Monique Chartier
From Federalist 33, Andrew pulled this quote: If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers … It should be emphasized here that the federal government is not justified in doing so even with some noble intent: to revive an economy, to save the…
[Nothing in this post should be interpreted as support for the various proposed bans on the use of cell phones, hand held or other, while driving. Frankly, some of us would like to amend the Constitution, or at least see a Supreme Court ruling, forever guaranteeing the use of cell phones while carrying on the…
This flyer, in PDF form, urged the removal from the FY2009 budget of those articles which would have bestowed much needed management tools (i.e., lifted costly mandates) on cities and towns. Sent to several state legislators, it apparently did the trick as the matter has been pushed off to FY 2010. There is a major…
Under Justin’s post “Because They’re Better than You” about the Chief Justice’s nifty office renovation, commenter EMT points out that … part of the cost was due to the historic status of the building. Respectfully, regretfully, is it possible that we can’t afford to keep or maintain historic buildings? The renovation of Justice Williams’ office…
In his editorial today, Valley Breeze publisher Tom Ward writes You’ve got to love that Mayor Charlie Lombardi, unless you hate him, of course. This week he’s telling hometown state legislators that if they approve the state supplemental budget, the one with huge cuts in state aid to North Providence and other communities, he’ll be…
… which started early afternoon and ended around 10:00 pm. I attended the last two hours. A substantive description, courtesy the ProJo, of the budget as it will go to the Senate is available here. > One of my favorite moments during the debate last came when Gordon Fox snapped at Bob Watson, “Sit down…
Thanks to WPRO’s Matt Allen for the heads-up about the “Pay for Performance Act of 2009” bill that got voted out of Elmer Fudd’s … er, Barney Frank’s committee last week. Byron York at the Washington Examiner reports. But now, in a little-noticed move, the House Financial Services Committee, led by chairman Barney Frank, has…
Chairman Lally and the House Judiciary Committee have voted to hold Bill H 5097 “AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS – VOTER IDENTIFICATION” over “for further study”. The vote to do so was thirteen to one; the one “nay” was Rep Rod Driver. What aspect of this concept might still need to be studied? Let’s see,…
… as promised. House Republicans have suggested that representatives who vote in favor of the General Assembly’s pending supplemental budget send the following letter to the city or town which they represent. (A press release is public, right? Okay, then.) April 1, 2009 Dear Town Council President /Mayor; I wanted to drop you a quick…
… in a Press Release of today. House Minority Leader Robert A. Watson (R-Dist.30 East Greenwich, West Greenwich) and the members of the House Minority Caucus today said that tax increases and the failure to provide our cities and towns management rights advocated by Governor Carcieri are unacceptable. “House Republicans have drawn a line in…