Patrick Laverty
We hear people talking about “throw ’em all out” and actually, I’m ok with throwing out the good with the bad, because we have so many more of the bad. But it’s interesting when you can actually see first-hand just how bad it can be and the odds that are stacked against those that are…
“David (Cicilline) strongly opposes the Citizens United decision and has cosponsored the House version of the DISCLOSE Act,” But yet when the Doherty camp calls on him to return all PAC money, after Cicilline chided Doherty for taking PAC money, Cicilline refuses. Ted Nesi wrote the article yesterday about the latest skirmish in the First…
While watching the 11 pm news tonight on Channel 10, I saw a story about the 67 former employees of the Department of Labor and Training (DLT) protesting their layoff. I get it, layoffs are bad, I wish everyone who wants a job could be employed. I also get what they’re saying about the irony…
Yes, this is a US Senator from Massachusetts, but I don’t think anyone could explain it better. In case you haven’t seen this statement from Scott Brown yet, it’s moving.
When you’re budgeting for a school department, there are a lot of moving pieces. Of course you wish you had money to fund everything really well, but that’s not the case. Choices need to be made and sometimes cuts are necessary. But where those cuts should come from is often the topic for debate. We’ve…
When I first heard of the 66-page research book being released by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), my first thought was “uh oh, what do they have on him?” But then I read it. The first thing to keep in mind that if you’re going to be in the public eye for many years,…
No. In this week’s Valley Breeze, frequent columnist Arlene Violet wrote that she is now a convert and a support of a full-time General Assembly in Rhode Island. This sorry state of affairs has led me to reverse my long-term opposition to a full-time legislature. Now I think that we need to make that change…
It’s embarrassing to tag this with a “Sports” category as this really isn’t a sports issue. It’s a human decency issue. When you turn a blind eye to child rape in order to protect a football program and its coach, that’s just disgusting. Yesterday, a report commissioned by Penn State University and completed by former…
On Tuesday, Andrew wrote about the “imminent peril” that the Board of Elections (BoE) felt that voters’ information was in. Then Justin live-blogged the actual BoE meeting where they voted to put off the issue of making this data confidential. What they are concerned about is some radical NH citizen posted the RI voter information…
I’ve been sitting on this article for a few days because I couldn’t think of the best way to write about it. I guess in many ways, it’s just so obvious that there isn’t a whole lot to say. I’ll just throw it out there. On June 30, the NY Times published the article: How…
