Monique Chartier
About his then residence that had undergone extensive renovations, Dave Barry once observed, When prospective buyers ask: ”What kind of construction is this house?” I answer: “Spackle.” Similarly, health care reform now seems to be comprised largely of waivers. 204 more companies were granted waivers in the last ten days, 20% of them going to…
Heads up, beach lovers – parking passes for Rhode Island beaches are slated to go up in early June in accordance with the Governor’s instruction. Courtesy Oceanstate Follies.
The horror. Congressman David Cicilline would lose to his Republican opponent by more than 10 points if an election were held today, according to an exclusive WPRI 12 poll that finds many voters are unhappy with the first-term Democrat. The new survey of 300 registered voters in Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District shows Cicilline’s 2010…
Kicking it all off, of course, was WPRI Tim White’s rumbling of the “disabled” weight lifter. That was followed by Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven M. Pare announcing a week ago that all Providence firefighter disability pensions were being reviewed. (Firefighter Local 799 says, Go get ’em, boss.) Now it turns out that General Treasurer…
Nothing to worry about, though, it’s a loan and not a confiscation. You have no problem lending your retirement to someone who is over fourteen trillion dollars in debt, right …? The Obama administration will begin to tap federal retiree programs to help fund operations after the government loses its ability Monday to borrow more…
On Wednesday, the Retirement Board ordered that Rhode Island taxpayers boost their annual pension contribution by $266 million in a desperate effort to make up for the decades of underfunding of state and local pensions that were far too generous to begin with. By the way, the unfunded liability of public employees’ post-retirement benefits is…
Turn to 10’s Bill Rappleye reported shortly after 6:00 this evening that General Treasurer Gina Raimondo will not submit a pension reform plan for consideration in the next six weeks; i.e., by the end of this General Assembly session. This contradicts a statement by Speaker Fox, by the way, who, give him credit for demonstrating…
Sure, it’s a small matter in the great scheme of things. But it’s been a particularly galling one. The General Assembly may finally have harkened to the outraged voices of business owners about the insanity that comprises our boiler inspection law. Yes, it’s only one of many regulations that cause an unnecessary drag on Rhode…
… has been set aside. But Anthony Watts over at Watts Up With That ominously predicts that this is just a postponement by the Obama administration and not a cancellation. Today at 10:15AM EST, the story was updated, and now the White House says this: “This is not an administration proposal,” White House spokeswoman Jennifer…
The latest development in the proposed Deepwater Wind farm confirms yet again that wind power is a complete non-starter. Deepwater Wind has offered to sell power to Long Island from a 200-turbine offshore wind farm proposed in Rhode Island Sound at a price far cheaper than what the company would charge Rhode Islanders for electricity…