Providence
UPDATED: Here are the actual deals (2011-12; 2012-15). The below was originally posted based on info released at Mayor Taveras’ press conference as reported by the ProJo. (Thanks to commenter jparis for the heads-up). According to the report from ProJo, here’s the basic outline of the deal Providence Mayor Angel Taveras made with Local 1033:…
Fiscal sanity coming to Providence? (I only question because the devil is in the details, which will be forthcoming tomorrow.) Mayor Angel Taveras…said in a news release that [a new] agreement [with Local 1033] saves Providence “more than $26 million over four years, including almost $7 million in savings in the next 18 months.” It…
In predictable fashion, PolitiFarce has jumped into the matter of David Cicilline’s self-serving, gross misstatements about Providence’s financial condition by examining the former mayor’s statement about a minor, tangential matter. (With this approach to current events coverage, if a dragon were laying waste to a town, the news team would rush in and provide extensive…
Barbara Polichetti of the Projo is reporting that Moody’s has downgraded the City of Providence’s bond rating. Combined with the budget deficits projected for this year and next, this means that the City of Providence now meets the conditions for state intervention specified in the”fiscal stabilization law” passed last year, ranging from the creation of…
Justin’s post from yesterday mentioned that Providence Mayor Angel Tavares’ decision to send dismissal notices to all current Providence teachers relates directly to the cost of substitutes. According to data available from the Rhode Island Department of Education website, Mayor Tavares has picked a reasonable area for reform, as the per-pupil costs of substitute teachers…
Former Providence Mayor David Cicilline’s statements, made to both Scott MacKay of WRNI (1290AM) and Alisha Pina of the Projo, that his administration withdrew funds from the city’s “reserves” to address the city’s deteriorating fiscal situation is a reversal of the basic position he had previously presented to the public. Throughout the second half of…
The next question involves some nuts-and-bolts at the accounting level. Congressman David Cicilline, in his interviews with both Scott MacKay of WRNI (1290AM) and Alisha Pina of the Projo is now saying that his administration did spend a portion of the City of Providence’s reserves to help balance the FY2010 budget. (This is a change…
Reflecting on the early years of his mayoralty, former Providence Mayor David Cicilline told WRNI (1290AM) interviewer Scott MacKay that “from the first time that I took office, there was always a gap between revenues and expenditures” and that he and his administration “began to chip away at that gap”. According to the annual budget…
In recent interviews with Scott MacKay of WRNI (1290AM) and Alisha Pina of the Projo, and in material available on the City of Providence website, David Cicilline claimed that he reduced costs by eliminating 445 positions in Providence government during his tenure as mayor. However, the city’s most recent “Comprehensive Annual Financial Report” presents different…
Rep. David Cicilline is in town and defending his record as Mayor of Providence, explaining to the ProJo that he cut hundreds of jobs, renegotiated benefits and took other steps to mitigate budget deficits, including tapping into the reserve fund. If you have groceries that cost $500 a month and this month groceries cost $600…