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Join us in welcoming Senator Sheldon Whitehouse to Drinking Liberally on Wednesday, October 24thfrom 7-9PM. Whether he’s fighting for the Buffet Rule, campaign finance reform, or reminding us that corporations aren’t people, Senator Whitehouse is always fighting liberally!
What: DL with Sen Whitehouse!
When: October 24th 7-9PM
Where: Wild Colonial, 250 South Water St. PVD
Why: Cause Senator Whitehouse is awesome!
So join is for a mid-week sip with Senator Whitehouse! Hope to see you next Wednesday!
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While progressives may not always agree with the Providence Journal, we ought to at least appreciate its efforts. It’s been said before and it’s well worth saying again: The Providence Journal is the single biggest and best news and information provider in Rhode Island, and everyone here owes it a huge debt of gratitude.
And just as progressives should do when any community institution with such tremendous public benefit is threatened by corporate greed, we ought to be sticking up for the ProJo as its parent company Belo is calling for more staff cuts.
Meanwhile, A.H. Belo reported profits of $262,000 in the second quarter. Third quarter profits will be announced on Monday. (correction: An earlier version of this post incorrectly cited Belo TV second quarter profits.)
And remember back in March when Belo executives gave themselves some pretty big raises? Here’s what Ted Nesi reported then:
The compensation committee of A.H. Belo’s board of directors awarded the largest increase to CEO Robert Decherd. His annual base salary will jump 25% to $600,000 in April, the Dallas-based company said in an SEC filing. Decherd is chairman of the board.
In addition, A.H. Belo said Dallas Morning News publisher Jim Moroney’s base salary will increase 15.5% to $540,000; Chief Financial Officer Alison Engel’s will increase 8.3% to $325,000; and senior vice president Daniel Blizzard’s will increase 12% to $280,000.
Those four employees alone could come up with enough spare change to save every job at the Journal. But instead of four Dallas-area fat cats taking pay cuts, another dozen young Rhode Islanders will be out of jobs.
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Good news, Democrats … Obama easily won the rubber match debate last night. And as a bonus, the president’s foreign policy poise coupled with Romney’s obvious lack of similar acumen will likely become a talking point for liberals and conservatives alike during the final 14 days.
“Obama succeeded because he conveyed his unique view of the world from the Oval Office,” according to Taegan Goddard of PoliticalWire. “For undecided voters watching, all they probably heard was that he’s the commander-in-chief. And that’s what Team Obama wanted.”
Goddard calls it “President Obama’s best moment in the campaign so far” and I think that’s a fair assessment.
Both the Huffington Post and the Drudge Report lead with stand alone Obama shots this morning. HuffPo headline: “Chief in Command” Drudge headline: “Grand Finale”
In an unnecessary attempt at balance, here was the best Politico’s lead piece could offer as far as positives about Romney’s performance: “But many Republicans and some neutral commentators believe Romney held his own in a difficult format. His aides think he passed the acceptability test and that Obama didnt disqualify him (and Republicans desperate for a win were sighing deeply that Romney didnt have any gaffes).”
Speaking of Wall Street …. the Journal’s Mike Riley profile falls a little flat, I’m sorry to say …. the candidate goes unquestioned in saying his experience as a Wall Street hedge fund manager makes him uniquely qualified to address the nation’s economic woes. Actually, it makes him uniquely unqualified to fix the economy. Electing a hedge fund manager to fix the economy would be like employing an arsonist to fight a fire!
That said, we’re even more disappointed with the profile of Abel Collins – his platform and biography are every bit as relevant to Rhode Islanders as is Riley’s, if not more so. (We also appreciate the ProJo mentioning RI Future in the piece!) While this website might endorse Langevin, we think it is very important that Rhode Islanders understand Collins’ politics. I’m pretty sure a plurality would largely agree with his philosophies.
This is great writing by Andy Smith on a story we covered yesterday: “The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation on Monday unanimously approved a state tax incentive for Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. that would reduce its corporate tax rate from 9 percent to 6.75 percent. How much the tax break will cost the state is still unknown.”
Notice in the four above pieces, the disparity in emotions the ProJo has riled in me already this morning! Now that’s a great newspaper! Us Rhode Islanders who love the ProJo should be demanding that Belo not cut any more resources from the single most important force in our local marketplace of ideas.
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First he promised to bring a vote on marriage equality if he gets re-elected, now he says he’ll force the House of Representatives to take another look at the newly enacted voter ID law too.
“Should I be fortunate to be re-elected, I will be sponsoring legislation to include a ‘sunset provision’ in the law,” said Speaker of the House Gordon Fox, in an email to me on Monday evening. “The sunset would force a ‘re-look’ at the law, which means legislative hearings would be held to learn the effectiveness of the law and whether modifications need to be made. That would include looking at the more restrictive provisions set to be enacted for the 2014 election cycle.”
2014 is the first election voters would be required to show a photo ID; in this election voters area allowed to show any form of identification, including utility bills.
In his email, Fox compared the potential voter ID sunset provision with one in the newly enacted seat belt law passed last year.
Fox co-sponsored the voter ID with outgoing conservative Rep. Jon Brien of Woonsocket, who lost in a primary but is still attempting to keep his seat through a writ-in campaign. Brien and Fox, once allies, have become estranged as of late. It started when Brien wouldn’t support a supplemental property tax for Woonsocket at the end of the legislative session, but increased and became public when Brien said he didn’t know the loan guarantee legislation he sponsored in 2010 was going to 38 Studios. Fox says Brien is lying about this to protect his reputation.
Brien is a board member of ALEC, which is well-known for pushing voter ID bills in state legislatures around the country. Rhode Island’s version is less restrictive than the ALEC model legislation.
Fox said, “I voted in favor of the Voter ID law after listening to concerns raised about voter fraud by fellow members of the minority community such as Rep. Anastasia Williams and Sen. Harold Metts. We passed one of the least restrictive Voter ID laws in the country, allowing a voter in 2012 to show virtually any type of ID – which doesn’t need to include a photo. However, the law we passed toughens requirements for the 2014 election to include just photo IDs.”
John Marion, executive director of Common Cause RI, said he “welcomes” an opportunity to revisit the controversial law.
“I will be very interested to see what the Speaker comes up with,” he said. “I have heard other opponents who are interested in freezing the law at the 2012 requirements, so this will be a lively debate if there are multiple proposals out there.”
While 30 states have voter ID laws, according to ProPublica, only ten states require a photo ID as Rhode Island’s law would require next election cycle. Those ten state are: Pennsylvania (which is being challenged in court), Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana, Indiana, Michigan, South Dakota, Kansas and Idaho.
Fox first said he would reconsider the voter ID law in a televised debate on WPRI. You can watch that here:
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