Monique Chartier
In predictable fashion, PolitiFarce has jumped into the matter of David Cicilline’s self-serving, gross misstatements about Providence’s financial condition by examining the former mayor’s statement about a minor, tangential matter. (With this approach to current events coverage, if a dragon were laying waste to a town, the news team would rush in and provide extensive…
Clicking on this RI Judiciary link (“Adult Criminal Information Database”), choosing “Search by Defendant Name/Business Name”, clicking “Accept” at the bottom and then entering “Leidecker” in the “LAST NAME” field brings up two files/cases, both pertaining to John Leidecker. (Mr. Leidecker was arrested in late November and charged with a misdemeanor for allegedly impersonating former…
With difficulty, I’m going to disregard the spectacle of the governor attempting to sell his proposed $176 million sales tax hike as a remake of Rhode Island into a “tax haven” and just focus on one critical data point. Governor Chafee has balanced his proposed budget with, on the one hand, suggested “cuts” that seem…
… like we did last night when we “sprang forward” at 2 am. The most interesting item in this John J. Miller column of six years ago is that re-setting clocks one hour ahead every year is not beneficial even to the party commonly cited as its impetus: farmers. … but when the first DST…
So, yesterday, in addition to highlighting a much needed new website, PolitiFact Bias, and announcing A.R.’s excellent new subject category, Justin revealed that, at the ProJo, a sort of Truth Board is in charge of determining PolitiFact “Truth”-O-Meter ratings participates in the selection of statements for the “Truth”-O-Meter as well as the determination of its…
One of the biggest flaws of the federal government’s healthcare take-over reform law is its usurpation of the authority and power of the states via a serious overreach of the Commerce Clause. Possibly in anticipation of a Supreme overturning of the law on this particular basis, the Obama administration has now issued guidelines for states…
GoLocalProv reports exclusively. The American Federation of Teachers is poised to unroll a $1 million to $2 million ad campaign to fight Providence Mayor Angel Taveras over the mass terminations of city teachers, sources tell GoLocalProv. The substantial media buy could escalate a standoff that has already seized the national spotlight, making Rhode Island one…
ABC6 reported the following “Breaking News” item shortly after noon today. Assuming this to be true, what do we know about Marshal O’Donnell? United States Marshal Steven O’Donnell will be named the next head of the Rhode Island State Police. ABC6 Chief Political Analyst Buddy Cianci says the announcement will occur this week. O’Donnell, formerly…
In an excellent post at Legal Insurrection entitled “What Did Former Providence Mayor David Cicilline (D-RI) Know, And When Did He Know It?”, William Jacobson points out, among other interesting items, that David Cicilline was endorsed by the Providence Journal. One’s initial reaction is, sure, they endorsed him; he was the Dem candidate. And this…
Yes, for six months, David Cicilline, you willfully withheld from the City’s Internal Auditor financial documents. Yes, James Lombardi – an auditor for the City of Providence, not some meddling outsider – had to file a public information request under the state’s open records law (!) in order to obtain from your administration the documents…