slides: Side of the Rhode: Who’s Hot & Who’s Not? - Dec. 9, 2016
Friday, December 09, 2016
Russ 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.
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Ray Rickman
The former state representative argues in a GolocalProv article this week that Governor Gina Raimondo’s next four to give judicial appointments should be people of color. Given the fact that there are just 4 minority judges and zero minority magistrates in a state with 85 such positions, Rickman is spot on. The state’s roster of judges should at least somewhat reflect the diversity of our state.
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Kim Turner Clark
The owner of Rhody Craft on Hope Street in Providence makes an excellent point about parking meters this week. If the city is allowing free parking from 10 am on in order to encourage business and shopping the city during the Christmas season, why not just extend the program to an all year-long basis? “If they think meter-free helps business, that's like admitting that they hurt businesses the rest of the time,” she said. Great point. How can the Elorza administration refute that?
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Representative-elect Ramon Perez
The state representative-elect from district-13, which encompasses portions of Providence and Johnston, deserves credit for testifying in favor of the Achievement First Charter School expansion in Rhode Island. Perez was initially opposed to charter schools, but a visit to the school forced him to change his mind. There’s nothing wrong with changing one’s mind when presented with new, relevant information.
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Stephen Neuman
In classic campaign consultant fashion, the former Chief of Staff to Governor Gina Raimondo took just about no responsibility for Hillary Clinton’s surprising loss in Michigan, where he served as her campaign manager, in an interview with National Public Radio’s Ian Donnis. Neuman came up with a smorgasbord of excuses (sexism, the FBI Director, Russia) for the loss. Neuman and the Clinton campaign were apparently blindsided by the loss, as he stated that they didn’t see the warning signs until “election day”. That’s interesting since consultants like Neuman normally brag about their foresight.
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Legislative Grants
The Dan Doyle conviction serves as more fodder for critics of the legislative grant process since a large portion of the misspent money at the Institute was from the controversial grant program. While the vast majority of the grant money is spent on good, worthwhile programs, the bad apples like this situation cast a negative dispersion on the whole program.
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John DePetro’s absence
The often controversial talk radio host has gone missing from his usual time slot on 630 WPRO due to what he describes as a personal health issue. Here’s hoping that DePetro gets well soon. Love him or hate him, and it seems as if everyone does one or the other, but DePetro is never boring. That makes him an asset to the local talk radio scene.
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Pentagon Waste
The Pentagon, according to The Washington Post, hid the fact that it wasted $125 billion on useless desk jobs that do little and are far away from the battlefield. This is a disgrace of epic proportions as the money could’ve been used on so many other, useful programs. It’s incumbent on President-elect Donald Trump and the next Congress to rectify this wrong.
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