Monique Chartier
Whatever happens in New York’s District 23 election tomorrow, Dede Scozzafava’s endorsement of her Democrat (former) rival will only confirm the reservations The Republican nominee, State Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, on Sunday endorsed the Democrat in the race, Bill Owens, after coaxing from the White House. of her critics about her Republican/conservative credentials, especially as she…
We are now broaching a topic about which I know almost nothing. But certain aspects of this situation sound familiar. The bond rating agency Moody’s Investors Service announced on Monday it has lowered its outlook for Connecticut’s general obligation bonds from stable to negative. At the same time, the agency said it held its rating…
… that would be right around the time President Obama announced that his administration would abandon plans for an American missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic. In August, 2008, Poland had reached an agreement with the Bush administration to host components of a missile defense shield, an arrangement that had “deeply angered”…
Just back from spending Halloween evening at the best decorated yard and front walk in South County. (Scary branches with lanterns, floating heads, cob webs, lighted jack-o-lanterns, chattering skeletons, organ music, spooky fog, “real” zombies grabbing at ankles as the young guests select candy.) The hostess shook her head throughout the evening at the dearth…
Catching up on yesterday’s ProJo this morning, I came across this jawdropper development to the terrible story of two men hit and one man impaled in a windshield. [Albert] Garcia was approaching the Branch Avenue exit, on his way to pick up his brother at a Providence club Saturday night when he saw a two-car…
As we recently learned, the broadcast of General Assembly committee hearings is not automatic but, remarkably, left up to the discretion of the committee chair. Further, if the committee chair makes the correct decision to flip on the camera, viewership is then limited to cable television customers, leaving out in the cold those of us…
Andrew brings to our attention Senator Frank Ciccone’s pile driver consolidation bill, enumerating the ways that this is a bad idea and adding some shrewd speculation about the (possibly calculated) existential threat that the bill poses to the Mayor’s office of North Providence, a position currently occupied, it would seem, by a trouble-maker obsessed with…
Several years ago, in the course of antique/curio shopping, I picked up a coin counter. (Note that despite its slightly old fashioned look and manual operation, the attendant zero carbon emissions makes it environmentally au courant.) Last night, I pulled it out, along with a couple of containers of coins, and began absent-mindly dividing, loading…
Following upon a very well attended hearing yesterday, Opponents clogged the State House committee room, spilling into the marble hallway and lining the walls. Some held signs of protest above their heads for hours. It was an unusual display for a workday hearing on a legislative proposal entitled simply, “School Teacher Arbitration.” the Providence Journal’s…
H5142, which would expand the scope of the binding arbitration process to include monetary issues for teachers and non-teacher educational employees. It would also streamline the actual binding arbitration process itself. is scheduled to be heard by the House Labor Committee at 2:00 pm this Wednesday in Room 313 at the State House. Let’s remember,…