Monique Chartier
Barack Obama, September, 2007: I think that both General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker are capable people who have been given an impossible assignment,” Sen. Barack Obama said yesterday in a telephone interview. “George Bush has given a mission to General Petraeus, and he has done his best to try to figure out how to put…
The Rhode Island chapter of the 2007 State Teacher Policy Yearbook, issued by the National Council on Teacher Quality, pinpoints one of the major culprits responsible for the unacceptable state of Rhode Island’s education system: Rhode Island’s state government. [In my view, the two other culprits are School Committees and City/Town Councils.] And with apologies…
A couple of loud fiscal alarm bells sounded in Woonsocket over the last ten days as we were all glued to convention coverage and moose-burgers. A week ago Friday, Fitch Ratings downgraded Woonsocket’s General Obligation Bonds. Courtesy iStockAnalyst: In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings has downgraded the rating on Woonsocket, RI’s approximately $119…
Excellent, accurate title, Donald. The one bit of good news to emerge from the anti-Palin furor is that women appear to have well and truly “arrived” – our gender is less important than our political orientation. Here are some helpful guidelines for commentators who wish to criticize Governor Palin without appearing hypocritical or biased. –…
Dateline: the small town which generates a disproportionately large share of the political mischief and bad governmentalism in this state. The trouble began when someone swiped a “Vote for Anybody But Alves” sign from Alan Palazzo’s lawn on Robin Lane. About a week later, somebody egged his wife’s BMW, as well as another political sign…
Under Reverend Pastor Keith Mlyniec’s “Engaged Citizen” post, commenter Rhody observes: I love how the right has gotten so depenent on the clergy (not just Catholic, either) as an ideological enforcement agency. It should be noted, firstly, that the desire for enforcement of US immigration laws is not an exclusive commodity of the “right”, unless…
Just in time for the convention, but only after all the Democrat state primaries are over and with some adjustments in Obama’s favor Following upon the revelation that Senator Hillary Clinton never made Senator Barack Obama’s vice-presidential short list, isn’t this a little offensive to Senator Clinton and her supporters, not to mention generally undemocratic?…
With the exemption of approximately one hundred state employees in the judiciary, Superior Court Judge Patricia Hurst yesterday denied Council 94’s request for a restraining order to halt Governor Carcieri’s Executive Order pertaining to health premium co-shares. An appeal of the Executive Order on the basis of an unfair labor practice is pending in front…
[Credit: The vote breakdown below was supplied by an unidentified but helpful woman in the Providence City Clerk’s office who also, upon being asked, provided an estimate of seven to ten days for promulgation of minutes of both meetings – minutes which apparently are eagerly awaited by certain parties unspecified.] Under Marc’s post “Partial Credit…
… to stay in “close touch” with the people of Rhode Island and so I can hear directly from you about the issues that matter most to you and your family. August 19, 2008 6:00 PM – North Providence/Johnston/Smithfield Community Dinner Sheldon will host a community dinner on Tuesday, August 19 at the Salvatore Mancini…