Infrastructure
John DePetro and Justin Katz evaluate the landscape for Democrat RI.
I’ve fallen way behind, so this tweet from Ken Block is a couple months old, but its content is (unfortunately) timeless in Rhode Island: The picture being painted for me by over ten current and former DOT employees is a toxically managed organization where who you know is far more important than how you do…
John DePetro and Justin Katz review signs of things going wrong in the Ocean State.
John DePetro and Justin Katz follow local stories’ thread of RI’s obvious need for political competition.
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss ways in which corruption thrives without competitive elections.
John DePetro and Justin Katz wonder where the will for public service has gone.
John DePetro and Justin Katz review some of the ways in which Rhode Island’s priorities are out of whack.
Following the determination in April that the Washington Bridge eastbound was becoming “considerably more sensitive” (gulp), RIDOT contracted to install a new, combined structural health monitoring and vehicle weigh-in-motion program on/between the Washington Bridge and the Iway (Providence River Bridge). In May, RIDOT entered into a five year “sole source” – i.e., no RFP –…
John DePetro and Justin Katz check in on politics in RI.
Gabrielle Caracciolo, of NBC 10, reports that the McKee administration is hiding behind its lawsuits to avoid releasing the “forensic analysis… to determinhe what went wrong and who is responsible for the failure of the Washington Bridge.” But she did do some investigating: An NBC 10 News investigation found when it comes to “quality control…