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Rhody Reporter: Clash of Philosophies

Mark Zaccaria gives a short primer on Progressive vs. Conservative approaches to government.

Rhody Reporter: Currahee Project

Mark Zaccaria takes time out to examine one of the notable good things of our otherwise ugly Year 2020, a Vets-Helping-Vets nonprofit doing God’s work right here in the Ocean State.

Rhody Reporter: What Is a Campaign?

Diana Lozowski compares the style and substance of two very different, but successful, legislative campaign styles from the 2020 election, noting that either could become the template for all future RI campaigns.

Rhody Reporter: Fines by Executive Order

Diana Lozowski notes all the extra-legislative authority Governor Raimondo is exercising in the service of enforcing her lockdown orders and muses (along with two prominent legislators) that her excellency is skating on thin legal ice.

Rhody Reporter: Rock the Vote

Mark Zaccaria analyzes the role of unsolicited Mail Ballots in the 2020 Election and asks the question: “Do we want an Election Day or an entire Election Season?”

Rhody Reporter: COVID Update

Mark Zaccaria shows that Gov Raimondo and other public officials have provided little help to their constituents by trying to micromanage everyone’s behavior. Instead, they should start trusting us to make good decisions about COVID safety on our own.

The research Mark cites may be found here: https://globaljournals.org/GJSFR_Volume20/1-SARS-Cov-2.pdf

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

Mark Zaccaria says the Secretary of State’s organization had no respect for either the laws or the voters of Rhode Island as they managed the recent election.

Adapting to Change

Mark Zaccaria insists that Rhode Island can bounce back, but we have to be willing to adapt to a changing world.

The Times, They Are A-Changin’

Mark Zaccaria runs through some of the things that need changing in RI and points out the only way to do so.

Rhody Reporter: A Celestial Report

Mark Zaccaria takes a break from the mire of politics to cast viewers’ eyes a little higher, to a somewhat bigger neighborhood.

Rhody Reporter: That Ol’ Providence Gun Buyback Tune

Mark Zaccaria ponders the motivation of Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza for pursuing a potentially illegal gun buyback program at this time.

Rhody Reporter: Bad Management

Mark Zaccaria compares the ways in which RI government has managed the state, up to the possibility of a special election for debt while awaiting a federal bailout, and calls it what it is.

Tips on Voting in RI

Mark Zaccaria provides five steps you should consider as you figure out when (and how) to cast your vote in the Ocean State.

RI Government’s Sad Saga of COVID

Mark Zaccaria summarizes the threat to our rights and democracy as the state government’s rules slide of the table.

Primary 2020 Lessons

Mark Zaccaria considers the tea leaves visible after the Ocean State’s Democrat primary.

Design as a Bellwether of Urban Health

Why isn’t Rhode Island government interested in visually exciting architecture? Because our system makes paying off insiders too high a priority, says Mark Zaccaria.