A new report from the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity should convince Rhode Islanders that government officials’ priorities are what they fund, and there’s plenty of room to adjust those priorities.
HealthSource RI has spent $1,115,666 on advertising for the five-month period from October 13, 2013, to March 14, 2014.
… and where you can go to find out!
The Rhode Island Tea Party says freedom is the cure for the illness that the Ocean State’s leaders have brought upon the state.
On March 29th, from 9 am to 1 pm, the Hassenfeld Institute for Public Leadership at Bryant University, Roger Williams School of Law, League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and Common Cause Rhode Island will be hosting a symposium about Constitutional Conventions.
Yesterday, Governor Chafee signed an Executive Order creating a state Climate Change Council.
The “People’s Pledge” is an agreement between political candidates that lessens the effect of outside, indirect spending on a political campaign. The three Democratic gubernatorial candidates all seem willing to discuss such a pledge in Rhode Island.
On Thursday, citing his mother’s employment history (how could you say no to his mother, you hard-hearted person???) , gubernatorial candidate Mayor Angel Taveras announced at a press conference that a hike to $10.10/hour of the state’s minimum wage should be phased in by 2018. A couple of hours later, General Treasurer Gina Raimondo, who, […]
Justin and Bob Plain talk Chafee’s State of the State and the influence of the Tea Party in Rhode Island.
1. Total state budget, current dollars.
2. Total state budget, inflation adjusted.
3. General revenue budget, inflation adjusted.
4. Federal funds budget, inflation adjusted.
And the bottom line: It is disingenuous for the current Governor to open his state of the state address by boasting of “no broad based tax increases”, while speaking only with disdain for the budgeting in the “recent past” that made a no-tax increase plan not containing major disruptions feasible.
As readers may know, ObamaCare RI, a.k.a., HealthSourceRI (funny that they had to give it a different name), was created via Executive Order by Governor Chafee with federal funds that disappear next year. HealthSourceRI has turned into the consummate bloated, expensive and unnecessary governmental bureaucracy without even accomplishing one of its important claims of increasing […]
Excerpts from Republican Gubernatorial Candidate and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung’s Q&A session with the Cranston Republican City Committee from Tuesday, January 7, following his presentation to the committee, seeking their endorsement in the 2014 Rhode Island Republican Gubernatorial Primary.
Excerpts from Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Ken Block’s Q&A session with the Cranston Republican City Committee from Tuesday, January 7, following his presentation to the committee, seeking their endorsement in the 2014 Rhode Island Republican Gubernatorial Primary.
An unofficial transcript of Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Ken Block’s presentation, to the Cranston Republican City Committee from Tuesday, January 7, seeking the committee’s endorsement in the 2014 Rhode Island Republican Gubernatorial Primary.
An unofficial transcript of Cranston Mayor and Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Allan Fung’s presentation, to the Cranston Republican City Committee from Tuesday, January 7, seeking the committee’s endorsement in the 2014 Rhode Island Republican Gubernatorial Primary.
Let’s have all relevant data points on the table as the negotiation of a new contract with Rhode Island’s state workers proceeds.
GoLocalProv reports this morning that
Governor Chafee’s Spokesperson Christine Hunsinger told GoLocalProv.com, “Chafee signed the petition (to remove DePetro) because he has daughters.”
This is the wording of the petition:
The pledge says, “We have asked Rhode Island elected officials and candidates running for office not to go on any WPRO talk show until WPRO ends their relationship with John DePetro.”
Was it appropriate for Governor Chafee to sign this petition?
Paging the energy Quixotes in the R.I. General Assembly and the Governor’s office. Now there is literally NO reason to continue tilting at wind by foisting on state rate payers the highly expensive energy generated by the proposed, boutique Deepwater Wind project.
From Roger Helmer at The Hockey Schtick. (Emphasis added.)
I’ve just come across a report by energy consultant Duncan Seddon in the Australasian Power Technologies publication. The title is “Do wind farms/gas turbines save carbon?”. (Of course he means “CO2 emissions”, not carbon – but I’m delighted to see the explicit link of turbines plus back-up).
Find the report here, page 25: Hat-tip to Benny Peiser of GWPF for drawing my attention to it.
The answer to the question, in brief, is “on average, no”.
What does it mean if you’re barred from keeping a plan that may not exist?
So far, the approach and plans that Ken Block has laid out in his campaign for governor do more to raise than to allay concerns.
… all I can think about is the message to the many Rhode Islanders who are unemployed or otherwise struggling. Namely: You and your suffering are not by a long stretch our top priority. Consider:
The agreement signed Thursday is aimed at coordinating efforts among the eight states so that incentives, zoning laws and other ideas for promoting zero-emission vehicles can be more quickly implemented.
“What I expect will come out of this pact is that Rhode Island will consider the full menu of options for incentivizing electric vehicle purchases and there will be additional charging stations,” said Al Dahlberg, founder of Project GetReady Rhode Island, the local affiliate of the national initiative to promote electric vehicles.
Why are elected officials in Rhode Island even thinking about this sort of thing? No wonder we languish in so many national rankings. No wonder the population is apathetic and feeling as if nothing can change.
Graffiti vans advertising the name of the Providence mayor, who is currently running for governor, ought to raise questions about campaign finance and the appropriate uses of public office.
Andrew Morse discusses the federal shutdown and Rhode Island politics with Bob Plain for a full half hour of News 10 Wingmen.
Governor Chafee says he’s all for stronger gun laws and claims we need changes every time there is a mass shooting. But RI doesn’t submit records of people with mental health issues to the national background check registry. Why hasn’t Chafee done anything about this? Yet another time when he’s all sound bites and no action?