Fort Wetherill State Park in Jamestown.
If you had any doubt that this year’s campaigns for General Assembly seats would be colored by last year’s pension debate, just look at the news cycle this morning: Ted Nesi reports that EngageRI is attacking those who had the nerve to speak out against cuts to retired state worker’s salaries, while the Projo editorial board condemns organized labor for doing the same.
Thanks to RIPTA for trying to stave off reductions in public transportation. Doing so would certainly be bad for our already struggling economy. Remember, the goal is to make society work well, not for it to be inexpensive.
What do Paul Ryan and Todd Akin have in common: radical beliefs on reproductive freedom.
A new report claims religious people tend to be more generous than the secular folk among us. While they may give more to their church than others do to charities, I don’t buy for one minute that they are holier than the rest when it comes to giving. In fact, WPRO’s Matt Allen points out the last paragraph in the story: “People in less religious states are giving in a different way by being more willing to pay higher taxes so the government can equitably distribute superior benefits, Wolfe said. And the distribution is based purely on need, rather than religious affiliation or other variables, said Wolfe…”
The state is looking for ideas for the old Shooters building next to India Point Park. As Providence begins its massive redevelopment project, this will be one o the lynchpins to overall success. How about an aquarium?
Poor Curt Schilling … he still somehow thinks it’s Gov. Chafee’s fault he doesn’t know how to run a video game company. In fact, he’s resorted to name calling over the matter. Even the Boston Herald recognizes this isn’t going to do him any good.
Did you hear that Augusta National is finally allowing women to join the exclusive Georgia golf country club? Well, Providence progressive activist Jessica Sherwood called upon them to do so two years ago!
Today in 1959, Hawaii becomes the 50th state.
“How about an aquarium?”
How about a scrapyard or maybe some oil tanks? Or are you anti-union?!
(Sorry, forgot that line only applies to those of us who live in the working-class neighborhoods.)
” How about an aquarium?”
Owned by whom? Given the plight of the city, wouldn’t it be better to get that property on the tax rolls?
Kudos to Professor Jessica Sherwood for her characteristically prescient read on social exclusivity – and institutional exclusion. Johnson and Wales students will be lucky to have her as she joins their faculty in a new position this fall, and we in Rhode Island should be grateful that her success in landing a full time gig in academia allows her to remain in state.
I remember that an aquarium was the centerpiece of Republican Victor Moffitt’s (remember him?) gubernatorial campaign to revitalize the RI economy. However, I’m not sure that it’s very realistic. Aquariums are very expensive to build and maintain. It would also have to compete with nearby Mystic and Boston.
Maybe we could give Curt Schilling a few hundred million to head up that project, too?
Oh, if only Gov. Carcieri was still around. Remember the fantastic job he did with the economy…? No? Yeah, neither do I.
The Charity report is bunk. It excludes donations from people who don’t itemize their tax deductions and does not include people who donate time, which I think is much more charitable than cutting a check. Wolfe’s statement that “people in less religious states are giving in a different way by being more willing to pay higher taxes so the government can equitably distribute superior benefits” is simply conjecture – he has no basis for that statement. While I have heard people looking to raise taxes on others – which I would hardly consider being charitable, I have yet to see a significant percentage of people oppose a decrease of their own taxes. Are there a lot of middle class taxpayers who were disappointed about recent extension of their tax cut?
People don’t choose to be religious so they can donate time and money, and people don’t choose to not be religious because they don’t care about others. My guess is that charitable giving by the religious and not religious is probably similar, they just give in different ways.