Carcieri Passes Buck for Stiffing Cities and Towns
With former Gov. Don Carcieri now being blamed for the fiscal mess Rhode Island’s poorest communities find themselves in because of his starve the beast policy towards state aid to cities an towns, the retired Republican took to the friendly airwaves of WPRO recently to defend his decisions. “You said it very well,” he said [...]
Gov. Chafee Makes Case for Muni Relief; Unions Retort
Governor Chafee, testifying before the Senate Finance Committee, made his plea for his legislative package aimed at helping cities and towns stave off the impacts of the sustained recession and steep state cuts by his predecessor to local municipalities. The legislation would allow the cities hit hardest by these untimely events and actions – Providence, [...]
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