Rhode Island Politics
Andrew points out that Guy Dufault’s so-called apology to Governor Carcieri wasn’t really an apology. As the Governor himself said, “[Dufault] only apologized for inadvertently allowing his plans to smear me and my family to become public.” Yesterday also brought us Philadelphia Eagle wide receiver Terrell Owens’ “apology statement:” I fight for what I think…
Andrew has pointed out the latest very troubling actions and words of Guy Dufault in the postings entitled Another Crisis in West Warwick? and Carcieri Unafraid of Dufault’s Stuff. No one should be confused: Dufault’s behavior on behalf of the public employee unions and gambling interests – and to the detriment of the working families…
Which member of the state Board of Elections made this statement about the BOE case concerning Republican advertisements during the 2002 election…“I made the decision summarily on my own that, no, the proposed settlement terms that the governor and the Republican Party were suggesting were entirely inappropriate and unacceptable to me as the complainant and…
The Board of Elections investigation into the funding of Donald Carcieri’s 2002 gubernatorial campaign advertising continues. According to the subhead of Scott Mayerowitz’s story in today’s Projo, Elections Board Chairman Roger N. Begin says special prosecutor H. Reed Witherby will have the power to subpoena records and to compel testimony.The news, of course, is that…
I just came from Scott Avedisian’s very well-attended big announcement. Citing his record of building up budget surpluses, helping to stimulate $400M in private development, helping to make Warwick the 20th safest city in the nation, and working with non-profits on health care and human services issues, and saying that the Mayor’s office is the…
In a comment to a previous posting, Will writes: …what’s important here is the need to address the substance of the problems mentioned herein, and not just attack the messenger. Ignoring problems doesn’t make them go away. All it usually does is lead to greater problems down the road. That comment directly relates to the…
I noted earlier that there was some dissension in the RIGOP as two local GOP committees had called for RIGOP leader Patricia Morgan to step down. Well, the comments to the original post have provided further illumination and are worth highlighting. First to comment was the anonymous “Robert,” who had some unkind things to say…
According to this Chariho Times story, there is some dissension bubbling from below in the RIGOP, and, unsurprisingly, Mayor Laffey is involved. Members of the South County Republican Coalition and the Hopkinton Republican Town Committee, two local republican organizations voted no confidence in the state party leader Patricia Morgan. Both groups are asking for her…
One of the problems with looking through public budget numbers to identify wasteful spending is that the numbers become mind-numbing after a while. Is a $1,000,000 a lot to pay for something or not? How about $10,000,000? Or $100,000,000? Here is an example. The Westerly Sun has a report on construction of a new police…
I had one of those “only in Rhode Island” moments this morning when I picked up the ProJo and read that the Democrat leaders of the General Assembly had secretly placed a bid on a prime piece of downtown Providence real estate for the purpose of expanding the bureaucratic office space. House Speaker William J.…