Warwick wants to charge students for riding the bus, playing sports
In an effort to balance its budget, Warwick wants to charge students $1 to take the bus to and from school as well as a fee to participate in after school sports. But because these cost-cutting moves flout state law, the local school committee is seeking the approval of the state Department of Education to […]
‘Real’ Democrats call for McNamara to step down as party chair
A group called Rhode Island Democrats for a Real Democratic Party released a petition Tuesday calling for the revocation of two endorsements and the resignation of Democratic State Committee chair Rep. Joseph McNamara after several progressive female candidates were passed over for party endorsements. “We are outraged and appalled that the Rhode Island Democratic Party […]
Progressive Dems call out conservative Warwick mayoral candidate
What was supposed to be a casual meet and greet for the Warwick Progressive Democrats quickly went downhill when Sam Bell, the state coordinator for the Rhode Island Progressive Democrats, called out Democratic Warwick mayoral candidate Richard Corrente’s merits, saying that he’s an embarrassment to the party. Corrente’s campaign has been an all around unorthodox […]
Rep. Serpa pre-files bill to provide financial relief to storm victims
Representative Patricia Serpa (D- District 27) is already preparing for next year’s legislative session, as she today announced that she will prefile legislation designed to assist home and business owners that were harmed by the storm on Aug. 4. Serpa is the chairwoman of the House Small Business Committee, as well as a representative for […]
Langevin and Pell at Warwick Library tonight
Want to rub elbows with Congressman Jim Langevin? Maybe you’d like to meet gubernatorial candidate Clay Pell? Or perhaps you want to talk to legislative candidates David Bennett, Joe Shekarchi, Nick Denice, Joseph Solomon Jr., or Jennifer Siciliano? If so, they will all be at the Warwick Public Library tonight at 5:30 for the Warwick […]
Mystery Facebook hater revealed as candidate for Warwick mayor
When I initially reported on this social media altercation with an individual who chose to cast at me unwarranted and hateful slings and arrows in the dead of night with regard to my previous post on the Senate Finance Committee hearing on a supplemental excise tax on guns and ammunition, I chose to withhold the […]
Podcast: Warwick Wendy’s workers walk off, RI should buy ProJo, more jazz for Newport, more mining in Westerly
It’s Wednesday, December 5th … and all across the country today fast food employees will be walking off the job. Here in Rhode Island, Warwick Wendy’s employees who protested outside their workplace in November plan to walk out of work at noon, organizers tell me. RI Future will be there capturing video of the action….
Bay pollution hurts Oakland Beach, Ocean State economies
Beach closures due to polluted Narragansett Bay water is harming Warwick’s summertime economy, said Mayor Scott Avedesian and several state legislators at a Save The Bay press event at Oakland Beach today. But don’t take their word for it, I asked the people who actually come here and spend money: Chris Cifelli is the general […]
Warwick City Council Endorses Marriage Equality
The Warwick City Council last night became the latest to endorse marriage equality. By doing so, the Council joins a very long list that includes mayors, municipalities, churches, religious leaders, the governor, the House of Representatives and a majority of Rhode Islanders. In other words, pretty much the entire state except the Catholic Church and […]
Warwick Progressive Democrats Meet Tonight
The progressive movement in Rhode Island is growing, and today marks the first organized incarnation of it in West Bay as the Warwick Progressive Democrats hold their inaugural meeting at Dave’s Bar and Grill on Post Road. The WPD is the first subgroup of the popular Rhode Island Progressive Democrats. Here’s the invitation from the […]
Kids, Schools, Twitter, Profanity, WPRO And Gist
There’s so much to blog about in this WPRO story about how a Warwick high school suspended a couple kids for sending rude and profane tweets to Education Comissioner Deborah Gist about high stakes tests as a requirement of graduation. In no particular order: Say what you will about Gist’s education policies, she should be […]
Warwick Legislators Run Unopposed, For Most Part
Does Warwick suffer from a lack of people willing to represent the state’s second largest city in the General Assembly? Or is the citizenry just really happy with the delegation it has? Either way, of the nine seats the city has in the state legislature only three are being contested this campaign season, according to […]
Sewage Treatment Gets Legislative Treatment
In the waning days of the legislative session, can one be forgiven for suspecting that Assembly members don’t give a, well how about a quart of sewage solids about the municipal governments they represent? Sewage stories from Woonsocket and Warwick lead one to suspect otherwise. Woonsocket first. Woonsocket is currently under a DEM order to […]
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