Infrastructure
John DePetro and Justin Katz review the growing list of reasons RI should question giving government more authority.
They’re ba-a-a-a-a-ack. Well, strong possibility. Truck-only tolls, that is. To clarify, Rhode Island’s only-in-the-nation, truck-only toll law is not just discriminatory – it applies only to a certain type of vehicle, trucks – but it is actually doubly discriminatory – it applies only to CERTAIN trucks (Class 8 and above). But the federal appeals court…
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the government and political lunacy of Rhode Island, these days.
This is not the biggest question pertaining to Rhode Island’s handling of the failed Washington Bridge – it is secondary, for example, to WHY the state had to offer a serious incentive for what would seem to be a juicy public contract, not to mention what Ken Block is in the process of turning up…
John DePetro and Justin Katz address the question insiders don’t seem to ask.
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.