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It’s been interesting watching the RI Democratic Party Spokesman Bill Fischer bounce back and forth between arguments for his various clients. For months we’ve heard him talk about how Brendan Doherty won’t talk about the issues and just wants to distract with senseless, meaningless things. Then lately, Fischer tells us all about the alleged campaign…
“I had the sense that everybody around the table knew that we were part of the same team.” That’s how Tiverton School Committee member Carol Herrmann described negotiations with the teachers’ union this summer. On August 14, the committee passed the contract extension. It isn’t surprising that the negotiations would be “cordial,” as Herrmann put…
This Twitter compare and contrast, from an Ohio Romney rally, is too stark not to mark with commentary. The first comes from AP reporter Steve Peoples, formerly a journalist on the political beat for the Providence Journal: Steady stream of people leaving Romney rally in the middle of his speech. Maybe it’s the cold, but…
I’ve been told (via various advertisements) that yes votes on ballot Questions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7 will each bring jobs. If it’s that simple, maybe Rhode Island should consider adding 10 or 20 more questions to the ballot every two years, since they could all bring jobs too. In the race for District…
Today’s “employment situation” release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) presents what might be termed a mixed-but-still-tepid picture best summarized with this quotation: Employment growth has averaged 157,000 per month thus far in 2012, about the same as the average monthly gain of 153,000 in 2011. That’s not much of an improvement, and…
[8:24] Doherty closing: Washington is broken, we need to bring jobs to America and jobs to RI through bipartisanship. We need to protect Social Security and Medicare, and cut back on our debt. Election comes down to an evaluation of trust. [8:23] Cicilline closing: We need to fight against the bigs in Washington, and for…
Mainstream reporters chat; the unknown cost of economic development; improving higher education by dumbing it down; a lawless society. Continue reading on the Ocean State Current…
Link to Parts 1 and 2: State Representative and Mayor of Providence. First District Congressman: During the 2 years that David Cicilline has been Rhode Island’s First District Congressman, Congress has not been able to agree on an overall budget, though they still approve appropriations bills for all of the various Federal departments. Congressman Cicilline…
During last week’s WPRO (630AM) debate, in response to a question from moderator Bill Haberman, Congressman David Cicilline made a general claim that “I don’t have to suggest to you that we need to cut spending. I’ve already done that”. Congressman Cicilline seemed to be referring to a recent vote, but the moderator wanted to…
First New York Democrat Congressman Charles Rangle wasn’t reporting income generated in the Dominican Republic. Then we learn a major vote bundler for Rhode Island’s own David Cicilline hailed from the Dominican Republic. Now a few ladies from the Dominican Republic are claiming New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez availed himself of their services, albeit at…