Patrick Laverty
Hopefully I’m not inciting violence by only quoting in part from the Occupy Providence mission statement, but I’m just hoping that the recent actions by the Occupy movement in other cities isn’t a sign of things to come here in Providence. The Providence folks, in their mission statement, wrote Occupy Providence is a completely non-violent…
It’s interesting to see people come out and align themselves with the Occupy movement. Many of these are the same people who call the Tea Party wackos or zealots. By the same token, many people who fancy themselves Tea Partiers, look down their nose at the people attending the Occupy events. But if these two…
No, the headline isn’t a mistake, the Democrats really did close their primaries, as did the Republicans and every other state party. A “closed” primary means that to vote in a primary with a particular party, you must be a member of that party. You cannot be an unaffiliated voter and vote in a primary.…
Well, it’s about time. In today’s Valley Breeze, Marcia Green tells about a new policy at Cumberland High and Middle schools that ban any use of handheld devices. The policy is based on one that was previously instituted in Warwick schools. The Cumberland schools used the first two weeks of the year to inform and…
I’ve been meaning to put up a post asking both the Loughlin and Doherty campaigns if it is possible to focus on one thing, winning the Congressional District 1 seat. Is that possible? Why is it required to tear each other apart as a part of the race? And now, why is it necessary to…
This one was just too easy. First Politifact accuses Terry Gorman of RIILE of issuing a “Mostly False” statement, and then they actually explain how their own ruling is wrong! At issue is a statement that Gorman made about the recent RI Board of Governors offering in-state tuition to illegal aliens. According to the article,…
Ahh, the neverending presidential race. Here we are, a mere 14 months from election day and we’re being told that it’s too late for certain candidates to get in the race. Some have already come and gone. One elephant in the room (no pun intended) is Sarah Palin. Will she or won’t she get in…
Andrew mentioned this in his post yesterday about a Facebook “Reflection” from House Minority Leader Brian Newberry. Newberry is calling for Doherty to either drop out of the Congressional District 1 race completely, or change direction and run in Congressional District 2 against James Langevin. I will admit that when I first heard the news…
Newsflash, Lincoln Chafee is not liked by Rhode Islanders! Ok, maybe that’s not too surprising, but in a recent GoLocalProv.com poll, Lincoln Chafee has an unfavorable rating of 47%. Well, he could like at the bright side in that he only received votes from 36.1% of the voters and now 45% give him a “favorable”…
The North Providence school system is getting national notice for letting cameras into their schools to help film the documentary “Bullying: Words Can Kill“. This is a problem that is finally getting some notice around the country, as it has gone on for decades. We have seen multiple examples of suicide among school children (like…