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By Steve Ahlquist on October 12, 2017
We hope they will engage productively in the implementation of the [Community Safety Act] and not waste time trying to undo an ordinance that has had several years of vetting by all parties involved.
Posted in Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Elections, Featured, Immigration, Justice, News, Providence, Race & Racism, Rhode Island, Youth | Tagged Community Safety Act, CSA, Dan McGowan, Julianne Lima, Michael Imondi, PCPRA, Providence City Council, Providence Community-Police Relations Act, Providence Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3, Robert Boehm, STEP-UP Network |
By Steve Ahlquist on October 3, 2017
‘We are not taking sides in this case. We have nothing to say about this. We are neither agreeing with the plaintiffs (CLF and Town of Burrillville) nor are we agreeing with the Defendants (Invenergy and City of Johnston)…”
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Corporate Greed, Environmental Racism, Featured, Infrastructure, Johnston, News, Providence, Rhode Island, Water | Tagged CLF, Committee on Women and Healthy Communities, Conservation Law Foundation, Invenergy, Jerry Elmer, jorge elorza, Providence City Council, Providence Water Supply Board, PWSB, Rhode Island Superior Court, Sabina Matos, seth yurdin |
By Steve Ahlquist on September 16, 2017
The Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) ruled, 3-0, against the Town of Burrillville and for Invenergy on every motion brought before it on Friday.
Posted in Burrillville, Class Warfare, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Health Care, Infrastructure, International News, Johnston, National News, News, Photos, Providence, Rhode Island, State House, Video | Tagged Adler Pollock and Sheehan, Alan Shoer, Burrillville Land Trust, CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, EFSB, Energy Facilities Siting Board, Gina Raimondo, Invenergy, janet coit, John Niland, Mary Pendergast, Michael Blazer, Michael McElroy, Michael Sabitoni, Parag Agrawal, Paul Roselli, Providence City Council, Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Rhode Island Division of Planning, Rhode Island Superior Court, RIBCTC, RIDEM, Sabina Matos, Sisters of Mercy |
By Steve Ahlquist on August 17, 2017
The choice that Providence now has in the Superior Court lawsuit is whether to side with a Delaware corporation, based in Chicago, that wants to build a dirty, carbon-emitting, diesel oil and fracked gas power plant in a rural Rhode Island community or side with local citizens and environmentalists that oppose this unneeded and dirty plant.”
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, Johnston, Labor, Providence, Rhode Island | Tagged CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, EFSB, Energy Facility Siting Board, Invenergy, Jerry Elmer, jorge elorza, Michael Sabatoni, national grid, New England, Providence City Council, Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council, Rhode Island Superior Court, RIBCTC, Sabina Matos, seth yurdin |
By Steve Ahlquist on August 11, 2017
Providence, though, has been named in the lawsuit, and the decision the city faces is what side of the lawsuit to be on.
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, Johnston, Labor, News, Providence, Rhode Island | Tagged CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, Jerry Elmer, jorge elorza, Michael Sabitoni, national grid, Providence City Council, Providence Water, Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades, RIBCTC, seth yurdin |
By Steve Ahlquist on July 26, 2017
If built, Hope Point Tower would be the tallest building in the state and it would be 1/3rd of a mile away from the next tallest building, leaving a wide gap in the Providence skyline.
Posted in Business, Corporate Greed, Economics, Featured, Housing, Infrastructure, Ithica NY, Labor, New York, News, Photos, Politics, Providence, Rhode Island, State House, Video | Tagged Barrett Bready, Bonnie Nickerson, Daria Fane, Elizabeth Huidekoper, Hope Point Tower, I-195 Commission, Ithaca NY, Jason Fane, Joseph Azrack, Melissa Husband, Providence City Council, Real Estate Solutions, RES, Rhode Island General Assembly, Robert Davis, Sandra Smith, Stefan Pryor |
By Steve Ahlquist on July 25, 2017
Yurdin (Ward 1) rose to speak about the reasons for his resolution, but sending the resolution to committee seemed a foregone conclusion as Matos had already spoken before Yurdin rose. After Yurdin spoke, Matos repeated her order to send the resolution to committee.
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Energy, Featured, Johnston, Photos, Providence, Rhode Island, Video, Water | Tagged Carmen Castillo, CLF, Committee on Women and Healthy Communities, Conservation Law Foundation, David Salvatore, Invenergy, Jeffrey Dana, Jeremy Bailey, Jo-Ann Ryan, Luis Aponte, Mary Kay Harris, Paul Roselli, Providence City Council, Sabina Matos, seth yurdin |
By Steve Ahlquist on July 24, 2017
If approved, the resolution would align the City of Providence and Providence Water Supply Board with the Conservation Law Foundation and against Invenergy.
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Energy, Featured, Johnston, News, Providence, Rhode Island, Water | Tagged 2014 Resilient Rhode Island Act., Blackstone River Watershed Council, Burrillville Building inspector, Burrillville Conservation Chairman, Burrillville Planning Board, Burrillville Tax Assessor, Burrillville Zoning Board, Clear River Energy, CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, EFSB, Energy Facility Siting Board, Harrisville Fire District, Invenergy, Jeffrey Dana, Johnston Town Council, jorge elorza, Kevin Cleary, Pascoag Utility District, Providence City Council, Providence Water Supply Board, PWSB, seth yurdin |
By Steve Rackett on July 19, 2017
It was a fruitful seven days for progressive Democrats in Rhode Island, with two big wins in the last two Democrat primaries. Last week Nirva LaFortune won in Ward 3, Providence City Council and this week Dawn Euer emerged victorious in Senate District 13 (Newport & Jamestown). These were excellent results for two good candidates […]
Posted in Featured, Jamestown, Newport, Providence, State House | Tagged Bill Lynch, Dawn Euer, District 13, Nirva LaFortune, progressive Democrats, Providence City Council, senate |
By Steve Rackett on July 13, 2017
Congratulations to Nirva LaFortune for her big win in the Ward 3 primary election. She fought an excellent campaign and in the debates she was articulate and passionate. She was also forthcoming when interviewed and came across as a forward thinking candidate, wanting to seek lasting, long term solutions for her neighbors and for the […]
Posted in Elections, Featured, Providence, Rhode Island | Tagged Bill Lynch, Dan Chaika, Mark Santow, Nirva LaFortune, Providence City Council, ward 3 |
By Steve Rackett on July 10, 2017
Who is best suited to represent the ward? Well, it depends on what people are looking out for in a councilor and each of the candidates can pitch to different areas of interest.
Posted in Elections, Featured, Providence, Rhode Island | Tagged Daniel Chaika, East Side Community Alliance, Facebook, Jeremy Corbyn, Kevin Jackson, Labour Party, Mark Santow, Nirva LaFortune, Providence City Council, Providence Ethics Board, Providence Teacher's Union, RI Future, RI NOW, Steve Ahlquist, twitter |
By Nicole Cordier on May 30, 2017
“This ordinance will only serve to punish the City’s already vulnerable poor, and divert police attention away from meaningful law enforcement activities,” said Barbara Freitas, director of RIHAP.
Posted in Class Warfare, Featured, Homelessness, Providence | Tagged ACLU of Rhode Island, Barbara Freitas, DARE, Direct Action for Rights an Equality, homeless bill of rights, Homeless Bill of Rights Committee, House of Hope CDC, jorge elorza, kennedy plaza, Providence City Council, RI Homeless Advocacy Project, rihap, SouthCoast Fair Housing, Steven Pare |
By Steve Ahlquist on May 27, 2017
The biggest reveal? The new name of the ordinance is the “Providence Community-Police Relations Act.”
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Featured, Immigration, LGBTQ, News, Providence | Tagged Bryan Principe, Community Safety Act, Courtney Hawkins, CSA, CSA Working Group, Home Rule Charter, Hugh Clements, Justice Gaines, Kathryn Sabatini, Linda Heng, Martha Yager, Mary Kay Harris, Nick Freeman, Providence City Council, Providence Community-Police Relations Act, Report of the Community Safety Act Working Group, Robert Boehm, Shannah Kurland, Steven Pare, Terrence Hassett |
By Steve Ahlquist on May 26, 2017
In the end, common ground was found and every instance of contentious wording in the draft ordinance was settled via unanimous agreement by members of the CSA Working Group. The final version of the Community Safety Act (CSA) was officially approved and will be now ready to be voted on by the full Providence City Council on June 1.
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Featured, LGBTQ, Providence, Race & Racism, Video, Youth | Tagged AFSC-SENE, American Friends Service Committee - South Eastern New England, Bryan Principe, Community Safety Act, Courtney Hawkins, CSA, CSA Working Group, DARE, direct action for rights and equality, gang database, Hugh Clements, Justice Gaines, Kate Sabatini, Linda Heng, Martha Yager, Mary Kay Harris, Nick Freeman, Providence City Council, Providence FOP, Providence Police Department, Providence Youth Student Movement, PrYSM, Robert Boehm, Shannah Kurland, Stand Up for Racial Justice, Steven Pare, SURJ, Terrence Hassett |
By Steve Ahlquist on May 23, 2017
“I listen to the radio quite a bit,” said Robert Boehm, president of the Providence FOP, “and the CSA has become that negative word for a lot of people who look at the struggle that we’re going through with this.”
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Featured, Justice, Providence, Race & Racism, Video, Youth | Tagged Bryan Principe, Community Safety Act, Courtney Hawkins, CSA, CSA Working Group, donald trump, gang database, Hugh Clements, ice, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Justice Gaines, Kate Sabatini, Linda Heng, Martha Yager, Mary Kay Harris, Michael Correia, Nick Freeman, PERA, PERC, Peter Kilmartin, Providence City Council, Providence External Review Authority, Providence External Review Committee, Providence FOP, Providence Police Department, Providence Youth Student Movement, PrYSM, Robert Boehm, Sabina Matos, Shannah Kurland, Steven Pare, Terrence Hassett |
By Steve Ahlquist on May 18, 2017
The third meeting of the Community Safety Act Working Group got into the more contentious elements of the ordinance. At issue is the so-called “gang database” used by the Providence Police Department to track gang members and affiliations.
Posted in Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Featured, Justice, Providence, Race & Racism, Youth | Tagged Bryan Principe, Community Safety Act, Courtney Hawkins, CSA, CSA Working Group, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, donald trump, gang database, Hugh Clements, ice, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Kate Sabatini, Martha Yager, Nick Freeman, PERA, Peter Kilmartin, PPD, Providence City Council, Providence External Review Authority, Providence Police Department, Providence Student Youth Movement, PrSYM, Robert Boehm, Shannah Kurland, Steven Pare, Terrance Hassett |
By Steve Ahlquist on May 12, 2017
Since the Community Safety Act was tabled at the last Providence City Council meeting, a lot has happened. Here’s where we stand now…
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Featured, Inequality, Labor, LGBTQ, Politics, Providence, Race & Racism, Video, Youth | Tagged ACLU of Rhode Island, Bryan Principe, Community Safety Act, Courtney Hawkins, CSA, CSA Working Group, DARE, direct action for rights and equality, FOP, Home Rule Charter, Hugh Clements, Jeffrey Dana, Jo-Ann Ryan, Justice Gaines, Kate Sabatini, Kevin Jackson, Luis Aponte, Martha Yager, Mary Kay Harris, OMA, Open Meetings Act, Providence City Council, Providence City Council Ordinance Committee, Providence City Hall, Providence FOP, Providence Fraternal Order of Police, Providence Youth Student Movement, PrYSM, Robert Boehm, Samuel Zurier, seth yurdin, Shannah Kurland, Sophia Wright, Steven Pare, Terrance Hassett, va |
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