Patrick Laverty
Oh my goodness. That was my reaction to this finding. Really? I can really handle word-jockeying and picking apart statements word by word. I can handle claiming that “words have meaning” when coming up with the justification for the ruling, but at least be consistent about it! My question is that if I say I…
It’s an age-old journalists’ “gotcha” question. The mere asking of it assumes that the responder has at one time beat his wife. It’s also a tactic that we see being used today in a press release by the RI Democratic party and its chairman, Ed Pacheco. In the release, Pacheco seems to be grasping at…
A new report on the unpaid fines from the RI Board of Elections (BOE) is out (h/t Dan McGowan) and it is five pages of names and the amount they owe. Some of it is a who’s who of Rhode Island politics. So first, how does someone get fined by the BOE? Once a person,…
Just when I started to think that maybe Speaker Gordon Fox gets it. Maybe he is going to lead in the right direction. Some recent examples included his decision to put bills to a House floor vote when they’re ready, not at the last minute. Or his decision to contact the US Justice Department and…
Today is the first Tuesday in January, which means by the state’s constitution, the General Assembly is back in session. While I’m not sure why they need to meet every year in a state the size of Rhode Island (in Texas they meet every odd numbered year) it sure helps bloggers to come up with…
In Sunday’s Nesi’s Notes, Ted has a story about Speaker of the House, Gordon Fox trying to make what would actually be a major change in how the House operates. Fox is looking to change an old practice of holding the vast majority of the bills for a floor vote until the final days of…
I know this is a Rhode Island focused blog and sometimes we touch on national issues that affect Rhode Island. This story is neither, but it is an example of the level of lunacy that our federal government and law enforcement has gone to. Today’s Providence Journal contains a story1 about a motel in Tewksbury,…
Last week, Congressman David Cicilline was on WPRI’s Newsmakers with Tim White, Ian Donnis and Ted Nesi. After watching this episode a couple times, I think it’s fair to say that they didn’t go lightly on the Congressman, however a few times, he effectively dodged the question and avoided any follow-up. I’m sure WPRI would…
by Clement Clarke Moore or Henry Livingston Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions…