Unions
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss several ways insider Democrats (especially McKee) are finding themselves herded by their constituencies.
If you’re thigh deep in the muck of Rhode Island politics, as I am, you may find something about the local society inexplicable. The game is so locked up, in Rhode Island, that it isn’t clear whether anything can shake the stranglehold of insiders and special interests. Consider two recent stories. On the National Education…
John DePetro and Justin Katz explore the central divide of Rhode Island politics.
John DePetro and Justin Katz keep up with the accelerating political season.
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the many ways government is failing in Rhode Island and beyond.
Today the most prominent themes among the flotsam on RI Twitter are hagiographic tweets about labor unions and reports about failing infrastructure in the Providence area with respect to water management. Folks, thank the unions for the flooding, because the expense they’ve imposed on infrastructure in Rhode Island is largely to blame. Ignoring this reality…
John DePetro and Justin Katz call out the ways RI politicians are hiding from reality.
John DePetro and Justin Katz comment as the Rhode Island campaign season heats up.
With a bit of spectacularly bad timing for Rhode Island insiders (who may very well win anyway), an employee of the state Department of Labor and Training has been charged with stealing funds from exactly an area that labor unions are trying to make more flush: An employee of the Rhode Island Department of Labor…
Richard August and union organizer Patrick Crowley discuss legislation and unions’ power as a special interest.