RI Political Corruption
Ian Donnis weighs in with a bit more on the RI Foundation and how it funnels money–donated anonymously–to help fund Providence Mayor Cicilline’s administration: Cianci had departing Rhode Island Foundation chieftain Ron Gallo on his show yesterday. Just a few moments ago, Cianci pointed to how conflicts could arise from the foundation’s funding arrangement for…
Dan Yorke has been asking for some media outlet to look into the links between The Rhode Island Foundation and Providence Mayor David Cicilline’s administration. According to a 2003 press release, the Rhode Island Foundation set up a contribution structure to the Mayor’s Administration via The Fund for Providence: The Fund was established at The…
US Attorney Robert Clark Corrente reminds us in his October 9 press release Even though Martineau has signed an agreement to plead guilty, he has not yet entered a plea. This presumably will happen on Friday, the day Former House Majority Leader Gerard Martineau (D) is scheduled to be arraigned, according to the Providence Journal.…
While this post is a reply to Justin’s about the controversy surrounding State Senator Stephen Alves and the failed A. Duie Pyle tax incentive, it is also a report on the way things are done in the General Assembly when a citizen is attempting to access information about bills and the legislative process. In the…
Senator Stephen Alves defense against allegations that he tried to use his position as Senate Finance Committee chair to compel Rhode Island cities and towns to give him their pension business is taking shape. It looks as if Senator Alves will argue that his committee chairmanship gives him such absolute power over Senate finance matters,…
State Senator Stephen Alves has broken two days of silence to firmly deny charges that he blocked a tax incentive out of political revenge. Describing the allegations as “ridiculous and baseless”, he called his main accuser, lobbyist Jeffrey Britt, a liar and affirmed that he had never been opposed in principle to the tax incentive…
From Ian Donnis at the Providence Phoenix’s Not-for-Nothing blog…Speaking this morning on the John DePetro Show, Governor Carcieri added his voice to Gio Cicione in calling for state Senator Stephen Alves to resign his Senate Finance Committee chairmanship while he remains under federal scrutiny. Carcieri called for the state Ethics Commission — which he has…
Helen Glover feels for Stephen Alves, in a way similar to this frightening guy’s feelings for Britney Spears.
This definitely has a very Rhode Island ring to it: When a family-owned Pennsylvania trucking company announced plans early this year to build a New England distribution center in Johnston and create 120 well-paying jobs, Governor Carcieri and Mayor Joseph M. Polisena hailed it as an economic triumph. But when tax-incentive legislation to help lure…
I didn’t realize that it was so hard to find models and/or fireman and policeman hats: The sculptor who made the 9/11 memorial that became the center of attention after Mayor Charles Lombardi buffed out the likenesses of two former public safety officials from the granite surface spoke out yesterday, saying that while he understands…
