s Providence Journal; both courtesy a misguided General Assembly. One hike for the poor. The Henry Shelton Act, signed into law earlier this month by Governor Chafee, creates a new state fund to help low-income families pay for their heating and electric bills, authorizing the state to develop a new surcharge for…
Further to Justin’s post, we learned yesterday that A dozen companies – half of them out-of-state businesses looking to relocate to the Ocean State – are lining up to take advantage of the same controversial loan-guarantee program that drew Curt Schilling’s video game company, 38 Studios LLC, to Providence. Loan guarantees by the state are…