Monique Chartier

Why Has the RI AG Waited Until the End of his Tenure to Implement an Electronic Centralized Case Management System?

By Monique Chartier | February 15, 2010 |

As a function of one of my jobs, I review state RFP’s to see if the state needs anything that my employer can supply. It’s an interesting task, in part, because it’s a way to see first hand what various state departments are spending tax dollars on. Most of the time, expenditures seem pretty straight…

“Touching Base” “Outside the Box” and Other Office Irritations

By Monique Chartier | February 14, 2010 |

Actually, the Reuters list via Yahoo News is broken down into Top Ten Annoyances and Top Ten Annoying Phrases. What surprised me about the biggest office annoyance 1. Grumpy or moody colleagues (37 percent) is that it didn’t also include perky or cheerful collegues. In fact, such people don’t appear to have made the list…

Re: Not So Hot? Not So Fast …

By Monique Chartier | February 14, 2010 |

I refuse to scrap the entirety of my brilliant post about the new analysis of problematic temperature data stations just because Justin, the smart apple, beat me to it. The most critical element of the theory of anthropogenic global warming is … well, you know, some actual warming of the globe. Data – more specifically,…

Not One Dime But Many? President Obama Loses His Religion on the $250,000 Line of Demarcation

By Monique Chartier | February 11, 2010 |

Remember this explicit statement that President Obama made almost a year ago? if your family earns less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: not one single dime. Oops. – President Obama says he is now “agnostic” about raising taxes on households making under $250,000 a…

Contrasting Candlelight Vigils

By Monique Chartier | February 11, 2010 |

On Tuesday, a candlelight vigil was held for the five people killed in a fire over the weekend. Also on Tuesday, the Central Falls teachers union held a candlelight vigil because they had received layoff notices. Projo.com actually had a picture and story about each vigil on the front page last night which accented the…

Rhode Island Young Republicans: Welcome to 2010

By Monique Chartier | February 10, 2010 |

Premiered at last night’s RIGOP meeting.

RIGOP: To Close or Not Close the Primary

By Monique Chartier | February 9, 2010 |

And the dimension of timing has been added to the central question, which will be discussed at the RIGOP meeting tonight. Should the party close it now, just in time for the November election? Much of the authority to determine timing rests with the chairman. RIGOP Chair Gio Cicione has indicated that he is certainly…

Complicity by Inaction: Be Sure to Name the General Assembly in that Car Tax Lawsuit

By Monique Chartier | February 8, 2010 |

Today’s ProJo: Here in Rhode Island, Governor Carcieri’s administration said it is withholding the local aid payments until the General Assembly decides what to do with the governor’s midyear budget plan, which calls for third- and fourth-quarter motor-vehicle excise-tax reimbursements — a total of $66.7 million, half of it due last week — to be…

Dave Barry Offers a Frank Assessment of the Host City of today’s “Big Game”

By Monique Chartier | February 7, 2010 |

Courtesy the Miami Herald. … Miami has been hosting Super Bowls for more than 150 years, and in all that time no harm has ever come to a visitor who didn’t do something stupid such as venture outside the hotel. So have fun! Here are some tips to help you make the most of your…

Note to the Sec of State and the Senator from Coventry: Forcibly Keeping Open a Primary Has Been Ruled Unconstitutional

By Monique Chartier | February 6, 2010 |

… by the United States Supreme Court. During the height of the debate several weeks ago as to whether the RIGOP should close its primary, Secretary of State Ralph Mollis declared that if a political party closes its primary, it would be a violation of state law. Further, the Sec of State stated that if…