slides: Side of the Rhode: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not - May 20
Friday, May 20, 2016
Russell J. Moore, GoLocalProv MINDSETTER™
Every Friday, GoLocalProv's Russ Moore breaks down who is rising and who is falling in RI politics, business, and sports. Moore has worked on both sides of the desk in Rhode Island media, both for newspapers and on political campaigns. Send him email at
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Avon Cinema
The historic Thayer Street Theater--a cool venue known for showing movies marketed towards people looking for something different than typical Hollywood "blockbusters"--hosted the International Ocean Film Tour on Monday. Providence filmmaker Carlos Andres Toro's film "The Edge: A Sharklovers Guide to the Sea" was picked as one of the Tour's feature films and was shown on Monday.
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Theresa Agonia
Miss Rhode Island 2016, who doubles as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza, appeared on the John DePetro show this week to promote the pageant. She was subject to criticism for her appearance since DePetro is still subject to a union boycott over some of his comments about teachers union members, but good for Agonia for appearing on the show and not letting petty politics prevent her from promoting the issues she believes in.
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Brian Principe
The Providence City Councilman who represents Federal Hill as well as portions of downtown and the west end was selected as the body's majority leader on Thursady night, in the wake of Kevin Jackson's arrest by state police for embezzlement and campaign finance violations. Here's hoping Principe can help lead the body effectively during some turbulent times as these.
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Karen MacBeth
The boat sank before it even left the dock. The state representative from Cumberland, who a few weeks ago switched political parties from Democrat to Republican, and announced a run for Congress against David Cicilline has changed her mind and dropped out of the race. MacBeth told GoLocal when she announced she didn't think money would be an issue -- "I'd be starting fresh, but that's OK" she said, but somewhere along the line she figured out she was up against an opponent with a formidable war chest, and wasn't up for the task of getting on the blower on a daily basis to sing for her supper.
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Bernie Sanders
The socialist from Vermont has defied almost all reasonable expectations throughout his campaign, even winning several states including Rhode Island in dominant fashion. But the writing is on the wall, and its clear that Hillary Clinton is going to win the nomination. Sanders should be gracious and acknowledge his defeat. Instead, he has vowed to continue on. What's worse, when his supporters at the Nevada Democratic convention were unruly, at best, and in some cases, downright violent, he sent out a weak statement that didn't fully condemn them. That, from a candidate who couldn't condemn the violence at the Trump rallies fast enough.
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Hedge Funds
At this point, it's starting to seem like there's at least one negative article in a major news outlet every day about how hedge funds are extremely costly, opaque, and produce low returns on investment. Just last week, Business Insider, the New York Times, and Bloomberg all ran articles exposing the folly of hedge funds. Meanwhile, the New York City Comptroller has pledged to drastically scale back the city's pension fund investments in hedge funds. What is Rhode Island waiting for?
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