slides: Side of the Rhode: Who’s Hot & Who’s Not? - July 7, 2017
Friday, July 07, 2017
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.
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Camille Vella-Wilkinson
Amidst the chaos of the House leaving before a budget was passed, the first-term state representative from Warwick scored a major legislative victory in passing a bill that would make municipal union contracts continue even their expiration date--taking away leverage from mayors and town managers.
This is legislation that municipal unions have wanted for years, and it makes certain that Vella-Wilkinson will have their loyalty moving forward.
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Ray Rickman
The former state representative and deputy secretary of state who heads up his own public affairs firm will be appearing on GoLocal LIVE every Thursday. Rickman is a long-time civil rights and racial equality leader here in Rhode Island, and it will be an absolute treat to hear his opinions on a regular basis going forward. Rickman is a throwback--an old school gentleman who can disagree with someone without being disagreeable. His perspective will continue to constructively add to the dialogue here in Little Rhody.
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Saul Kaplan
The Business Innovation Factory, led by Kaplan, has received a $1 million grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York to "help integrate the many fragmented innovation solutions, tools, and approaches being tried across the U.S. education system in order to transform student experience and produce better student outcomes." This grant will allow Kaplan’s organization make new ideas education more cohesive and therefore effective for students.
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Boston Red Sox
Slow and steady wins the race. Sure, the Red Sox didn't’ have the ultra fast start to the season like the New York Yankees. But their consistency, day in and out, has them securely atop the AL East standings heading into the All Star break. That’s a good sign for the home team moving forward this summer.
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Nicholas Mattiello and Dominick Ruggerio:
The House Speaker and the Senate President have found themselves at an impasse since they’re both trying to flex their muscles and show that one is more powerful than the other.
Mattiello claims that Ruggerio and he had an agreement on the budget based on a backroom handshake, and that Ruggerio violated the agreement by allowing the Senate to amend the budget. Ruggerio says that no such deal was ever reached and the Senate has the right to amend legislation as the body sees fit.
Make no mistake about it: this fight is about power and who can and should be calling more of the shots. Yawn.
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Aaron Regunberg
The East Side progressive has been a good boy all year long making sure he marches in lockstep with legislative leadership. But Regunberg wasn’t rewarded for it at the end of the legislative session, as his main bill, which would have allowed Rhode Island workers to accrue sick time, died after House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello sent the representatives home and the Senate passed a different version of the bill--leaving the two houses unable to reconcile the differences.
Other progressive pieces of legislation also died this way, including a bill that would have mandated that the state seize guns from domestic abusers. Representative Regunberg: Maybe the go-along-to-get-along method of legislating isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be?
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7th Worst
Providence has been ranked the 7th worst city for driving out of 200 cities surveyed according to a recent report by Allstate insurance. We must admit, it would be nice if we used our blinkers a bit more and went a little easier on our brakes.
However, it’s not like we’re the only city in New England with bad drivers. Worcester, Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, Springfield, Massachusetts, and New Haven, Connecticut, all also placed in the top ten worst cities.
At least our neighbors aren’t better drivers than us.
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Marriage
Bloomberg reported this week that just 40 percent of Millennials between the ages of 25 and 34 are now married, whereas in 1980, that number was 66 percent. Some might view this statistic as selfish, but maybe Millennials are just wise enough to wait in order to make sure they’re getting it right? In any event, it’s clear that young folks aren’t in any big rush to tie the knot.
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