Ken Block: Why Progressive RI Should Agree With Me
While I might not agree with where Ken Block invests his energy and determination, I certainly have a lot of respect for his energy and determination. Even after I compared him to PT Barnum and likened his SNAP fraud investigation to Anthony Gemma’s voter fraud investigation, he still took the time to write an essay [...]
Ken Block Is PT Barnum, Rhode Island The Suckers
Ken Block is the new PT Barnum of Rhode Island. He’s dominating local politics like it’s his own private three ring circus. Too bad he’s treating Rhode Islanders like suckers in the process. Block got an amazing amount of positive press for his report on fraud and abuse in the state SNAP program. Technically, this [...]
Conservative Talking Points And Conspiracy Theories
In response to our post this morning about how increasing income taxes by 2 percent the tax rate for the richest 2 percent of Rhode Islanders, I got a couple responses on Twitter. One came from the RI Tea Party that I thought was particularly ridiculous, but I think it also speaks to a way [...]
Barry Hinckley: Tea Party Republican of Choice
Remember when Republican Senate candidate Barry Hinckley courted out-of-state political donors by saying, “Although many of you who live out of state cannot vote for me – remember, I can vote for you.”? Well, it seems as if one out-of-state group has taken him up on the offer. Hinckley was endorsed by the Freedomworks PAC [...]
Tea Party Uses True the Vote Tactics to Stifle Votes
It turns out Anthony Gemma isn’t the only one using allegations of voter fraud to prop up his political agenda. Local tea party groups are doing so too, using both his tactics and his allegations, under the auspices of True the Vote. “True the Vote’s plan is to scrutinize the validity of voter registration rolls [...]
GOP Strategy for General Assembly Needs Work
So, according to RINPR’s Ian Donnis, RI Republican Party chairman Mark Zaccaria only plans to run 40-50 candidates for the 113-member General Assembly (about half of the number who ran in 2010 during the Tea Party Revolt). Mr. Zaccaria says that the goal is to force floor fights over every major piece of legislation, and [...]
The State’s New Economy Wrong Way Run
Disturbing hints this week from EDC director, Keith W. Stokes, that the state plans to continue it’s new economy wrong way run, even possibly eliminating financing of the Slater Technology Fund, this on the heels of the positive news of a $9 million federal grant. “The hope would be that we can continue to maintain [...]
“We did not spend our way here — We were robbed.”
Friend of the blog, Tom Sgouros, has an excellent piece out on GoLocalProv, “Occupy Movement is on Right Track.” I attended the rally and march and think Tom best captured the spirit of the event and provided probably the most accurate count of the number in attendance.
T is for Theocrat
Progressives have long been skeptical of “grassroots” movement born with a rant on corporate media and promoted by folks like former House majority leader, Dick Army, and a bevy of right-wing billionaires. But that hasn’t stopped the right-wing from claiming the Tea Party is “surprising new political force” out to upset the status quo. So [...]
State Senator Nicholas Kettle has Learned What, Exactly?
Yesterdays’s Projo ran a piece on freshman Senator Nicholas Kettle. Kettle also happens to be the youngest Senator at age 20. You might remember Kettle, who rode into office as a Republican Tea Party candidate with no experience whatsoever. He very soon established his Tea Party bona fides by insulting the homeless community in RI [...]
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