Side of the Rhode: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in RI Politics?
Friday, April 12, 2013
Every Friday, Dan Lawlor breaks down who's rising and who's falling in the world of Rhode Island politics. Check out who made the lists this week.
Who’s Hot
Warwick City Council-> Warwick's legislature has joined Providence and East Providence in calling on the State Senate to pass marriage equality. Let's get this done!
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTDeborah Perry-> Perry has a lot to celebrate as her locally crafted charter school - the YWCA's Shelia "Skip" Nowell Leadership Academy- won unanimous approval from the Board of Regents this past week. Nowell, a partly online academy, is designed to provide parenting and pregnant teens with more opportunities for success. Kudos!
Women's Fund Rhode Island -> This good group gives us a call to action. As their recent report notes, "Rhode Island women earn less than men, make up a majority of minimum wage earners, and are at a higher risk of poverty." Let's start problem-solving.
Chuck Newton–> The new Communications Director for the GOP in the RI House is aiming to build up the digital presence of the opposition leadership. Every little bit counts.
Theresia Gouw and Charles H. Giancarlo-> These two Brown alumni, both active in venture capital, donated a combined $35 million to the University’s Engineering School. Gouw said her donation was in honor of 80-year-old Professor Barrett Hazeltine, who is active and still teaching (when not bicycling around the East Side).
Angel Taveras and Allan Fung -> This pair of competent Classical alums is organizing to provide easy access for more job opportunities for returning veterans. Good work!
Sister Ann Keefe -> You name it, she's involved with it. CityArts for Youth, the Institute for the Study and Practice of Non-Violence, Sophia Academy, AIDS Care Ocean State, Providence Community Library, the Community Boating Center, and so much more! Sister Ann, based at St. Michael's Parish in the South Side, has a role in nearly everything that is good in the Ocean State! Many wishes for her speedy recovery from surgery!
Who’s Not
Gordon Fox and Teresa Paiva Weed -> The Master Lever clean-up is stalled, Ethics Reform is on hiatus, and questionable campaign coordination has been accused against the Speaker. Could the first female Senate President and the first openly gay Speaker of the House stop echoing Joseph Bevilacqua?
Gina Raimondo -> A recent piece in Forbes magazine did not look too kindly on the State Treasurer. Ted Siedle writes, “When alternative investment managers take control of a state pension and recklessly dump pension assets into high-cost, high-risk alternative investments, while they slash workers’ benefits, that’s no reform. Call it what it is: a money grab."
Our Education System -> High school graduates had to spend over $5 million dollars on remedial coursework at RI community colleges last year. The system is broken.
Angel Taveras-> Happily, overall crime rates in the capital city (including drug offenses, sexual assault, and vandalism) have dropped, but robberies have increased compared to last year. Not that the city doesn’t have enough to worry about, but we need to address this.
Coventry Central Fire District -> Municipalities and elected offices on the brink of bankruptcy, threatening public well-being, is becoming too common.
House and Senate Committee Chairs -> Do we need to hold everything important for further study?
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