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From: Aaron Regunberg: Police Should Stay Out of Schools
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Guess you never spent any serious time in a high school. SRO's (Safety Resource Officers) are a god send. They are a presence that conveys authority and a last resort for safety. They make connections with kids, lend and ear to those that need help, and help kids that have no one to go to. When a teen brawl breaks out they covey the full weight of the law. Take it from someone that has been laid out flat by a punch from a very large teen. I was never so glad to see that blue uniform step inside a swirl of bodies that had no regard for anyone. When I read that that idiot superintendent from Central Falls got rid of the SRO I could only say that she is fooling herself into believing that there is no such thing as a bad boy. Listening to the Channel 6 report about the girl being sent to the hospital after being beaten by a girl gang is just the thing that a SRO could help prevent.From: Aaron Regunberg: Police Should Stay Out of Schools
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And Aaron, cops in schools deter crime by their mere presence. They also serve as intelligence gatherers for crime happening in the community because whatever happens in the community makes its way into the schools and to the cop's ears. Without such a presence, god knows what might happen.From: Donna Perry: Time for Heavy Lifting on Disability Pension Reforms
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Tom,Police and firefighters must be a clumsy bunch. Why so many disabilities? I'm sure many of them are true disabilities. Not so sure about most of them, considering the lax oversight.
"There are 566 accidental disability pensions being paid out right now that alone are costing the city $2.2 million per month, and they represent 30% of the entire pension system."
From: Donna Perry: Time for Heavy Lifting on Disability Pension Reforms
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Donna, tightening the existing rules for disability pensions has already been in effect for years in Providence. The particular pension you speak of has been and will continue to be investigated. If it can be proven that he has fraudulently collected a disability pension it will come out and he will face the consequences. You and others like to use him as a poster boy for these crooked firefighters and police officers, but his is an isolated case and you know it.The abuses were mostly from the late 80's and the 90's with a few from the early 2000's. You would be hard pressed to find a retiree from the past 10 years or so who can be accused of being fraudulent.
Chiropractors and dentists??? - you're full of cr@%!! But then again, don't let the facts get in the way of your true feelings!
You're upset that law enforcement (and the pension board) dropped their investigation of Sauro for now, right? Were you upset when the police dropped their investigation of an obviously fraudulent radio advertising ratings scam perpetrated by your brother John DePetro? No? I wonder why? Can you spell d-o-u-b-l-e s-t-a-n-d-a-r-d?
From: NEW: Chafee Names 3 to EDC Board
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@Steve: I hope you're right. But in order to cost justify the existing budget of EDC, it should be producing hundreds of jobs per year. I do believe there needs to be small business representation on the board and Alison Vareika may be the right woman to provide that representation. Yet there also need to be people that can deal with larger corporations and deals. I don't see that experience reflected in any of these appointees. Also, companies generally hate getting tied up in controversies and I can't think of any more controversial person in RI than Pablo Rodriguez. He may be a darling of the left-wing activist types, but that's not necessarily what's best for this job.From: Aaron Regunberg: Police Should Stay Out of Schools
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Warwick has a school resource officer in each of the 3 public high schools, although the also support the feeding junior highs and elementary shcools. Just under 100 arrests per year for all three and the juniors. Many more kids are not arrested but dealt with by the officers in lieu of arrest (suspension, etc).Providence is far worse. There are all sorts of weapons in their schools. Teachers can't handle the students and the parents are the problem. Used to be the vice principal could handle discipline. Now, they call the cops.
From: NEW: Cicilline to Host Free Senior Resources Fair
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GoLocal - please call it what it is...a campaign event.Even your articles are pathetic cut-and-pastes of Cicilline's own press releases. Does he use your GoLocal computers to prepare his releases or does Fenton write them for the former Congressman?
Just another example on how the people who know people that are involved in special deals one way or another stand to gain all at the expense of Rhode Island taxpayers. Just another day in the way things are done in this state, especially by those that know the right connections. Good Figure.
From: NEW: ‘Tax the Rich’ Group Launches Media Campaign
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Excuse me "dis"...I'm proudly non-union and will never in my life ever join a "union" because I don't believe in what they stand for (equal pay for unequal work effort, demanding unreasonable benefits, etc). However, my comments are focused on unions that bargain with my government at my expense, not with private labor unions. My working conditions are top notch (and not in RI, I might add, because my company isn't insane enough to even think about setting up shop in this state), even before I reached managerial roles, my pay far surpassed what unionized counterparts would make, and here's the best part: I worked my butt off, I not only got to keep my job, but I got performance raises, promotions, and special recognition.I've previously worked for a public school system in RI for over 7 years. Teachers who work their butts off get the same exact pay and benefits and recognition as the teachers who show up and do the bare minimum (or even less), and leave when the last bell rings. Why would I be stupid enough to want to work in a system like that? People who are hard workers and perform highly in their profession would never be insane enough to buy into the scam/legalized extortion gig that is a "labor union". My working conditions and salary in this day and age aren't thanks to the unions, they're thanks to my workplace's absence of unions. My company's pay-to-perform criteria incentivizes me to work my tail off in return for good pay increases and rapid advancement opportunities. Every employee should be evaluated based on performance. If you do the bare minimum (or less), you should be fired, period. If you choose not to participate in continuing training/education to advance yourself in your field, you don't deserve constant pay raises and promotions for continuing to do the same job. That's just common sense.
I feel I am well-taken care of (working for a private corporation), and the taxpayers certainly deserve far more that the "shaft" we've been getting for the last several decades. I have the right to not have my tax dollars be used for paying for people that aren't even working for my city and state, and to have them solely used for current services being provided and repayment of bonded indebtedness only. That's how private companies survive and stay afloat while controlling costs, and it's the same thing we need to do in our government.
From: Side of the Rhode: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in RI Politics?
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alex williams - lets face it, no what ciccilini does,, do matter how bad it is, you will always support him?what kind of thinking is that?
blind loyalty?
what good does that do for anyone?
at some point, you have to be open minded and call things the way they are....
he is a complete liar...just admit it... if you are going to support him, so be it, but just admit that he is the liar that he is.
From: NEW: ‘Tax the Rich’ Group Launches Media Campaign
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Instead of pulling unions down, non union people should be demanding unions and union type benefits and pulling themselves up....You don't dummy down working conditions...you raise up and improve working conditions.
CEOs make huge profits that is reflected in the thousands with their salary and bonuses. Some of that exorbitant profit that they make, should be going to the worker who is the one allowing the profit to be made...Without the employed, there is no profit for management
From: Aaron Regunberg: Police Should Stay Out of Schools
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In support of Aaron, I would like to point out that Aaron prefaced/qualified his article by stating that the students were the ones that raised the issue. In that respect, I understand and support Aaron and his extension of the discussion.As to his wager about the other schools, he has apologized and recognized that his did not do his due diligence with the information. I am sure that he will not make the same mistake again.
As to the contents of the article, I feel it is all a matter of perception, the students’ as well as the family’s perception. I do not want to make a general statement and have it haunt me, so I will put it in the form of a question. Do the students or parents who have students at Moses Brown feel the need to have security at that school? If they do not, why not? The same question can be asked in the mirrored version of the students and parents of the Hope students.
Here I inject my views. It sounds like the police officers’ behavior in the school is not a negative, but rather their perceived as such in the school by some of the students. That their title is resource officer sounds great. Perhaps there is a way to teach away some of the perceptions that bogged down some of the students. All in all, we certainly do not want another Columbine. Parents nor did America believe that anything like that could happen there, yet it did.
In the end, Aaron’s article surely points out one thing, that there are two opposing views on this matter. Whether this has anything to do with Steven Brown is beyond me. The students were the ones with the opposing views, and to them go the credit of liberalism or conservatism. To Aaron, I would remind you to do your due diligence.
As for the nurse matter, we should find a way to fund these positions that does not put any additional strain on the taxpayers. We are already in a huge mess. Any constructive ideas on this anyone?
From: New State Budget: Winners and Losers
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I feel bad for the last person left in RI. Imagine the tax bill he'll be left with?
But 38 Studios isn't a public entity, so i don't think it would need to follow public project bidding rules. I'm not sure RI even has a law that says publicly funded projects must go to the low bidder. Doubt it.
From: New State Budget: Winners and Losers
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Taxpayers are considered winners because the governor didn't raise taxes on certain items.What a world we live in. Dispicable.
I'm sure that because this project was paid for with public money, that this project had to be competitively bid, with a public bid opening. Those bid results should be available to anyone who wants to see them.
If it was bid properly, then Nappa would have been the low bidder. Let's see those results.
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If it was bid properly, then Nappa would have been the low bidder. Let's see those results.
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I'm sure that because this project was paid for with public money, that this project had to be competitively bid, with a public bid opening. Those bid results should be available to anyone who wants to see them.
If it was bid properly, then Nappa would have been the low bidder. Let's see those results.
If it was bid properly, then Nappa would have been the low bidder. Let's see those results.
From: New State Budget: Winners and Losers
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"Rhode Islanders know what is wrong with our state. They understand that when their own checkbook is empty, they need to stop writing checks. I want Rhode Islanders to join with me and become ambassadors for the state. Tell everyone you know about the great things we have here. Encourage people to come and visit our beautiful Ocean State. We have all the resources and just needed to promote them."~Jay Forgue, Republican candidate for Senate District 23
What prevents RI taxpayers from organizing a class action suit against the key people who had a hand in losing our $100 million? Any lawyers out there who can explain citizens's rights to collectively file a suit, considering the growing evidence of incompetence, lack of feduciary responsibility, monkey business, etc?
From: New State Budget: Winners and Losers
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Will the last working person to leave RI please turn out the lights?From: Aaron Regunberg: Police Should Stay Out of Schools
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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?
From: BREAKING: City Reaches Tentative Deal with Retirees
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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.
From: New State Budget: Winners and Losers
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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.From: Top 10 Cities: New England’s Best Cities 2012
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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.Page 599 of 1365 pages « First < 597 598 599 600 601 > Last »
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