Housing
Homelessness may be the most striking issue on the table in the degree to which proposed solutions conspicuously ignore causes. The attitude of the advocates and journalists seems to be that homelessness falls like an original cause on a metro area and can only be addressed through direct government reduction. That’s a careless approach; an…
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the latest political news of the state.
John DePetro and Justin Katz review ways in which the RI elite fail to represent the people.
John DePetro and Justin Katz explore the increasingly disconnected behavior of RI’s political elite.
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the ways in which Rhode Island is sliding into full dependency.
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the costliness of Rhode Island government’s decisions.
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss how personal relations, feelings, and drama pervade Rhode Island government in every aspect.
Host Richard August looks to Republican National Committeeman Steve Frias for a different perspective on the hot topic of affordable housing in Rhode Island.
Talk about housing has been all the rage in Rhode Island over the past year. Unfortunately (and tellingly), it doesn’t seem to be a policy area in which activists, politicians, and journalists believe data ought to be front and center. Sure, we get numbers about the effects of the problem — housing costs $X; Y…
John DePetro and Justin Katz examine the ways an excessive purview and incompetence leave Rhode Island politicians and bureaucrats vulnerable to scams and other bad decisions.