Monique Chartier
Justin, along with many of us avid watchers of the State House, was a little startled to learn that former Speaker Pro Tem Charlene Lima (D, Cranston) had not only dropped by the Tea Party Thursday but had offered expressions of camaraderie. Converted politicians are certainly welcome to the good government cause. It is difficult,…
Over at Rescuing Providence, as is his wont, EMT blogger Michael Morse reports on an interesting rescue call. Called to the local high school for a female having difficulty breathing. Arrive on scene to find the female lying in the nurses office, on the couch hyperventilating. I learned that she is a Geometry teacher who…
The angle of the two photographs is not identical … 2009 [Courtesy Justin Katz] 2010
Robert Pear reports in the New York Times, of all places. The law promises that people can keep coverage they like, largely unchanged. For members of Congress and their aides, the federal employees health program offers much to like. But, the [Congressional Research Service] report says, the men and women who wrote the law may…
Further to Justin’s point about the misplaced priorities of the state, the ranking of our bridges – worst in the country – a couple of years ago confirms that the underfunding of road and bridge projects is a recurring theme at the General Assembly and not a brand new development in this supplemental budget. As…
… but not the usual fallacy that inevitably leads to comical yard signs like “Save our Schools” when contracts are up for re-negotiation. Yesterday, during the last hour of the WPRO Morning News with John Depetro, Cranston School Committee member Frank Lombardi called in to defend the actions of himself and certain other committee members…
A Canadian blogger named Scaramouche supplies the perfect answer to the baseless charge that Tea Partiers are racist (the latest to do so, regretfully, being the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts). We chit-chatted for a bit about Jews, American and Canadian, and their tendency to vote liberal (and Liberal) no matter what, until we…
The following was sent this afternoon to members of the National Education Association of Rhode Island. I am not sure what was reported in the paper this morning since reporters were posting stories as they were briefed, but some of those turned out to be premature. The House Finance Committee did vote out the supplemental…
Under Justin’s post “Do You Know This Guy?”, BobN points out Why would anyone have a problem with the [Ayn] Rand signs? They are neither in poor taste nor dishonest. The condition of Rhode Island’s finances, economy, and urban society does resemble the one described in Atlas Shrugged in a number of disturbing ways. Indeed.…
This will be an interesting conundrum. [From a press release.] State Representatives John Loughlin (R-Tiverton, Little Compton, Portsmouth) and Jon Brien (D-Woonsocket) today announced that they will be introducing legislation to provide tax relief to Rhode Islanders affected by the devastating March floods. The proposed tax credit would provide a one-time, per family $2,000 state…