Rhode Island Politics
We’ve probably all heard of the coordinated sick/overtime scam. I call in sick one day this week so Joe gets to come in on overtime. Next week, Joe calls in sick and I come in on overtime. Now multiply by X. Add to that the nonsense that Justin brings to our attention of elected officials…
The misguided revenue boosters were the weak spot of the governor’s supplemental budget. Of course, they’ll probably be the one proposal that the General Assembly passes swiftly: Smith Hill lawmakers are poised for a vote today on the revenue-raising pieces of Governor Carcieri’s $357-million deficit-reduction plan — including a proposed $1 cigarette tax hike. But…
Every Senator and Representative in Rhode Island should back this bill introduced by Senator Leonidas Raptakis (D, Coventry, East Greenwich, Warwick, West Warwick): Saying that the use of a “Caruolo action” by school committees “is simply giving them an out from living within their budget,” Sen. Leonidas P. Raptakis has introduced legislation to suspend such…
Ken Block, founder of the Moderate Party of Rhode Island, is taking his cause to court: The Rhode Island ACLU has today filed a federal lawsuit against Rhode Island elections officials on behalf of the Moderate Party of Rhode Island (MPRI), challenging the State’s restrictive ballot access laws. The lawsuit, filed by RI ACLU volunteer…
In Saturday’s Pawtucket Times, Jim Baron, who, despite his opinion of another Rhode Island blog, is an excellent reporter that we need to clone, lists those ground-breaking (for Rhode Island) recommendations in the Governor’s supplemental budget. The changes have been touted by mayors and administration officials as “tools” that would allow cities and towns to…
I’ve been getting notices of an RI Senate Judiciary Committee hearing concerning three marriage-related bills on Tuesday afternoon, but there’s currently no information online. The Judiciary Committee isn’t on the legislative calendar, and the schedule for the committee lists no meetings. Acknowledging the short time-frame in which they’ve been forced to act, the National Organization…
It appears that Senator Charles Levesque (D-Bristol, Portsmouth) is once again attempting, minus the kickback, to pick up the slack left by Dolores Rodrigues LaFlamme. Incongruently buried in Bill S0142 entitled “An Act Relating to Alcoholic Beverages — Regulation of Sales” is a substantial modification of the requirements to obtain a Rhode Island drivers license…
In addition to mentioning Anchor Rising’s breaking of the news of Joe Trillo’s gubernatorial candidacy, Cynthia Needham offers some details and an example of healthy longer-term perspective: Trillo has $60,000 in his campaign coffers — that’s more than most legislators, but thousands less than his potential Democrat opponents including General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio, Attorney…
Multiple sources have informed me that State Representative Joseph Trillo (R-Warwick) has announced his intention to form an exploratory committee to investigate running for Governor of Rhode Island
Marc and Matt talked Caprio and interviews on last night’s Matt Allen show. Stream by clicking here, or download it. In answer to questions, insinuations, suggestions, and allegations: Yes, we’re certainly interested in, and will in the future make efforts to facilitate, doing such interviews with other folks in the public eye.