Monique Chartier
Further to Andrew’s post, a couple of questions pose themselves for virtual gubernatorial candidate Bob Walsh and his progressive, pro-public education, pro-labor, pro-job creation and economic development, pro-choice, pro-environment, pro-marriage equality, and supportive of a fair tax policy for our state perspective. 1.) Does he agree with the NEA’s Resolution D-20, passed in 2007, which…
At 8:20 this morning on WNRI‘s Up Front program, Mayor Susan Menard announced that she would not seek re-election. She gave no reason; she simply made the statement “out of the clear blue sky” and “with finality”, as WNRI co-owner Richard Bouchard, filling in for Dave Kane, later described her announcement. ADDENDUM Commenter Patrick suggests…
From Friday’s Kent County Times: On Feb. 19, [State Senator Michael] Pinga requested the tax records of the West Warwick Country Club, which Jim Williamson is co-owner of. Pinga said he did so because “someone,” who he said he would not identify, “notified me that he [Jim Williamson] received a tax abatement and I want…
On August 31, the contract between the Westerly Teachers’ Association and the Town of Westerly expires. The Westerly School Committee has already lined up a professional negotiator to assist them with the new contract. From yesterday’s Westerly Sun: After seeking requests for proposals for an outside negotiator, the School Committee received responses from five applicants…
Or it could be a billion dollars. Either the Majority Leader or the Valley Breeze was unclear. Whatever the case, Senate Majority Leader Daniel Connors imparted this news in a meeting Monday (last) with Cumberland officials. From Thursday’s Valley Breeze: Income taxes keep falling thanks to unrelenting, record layoffs. All the while sales and restaurant…
… and the margin by which it surpassed other issues surprised me. From ABC’s The Note: CPAC’s straw poll got underway on Thursday at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., and was conducted through Friday afternoon. As conference attendees would walk into the hotel’s main ballroom, they were invited to fill out a questionnaire.…
Speaker Murphy places muzzles on the other seventy four House members. Not very subtle. But neither are the half dozen proposed House rules designed to squelch debate, only one of which, Bob Watson pointed out on Friday’s Dan Yorke Show, has been withdrawn. [Marc has more here.]
As Marc said, quite the name and concept for Senator Whitehouse’s proposed commission. Can a “Truth Czar” be far behind? Look, it is certainly possible that stuff went on beyond the borderline silliness intitially reported to have occurred at Abu Graib. And without a doubt, the idea of rendering prisoners to another country for torture…
From Bloomberg via Drudge: Treasuries fell for a third day as the government sold $22 billion of seven-year notes in the last of three auctions this week as it issues an unprecedented amount of debt to spur the U.S. economy. Secretary of State Clinton’s plea that the Chinese government continue to purchase US paper now…
Governor Carcieri has asked for another extension to submit the state budget. Spokeswoman Amy Kempe said earlier today: “The budget submission will be delayed to allow the governor to meet with House and Senate leaders to discuss the impact of the federal stimulus law. This is not a process that should be rushed. It turns…