West Warwick
Think of the attitude expressed, here, by West Warwick School Committee Chairwoman Lindagay Palazzo: “Regardless, whether we win or lose [their Caruolo lawsuit], the town is responsible for our bills,” Palazzo said. “They’re going to have to pay them anyway.” One wonders what effect that point of view has on Mrs. Palazzo’s negotiation tactics. One…
Is this even legally feasible? A formal complaint has been filed against the school department and the Town of West Warwick by Donald Vanasse, President of the West Warwick Teachers’ Alliance, citing an impending failure to pay accrued wages and salaries. He has reason to believe that there will be a failure to pay the…
Dateline: Takebackourtownville. Taxpayers defeated the municipal budget, school budget, and voted down any tax levy with a resounding majority at the Town Financial Meeting last night. Of the 416 voters counted by the West Warwick Board of Canvassers in a ballot vote, 333 voted against the municipal budget presented by the town council at $30,512,700,…
Here they are. 2004 Budgeted for “Administration”: $100,000 Paid to Inman & Tourgee: $163,387 2005 Budgeted for “Administration”: $70,000 Paid to Inman & Tourgee: $135,044 2006 Budgeted for “Administration”: $70,000 Paid to Inman & Tourgee: $150,227 2007 Budgeted for “Administration”: $75,000 Paid to Inman & Tourgee: $120,327 2008 Budgeted for “Administration”: $75,000 Paid to Inman…
From Friday’s Kent County Times: On Feb. 19, [State Senator Michael] Pinga requested the tax records of the West Warwick Country Club, which Jim Williamson is co-owner of. Pinga said he did so because “someone,” who he said he would not identify, “notified me that he [Jim Williamson] received a tax abatement and I want…
In the ProJo story about West Warwick handing out 188 layoff notices (wow!), there was this little nugget: State law requires that teachers be notified by March 1 that they will no longer have jobs the following September, and many school districts routinely send out pink slips by the deadline while acknowledging that most, if…
Things don’t look good in West Warwick: There are no solutions to their immediate fiscal problem. In fact, their current deficit is projected to balloon into a $10-million deficit in the years ahead if nothing is done. So school officials have worked “seven days a week” to come up with a three-year plan that would…
Paul Mueller of WLNE-TV (ABC 6) is reporting that the West Warwick Town Council has voted to have the Town Manager “take over” reconciliation of the school committee’s budget deficit…ABC 6 Reporter Paul Mueller: A town council meeting, packed with hundreds of West Warwick residents and teachers, searching for answers to help fix their financial…
It’s important to keep in mind that this report consists mainly of allegations, some of them (at least) made by people with compromising motivation. That said, the insight into the practices of our state are well worth familiarization: [Probate Judge Robert E.] Rainville says he has done nothing wrong — and that the complaints against…
The school committee in West Warwick appears mainly to be doing the bare minimum to support a Caruolo suit for more money from the town, but it may be headed down the road behind East Providence soon: The performance audit, commissioned by the town as a part of the Caruolo lawsuit proceedings from the last…