Monique Chartier
In the event their financial troubles lead to foreclosure, General Treasurer Frank Caprio has proposed, though not as a first option, the state purchase of Twin Rivers. The Treasurer further proposes to do so without voter approval. (By the way, where have we heard about a chunk of the taxpayers’ change being spent against taxpayer…
The Rhode Island Board of Elections advised today that a second recount of the Pinga/Alves primary election will take place tomorrow at 1:00 pm. All ballots, including mail-in and provisional, will be counted. In another contested primary, the Lynch/Bennett race will be recounted at 9:00 am. This ProJo article states that the RI Supreme Court…
A ton of pork, referred to as “sweeteners” – i.e., sweetening the deal so as to obtain the commitment of an individual senator to the bill – made it into the bailout bill passed by the Senate last night. If this is indeed the major financial crisis represented by some of our elected officials, why…
At around 10:10 this morning, I spoke with Mr. Robert Kando, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Board of Elections. He advised the following: > No recount of the Pinga/Alves election is scheduled or contemplated at this point. > The BOE met in conference with a Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice and certain other parties.…
From WorldNetDaily September 25: At least 165 economists have signed a letter to Congress members warning of three pitfalls in the Bush administration’s $700 billion proposal to deal with the Wall Street crisis. Their objections are not partisan but seem to apply to any large-scale government bail-out/buy-in. [Emphasis added.] The economists contend the plan is…
In “The Unspoken Roadblock”, Justin points out that, while ignoring the six letter complication in our education system, among other education reform measures, RIPEC has called for the state to implement a predictable formula for state financing of local schools RIPEC is not the first to use this phrase. The question that pops into my…
Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) appeared on the John DePetro Show this morning [no podcast yet available] [edit: podcast available here courtesy WPRO] to discuss the status of the bailout. At one point, he pointed to Congressional Republicans as the reason that bailout legislation has so far failed. Question for all Democrats in Congress. You control…
Ian Donnis at Not for Nothing brings this to our attention. From the Providence Newspaper Guild website: Journal to Lay Off 30 From News Staff; No One Cut From Advertising The Journal will be cutting its entire News Department part-time staff plus five full-time positions. No advertising jobs will be cut. With one exception, the…
From Drudge: MCCAIN SUSPENDS CAMPAIGN TO FOCUS ON ECONOMY; WANTS DEBATE DELAY Wed Sept 24 2008 14:58:02 ET McCain: America this week faces an historic crisis in our financial system. We must pass legislation to address this crisis. If we do not, credit will dry up, with devastating consequences for our economy. People will no…
In the last hour of his show today, WPRO’s Matt Allen discussed the shopping list [sorry, no link] of additional spending which Congressman Patrick Kennedy announced today that he wishes to attach to the seven hundred billion dollar bailout, a sentiment presumably shared by many other congresspersons. Is the congressman’s shopping list dwarfed by the…