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From: URI’s Mazze on Economic Forecast: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
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This Project is all well and fine; However, let us not forget what The New England Economic Partnership recently said…" Rhode Island is in a strong position to grow its manufacturing sector because of its geographic location, but
Rhode Island must raise the skill level of its working-age residents and have a more business-friendly entrepreneurial environment ".
We all need to keep these two very important factors constantly in mind if we are ever going to see Rhode Island return to its
once substantial/robust self…
Respectfully yours,
Jon K. Polis at peterjburns2@verizon.net
From: URI’s Mazze on Economic Forecast: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
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Having the need to create jobs and creating jobs are two distinctly different things. Words on paper do not accomplish this. With all due respect to the Professor, lets look at Narragansett where the town council recently voted 3 to 2 in favor of not dissolving the EDC, which the professor is long standing member. Do we need the EDC? The town has an Economic Development Committee, a Chamber of Commerce, a planning dept, a planning board, and 29 other boards that have, up to this point, failed in attracting new businesses. This is not to mention a $35,000 "Economic Development Study' completed a few years back that accomplished absolutely nothing other than to spend money the town doesn't have. Maybe its time for a different approach.From: RI Small Business Journal + Pat Paolino Cruz Join Forces
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In one word,outstanding! Personally I can not think of anyone who exemplifies the challenges and achievements of said demographics more than Ms Cruz. Her experience, vision and enthusiasm, coupled with the RISBJ management/publishing can only lead to a successful outcome. Good luck to you both!From: Half of RI Renters Spend Over 30% of Income on Rent
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Rob Felber: Why do you include heat? The law only requires you to provide water (not even hot water). Make the investment for a separate heating system and save yourself the headache. When the bill comes in the renter quickly figures out how to save on heat. Do you provide electricity? Same deal...separate electric meters. Do you provide telephone? You get my point. The landlord can always play defense, as long as he looks ahead. Oh yeah, and make sure you have a solid lease, without a month-to-month clause. You are not a one-person welfare agency; charge what the property is worth and adjust the rent every time the lease comes up for renewal.From: Gist by the Numbers: Achievement Gap Failing to Improve
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The AP test participation is a farce. The reason for the increased number of people taking it is many high schools require that you take the test if you sign up for the class. That wasn't always the case. So in effect we are forcing Rhode Islanders to spend their money with a New Jersey firm (ETS Educational Testing Services) to make our stats look better. This is a terrible policy.From: Gist by the Numbers: Achievement Gap Failing to Improve
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Neither Gist nor the teachers can make some parent(s) care about their children or their children's education. Despite the prejudicial title this article shows that Rhode Island is improving faster than most of the country. As long as we are losing students that speak english and replace them with ESL students the numbers will improve slowly. No mention of the changing demographics of the state. I guess it doesn't fit Mr. Beale's narrative.From: Lisa Blais: Providence Goes After Water, Homeowners To Fix Budget
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If Chris Blazejewski is sponsoring a bill you know its to increase revenue. He is the left fringe of the democratic party and has never seen a tax he didn't want to raise. His wife is a teacher, so naturally he wants to protect her job and pension. He is a leftist and sees himself as the future majority leader. He must be stopped. As JoJo mentioned above the renters at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder will be the ones hurt most by increased taxes.From: Is Obama Heading Towards Nixon? Experts Weigh In
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Jonathan,For one who looks down upon GoLocalProv as "a sewer for crazy people to swim in," I'd say you're doing the backstroke -- and pretty vigorously at that.
From: URI’s Mazze on Economic Forecast: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
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This isn't rocket science. Helping the private sector succeed means the public sector, the state and municipal unions, take a hit. The high taxes here feed the unions and hurt the business climate. Reversing this would help. Don't hold your breath.From: Half of RI Renters Spend Over 30% of Income on Rent
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That's nice.People who work for a living lose 20, 30, even 40% of their income to taxes.
From: Gist by the Numbers: Achievement Gap Failing to Improve
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Keep in mind that certain cultures don't hold education in high regard. That's not a Rhode Island thing. Settling for modest gains in poor urban districts might be the only way.From: Gist by the Numbers: Achievement Gap Failing to Improve
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Can we have some stats on social promotions?From: Report: Gist Misses Most Achievement Gap Target Numbers
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And the areas where these gaps exist is in the urban areas. These cities are where the minorities and economically disadvantaged live. The criminally negligent funding scam is the reason there isn't enough money to hire the staff needed to address those needs, but the Gist will continue to drone on about how the urban areas are getting increased funding (though it is actually much less than in 2007)and the poverty factor takes care of the gap issues.BULL$HIT! You're wrong and your monstrous ego won't let you admit it!
The General Assembly and its budget is where a major step towards the solution exists. Once that's corrected, then a proper curriculum and strong state oversight can make sure it gets done.
She's leading a Race to Nowhere for many of our children trapped in the economic ghettos the state has created, and she likes it!
From: NEW: Senator Whitehouse Apologizes for Comments
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Why apologize? Wasn't he stating the official position of the left which has long blamed all constructive human activity for so-called Global Warming and the many supposed bad things which it causes?Isn't Global Warming one of their cherished beliefs, akin to religious dogma? Why apologize? They're working overtime to demolish civilized life and reduce us to stone age serfs, on phony pretext it's necessary to 'save the planet', and now they're apologizing?
From: Gist by the Numbers: Achievement Gap Failing to Improve
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and yet no one looks to hold Superintendent Gallo in CF accountable!From: Lisa Blais: Providence Goes After Water, Homeowners To Fix Budget
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THE STRAIN THIS ENTITLEMENT SANCTUARY CITY HAS PUT ON THE ECONOMY AND THE TAXPAYERS IS OUTRAGEOUS! AND YOU WANT TO PLUG HOLES OFF OF OUR SWEAT!?..STOP ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET TO THE HOARDS OF ILLEGALS TO FURTHER YOUR POLITICAL AGENDAS! HOW ABOUT TAKING CARE OF THE TAXPAYING PEOPLE WHO PAY ALL THE BILLS! WHY THE HELL ARE WE ALWAYS OVERLOOKED!?.. BECAUSE YOU NEED TO FEED THAT UNDERCLASS OF FRAUDULENT VOTERS TO KEEP YOU IN POWER.THIS CITY WOULD THRIVE IF IT WASN'T FOR THE RIDICULOUS SOCIAL WELFARE STATE YOU'VE CREATED..THE PARASITE IS KILLING THE HOST! I HANG THE ENTIRE MESS AROUND THE NECKS OF THE DEMOCRATS,PROGRESSIVES,AND THE BRAIN DEAD LATTE SIPPIN' LEFTIES OF THE SOCIAL JUSTICE LEAGUE.THANKS FOR DESTROYING THE GOOD LIFE IN PROVIDENCE YOU MORONS!From: Bi-Weekly Paycheck Legislation Gets Pushback From Employees
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Workers should indeed seek decent wages ansd safe working conditions, and unions are helpful to realizing those goals, but insisting on weekly payroll processing is embarassing to the union movement. It increases costs to the business without providing any additional income to the employees. This doesn't make much sense.From: Bi-Weekly Paycheck Legislation Gets Pushback From Employees
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Businesses provide jobs in Bangladesh, too. Businesses provided lots of jobs at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Unions would not have any problems with businesses if the businesses were willing to pay wages that were not stagnant to the employees while the few at the top were receiving record profits. Unions are interested in ensuring that businesses treat those who produce the products from which the fat cats reap immense profits as valuable assets. When businesses pay pitiful wages in the name of quarterly upticks and don't allow labor to earn living wages, then unions have problems. Furthermore, cost saving is not the only impetus for businesses to withhold weekly pay. The businesses are earning more interest on the earnings of their labor force.From: LEGAL MATTERS: How To Beat That Speeding Ticket
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All these uniforms and threatening poses, reminds me of another time...From: Providence Pension Projection Data Raising Questions
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MichaelThat is a cope out.
Do you have any answers to my questions or not?
From: Bi-Weekly Paycheck Legislation Gets Pushback From Employees
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Do unions realize businesses provide jobs, not unions? When unions kill all the private sector jobs in this state, what will they do then? Why are unions so against business in this state? I don't understand why unions are against a simple cost saving mechanism such as biweekly paychecks. What a terrible message unions are sending to businesses.From: Providence Pension Projection Data Raising Questions
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Michael or KATY SLOOPThis one is over two years old now and is useless if above one I sent
you corrected these numbers. BUT AGAIN GIFTS AND SPENDING ARE NOT
CLEAR SO THE SKEW COULD BE WAY OFF.
Maybe that is why YOU and not I are confused. I am very clear on my
facts and EMOTION DOES NOT CLOUD THE FACTS.
Brown endowment gains 19% in fiscal year
By: Bloomberg
Published: October 20, 2011
Brown University endowment’s investments returned 19% in the past fiscal year, according to information on the school’s website.
The endowment was valued at $2.5 billion as of June 30, after $69 million in new gifts and $111 million in spending, the Providence, R.I., school said in a statement on its website.
Following the 2008 Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. bankruptcy, Brown’s investment committee “chose to hold a portfolio with slightly less market exposure than in prior years,” the school said. As of June 30, the fund had 21% in global stocks, 31% in hedged strategies, 22% in private equity, 14% in real assets and 12% in fixed income and cash.
Brown generated an average annual return of 7.7% over the past decade.
Original Story Link: http://www.pionline.com/article/20111020/dailyreg/111029994
THIS MEANS VERY LITTLE WITHOUT ANSWERING ALL MY QUESTIONS.
I think you and KATY NEED TO DO MORE HOMEWORK.
Stephen
From: Providence Pension Projection Data Raising Questions
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Michael and KatyIt seems you are not serious about honest discussion and just throw things out there that are misleading and not revelant to PROVIDENCE or the STATE of RHODE ISLAND.
Without total transparancy which means FULL DISCLOSURE then you cannot make the statements you have.
And you cannot tell people to listen to you or critize others without backing up your HEDGE FUND PUSH.
Furthermore All Alternative Investments are not HEDGE FUNDS.
SO BE REAL CLEAR WHEN YOU START TO SEPERATE OUT PERFORMANCE NUMBERS.
I guess you are both reading 97-256 and 99-256 and the BROWN PARKING DEAL!
Stephen
From: Providence Pension Projection Data Raising Questions
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MICHAEL or is it KATYThis is the link you sent. Is this what you asaid would CLEAR things up about BROWN???????
SAYS BROWN GAVE BAD NUMBERS AND GIFTS COUNT IN SOME WAY, JUST NOT SURE HOW??
AND YOU HAVE ANSWERED ANY OF MY QUESTIONS.
NOR HAVE YOU POINTED OUT A FACTUAL ERROR.
Stephen
Source: National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund Institute
Notes: This table shows the market values of endowments serving institutions in the United States and Canada for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2007, to June 30, 2012. One-year change reflects the net impact of donor gifts, investment gains or losses, and expenses paid out by the endowment. Endowments for Canadian institutions are expressed in U.S. dollars. Where systems reported separate endowments for the system as a whole and for individual institutions within the system, we list the endowments separately. Where institutions reported separate figures for institutional endowments and those of affiliated foundations, we combine those endowments.
Correction (2/28/2013, 4:02 p.m.): Because of incorrect data provided by Brown University, this chart originally misstated the university’s results for 2012. Brown's endowment declined by 1.1 percent, not by 7.3 percent, to a value of $2,624,332,000, not $2,460,131,000. The chart has been updated to reflect this correction.
From: Providence Pension Projection Data Raising Questions
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KatyI tried .....no hope getting through....
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