Half of RI Renters Spend Over 30% of Income on Rent—Half of RI Renters Spend Over 30% of…

Share It

Get Immersed. Offer your comments, thoughts, and views.

Captain Blacksocks
Jun 01, 2012
1:10pm

From: New State Budget: Winners and Losers

Will the last working person to leave RI please turn out the lights?

Billy Santos
Jun 01, 2012
1:05pm

From: Aaron Regunberg: Police Should Stay Out of Schools

Are you serious? Obviously you and BROWNIE BOY, STEVEN BUM BROWN have your facts wrong. Whoever has given you or driven you to this story is a parent who had their child arrested for fighting which is a crime(RI GENERAL LAW 11-45-1) and is upset that their kid broke the law.
BUM BROWN also has no clue. Unlike Warwick officers do not get involed with Phones, sagging pants, hats or browsing the hallways, there is much more going on in Providence schools. I am sure you and BROWNIE boy have no clue casue your kids are in private schools or in quiet little Barrington or Little Compton. Fights are not a little scuffle on the corner but usually 2 kids in a circle of about 3oo kids or so and they lock arms so it does not get broken up. Happens often.
Let me correct you agian. Hope has 2 Officers not 4. For many yrs there was only one for about 1500 kids.
Brown has armed Officers for their Ivy League school and so does Harvard, UMM wonder why? Do you and BROWNIE BOY watch the news and see how school violence has risen and when their are shootings the word juvenile means they are under 18 and most likely in High School?

Captain Blacksocks
Jun 01, 2012
12:56pm

From: BREAKING: City Reaches Tentative Deal with Retirees

Donna,

Taking away the City Council's cell phones is a fine idea, but it might save a few thousand dollars a year...not the MILLIONs per year Providence needs to save to avoid bankruptcy. Why do public employees feel they are so victimized by this?? The same thing happens ALL THE TIME in the private sector...only worse! First of all, private sector employees don't get any "guaranteed" benefits or job protection because RI is an 'employement at will' state...so private employers can and DO fire staff and cut benefits how ever they need to in order to stay financial stable. Somehow that is a totally alien concept to state workers. Try working in the private sector for a few years, and you'll see what job insecurity is all about. No organization -- private or public -- can stay out of bankrupcy if the Managers keep giving our more raises, more benefits and more perks that the organization can possibly afford. Providence is lucky to have a Mayor who can do MATH.

Bill Healy
Jun 01, 2012
12:55pm

From: New State Budget: Winners and Losers

The geniuses in the Marble Palace think that Rhode Islanders don't look past their front yard. When times get tough, we go where we must to get the best deal. The solution is NOT raising taxes. The solution is smaller government, reduced spending, and right to work laws. The governing party hasn't figured it out in seven decades. It's time to bring accountability to our government.

tjulietoscar aifseng
Jun 01, 2012
12:48pm

From: Top 10 Cities: New England’s Best Cities 2012

abiti da sera , abiti da sera, abito da sposa , abiti da sposa , abiti da sposa low cost

Bob Stanley
Jun 01, 2012
12:46pm

From: New State Budget: Winners and Losers

Well said Bill. I couldn't agree more. Lynette, I understand what you are saying, but that is missing the point. We levied a tax on this business now and I feel that is unfair to them as it will drive up their prices. We should be lowering taxes to help businesses thrive and tax revenue comes via income/corporate taxes. I feel the same way with the bridge tolls for the residence in South County. Just a bad idea. I want to give you a quick example... I just paid 12 cents less per gallon in MA for gas(because I was low). The price is higher because of the taxes levied. We should be lowering those to pull in business away from MA and the same is applicable to for the cigarette tax. Consumers are not stupid and will pay the lower costs whenever they can. For the life of me, I cannot figure out why the legislature thinks otherwise.

Howard Miller
Jun 01, 2012
12:33pm

From: New State Budget: Winners and Losers

i am thinking of running for Lt. Gov. let me tell you anout my platform ist no beer will ever be served in a plastic cup second you go to see the Red Sox and a Arod gets in basehit thru a drawn in infield on artifical (Fake Grass) turf to win the game the game not counted as a time at bat what do you think

steve busby
Jun 01, 2012
11:59am

From: NEW: Chafee Names 3 to EDC Board

You obviously think this board's job is to "catch whales". Finding or starting 30-40 small or medium size businesses in the area will be as good for the economy, if not better.

I've known Ms. Vareika for several decades. I don't know anyone more tenacious. I think we will look back on these appointments as one of the wisest things the governor has done.

Aaron Regunberg
Jun 01, 2012
11:56am

From: Aaron Regunberg: Police Should Stay Out of Schools

As far as Ed Jucation's comment goes, I think it's a good example of the kind of assumptions I was talking about. I don't know how much time you've spent in Hope, but it's not "gang infested." And the culture there, while it definitely has lots of room for improvement, also has a lot of great points. But we just assume that someone's going to get stabbed, anyways.

Aaron Regunberg
Jun 01, 2012
11:52am

From: Aaron Regunberg: Police Should Stay Out of Schools

Hi all. Thanks for your correction--I apologize for incorrectly assuming that there aren’t police in the public schools in schools like East Greenwich High School. I was wrong (and will certainly be informing the students I spoke with about this correction). However, I think it's hard to argue that the police have very different presences in these different communities. At East Greenwich High, there is, a quick Google search found, 1 school resource officer two out of five days of the week (though the school is trying to get someone assigned all five days of the week) for a school of around 800. That's a pretty significant difference from four police for a school of around 1,000. Can we agree on that?

I also want to apologize for not being more clear in my article--I think this is a problem particularly pronounced when it comes to low-income students of color, but it's a problem in how we treat all students (I remember--I was not a low-income student of color, but I often felt vaguely criminalized during my high school days just for being a kid).

Alex Williams
Jun 01, 2012
11:30am

From: Side of the Rhode: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in RI Politics?

Congressman Cicilline is a good man and he should NOT be blamed for all of Governor Carcieri's mistakes that led to the problems Providence has faced. Cicilline was a good mayor and he has done great work in Congress, and I'm proud to be represented by him!

Howard Miller
Jun 01, 2012
11:29am

From: 8 Names to Watch for 2014 Governor’s Race

i would like to announce that i will be running for Lt. Gov. let me tell you some of my positions this early in the game to see what you think first of all if you ask for a cold beer they will not be allowed to serve it in a plastic cup secondly if you go to a baseball game and a player gets a hit on artificial turf thru a drawn in infield to win the game not counted as a time at bat what do you think

Russ Hryzan
Jun 01, 2012
11:13am

From: NEW: ‘Tax the Rich’ Group Launches Media Campaign

*bankrupt any entity (typo)

Russ Hryzan
Jun 01, 2012
11:09am

From: NEW: ‘Tax the Rich’ Group Launches Media Campaign

Donna - unions were created in the late 1800s to help put an end to child labor, poor/unsafe working conditions, and wage advocacy (since there wasn't minimum wage until the late 1930's).

I assure you that they were not created to extort money from members by force, and they were not created to allow public sector unions to use their money and power to elect politicians to office who would agree to giveaways that anyone with half a brain can tell are unsustainable in the long-term and would bankrupt any eneity.

We now have federal laws and agencies that control and manage child labor, working conditions, and the minimum wage. I know my history, and I know the corrupt political history of Rhode Island that's brought many of out cities and towns to the edge of bankruptcy.

It's the same political corruption (elected officials signing obviously unsustainable labor contracts is most definitely political corruption), and lack of fiscal restraint and responsibility coupled with the one-party politics in RI that's caused our mess. It's driven the taxes through the roof, driven out most of the wealth in the state, forced many businesses to leave the state or close altogether, and made RI the state that's the worst to do business in and the state with the 2nd highest unemployment rate.

Retirement systems should be fully funded by the employee and employer during their employment duration so that no additional funds are required to sustain that employee's retirement and benefits once that employee retires (this goes for public and private sector). If the system is too expensive, change the type of system, or decrease the benefit, it's pretty easy. The private sector figured this out decades ago. It's time we do the same thing with out public sector employees too. The taxpayers (many of whom are new younger taxpayers who weren't even alive when some of these sweetheart deals were signed) don't deserve to bear the consequences of the corrupt system that put us where we are today.

Bill Healy
Jun 01, 2012
10:36am

From: New State Budget: Winners and Losers

This November, Rhode Island voters have the opportunity to bring balance and accountability to the General Assembly. Seven decades of one party control has put us in our current mess. Rhode Islanders deserve more than control. We deserve LEADERSHIP. Support your local, state, and national Republican candidates NOW.

Michael Trenn
Jun 01, 2012
10:18am

From: Aaron Regunberg: Police Should Stay Out of Schools

Of all of the weird, whacked out liberal columns that this man has written for this outlet, this is by far the craziest. I don't know what Mr. Regunberg is smoking, but most, if not all, public schools have Resource Officers. My younger daughter transferred from Lincoln High to Mount Hope, and there were Resource Officers in both places. There continues to be a Resource Officer at Mount Hope. There is also a presence at the Jr. High, and there was a situation a few years ago, where 7th and 8th graders in some sort of "Scottish Mafia" were threatening others. Try as you might, Mr. Regunberg, this is NOT a racial issue. Violence, or the threat of it, occurs in all public schools.

David Beagle
Jun 01, 2012
10:14am

From: Aaron Regunberg: Police Should Stay Out of Schools

These days, with gang violence happening all the time in the big city, can you imagine what Hope or any other inner city school would be like if there were NO police officers in the schools? You have to wonder how silver spoons would survive if their gravy train stopped.

Michael Trenn
Jun 01, 2012
10:08am

From: Side of the Rhode: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in RI Politics?

It WAS Congressmistake Chi Chi's fault that the situation in Providence got so bad, and he deserves NONE of the credit for avoiding Bankruptcy. People will have short memories indeed if they forget the lies and coverups; the machinations that ChiChi undertook to keep the truth from the voters. Is this the best that we can do as our Representative in Washington? Not only no, but HELL no.

David Beagle
Jun 01, 2012
10:02am

From: Side of the Rhode: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in RI Politics?

As far as Cicilline goes,maybe the "B" word won't be used, but how about the "L" word, lie, or the "C" word, cover-up when referring to his handling of the city's finances in the waning months of his tenure as mayor? Cicilline apparently has Gemma in his corner anyway, or at least it appears that way.

watching providence
Jun 01, 2012
9:51am

From: Aaron Regunberg: Police Should Stay Out of Schools

Moses Brown doesn't have cops in their school because they do not have to tolerate the troublemakers that Prov public schools have to accept. Your living in fantasy land! Teachers get assaulted and other students get assaulted. These are crimes, and they should be handled by law enforcement, not educators. And when a student brings a gun, or a knife, or drugs to school, my kids may have a chance if a cop is there to make an arrest sooner, rather than later when it is too late.

lynette kapsinow
Jun 01, 2012
9:48am

From: New State Budget: Winners and Losers

wash your automobile at home, great way to get some exercise and bond with your children.

Didi Lorillard
Jun 01, 2012
9:36am

From: RI’s Best Summer Farmer’s Markets

Here in Newport there are two fabulous farmers' markets all summer long and into fall every Thursday on Memorial Boulevard and, again, every Saturday in Middletown on East Main Road between Chaves and Newport Vineyard. Check them out.

Charles Drago
Jun 01, 2012
9:22am

From: NEW: Cicilline Applauds Decision Ruling Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional

Wrong again.

In fact, "pathetic" in this case modifies "little failure." Usage of the term "little failure" -- as in Hitler, the "little dictator" -- to describe David Cicilline is quite common.

With each post, you demonstrate the distinction between learning a language and picking it up. In this regard, you bring to mind Brendan Doherty.

Beyond this point, please be advised: I would engage you in a battle of wits, but I make it a practice not to attack an unarmed opponent.

Chris MacWilliams
Jun 01, 2012
9:02am

From: New State Budget: Winners and Losers

We have an election in November. Can we get rid of some these high maintenance clueless politicians?

Christopher Lee
Jun 01, 2012
9:01am

From: Aaron Regunberg: Police Should Stay Out of Schools

Aaron, you know why their are cops in schools? Because there aren't any parents at home. Cops today do what parents used to do - and that is be a parent rather than a child's friend.

Government policies have destroyed the nuclear family. It is too easy to get a divorce. The shame once attached to illegitimacy is gone. There is rampant recreational drug use. Sex without care or conscience. The result: social pathology beyond what any government program can repair.

Page 598 of 1363 pages « First < 596 597 598 599 600 > Last »