OPINION PIECE by Clay Johnson – co-chair of Chariho Forgotten Taxpayers, former Chairman of The Gaspee Project, and former Chariho School Committee member. Fellow patriots, We are united in grief over the senseless assassination of Charlie Kirk, a fearless champion of freedom. As conservatives, we must honor his legacy by staying true to the values […]
Clay Johnson criticizes Chariho Superintendent Gina Picard for issuing false legal threats and receiving biased media support, highlighting systemic issues in public education and governance accountability in Rhode Island.
The core mission of the Chariho school system is to prepare students for life. This means, students need to be proficient in reading, writing, and math. And Chariho has failed its students. Over the last 16 years, Chariho has spent a billion dollars. A billion dollars of your money. This is not hyperbole, do the […]
The bureaucrats of the Chariho school district are once again using Hope Valley Elementary School (HVES) as a hostage to extract more money from taxpayers. They first used this emotional blackmail to pass the school budget in 2023. Pass the budget or we will close HVES! Just months after this budget passed, they were actively […]
Chariho is desperate for more of your money. Their stated motivation is the credo, “All kids…all the time.” This is a powerful appeal. Of course, we all want to support the kids. So, when anybody challenges their motivation, it becomes important for them, the biased government special interest apparatus, to attack and discredit the challenger. Right now, Superintendent Gina Picard and Chairman Catherine Guisti have their ire trained on me. The attacks do not bother me. However, it is important to me that you know the truth. Because the growing leviathan of Chariho is drowning people financially by pricing them out of their own homes.
Catherine Guisi is the architect and biggest cheerleader for Hopkinton’s high taxes. As chairwoman of the Chariho School Committee, she knows, perfectly well, that Chariho’s budget is the highest it’s ever been. She also knows that enrollment has never been lower.
On Monday of this week, a majority of the Hopkinton Town Council, members Hirst, Burns, and Geary, expressed their concern for the proposed $150 million dollar bond being proposed by the Chariho school district. The push for the bond came about fairly quickly, with little school committee discussion, in an attempt to meet a February […]
The Chariho School District is advocating for a $150 million bond that will include demolishing and replacing three elementary schools. A ballot referenda vote is expected later this spring. Their pitch hinges on one key point, that the State of Rhode Island will reimburse the district for up to 81% of the bonds. Reimburse with […]
What a long, hot, political summer it has been. The extremists on the left have been foaming at the mouth, desperate to enact their Marxist agenda. They covet what you have, and they are willing to use government force to take it. But the Marxists underestimate the resilience of a country built on proud independence […]