Side of the Rhode: Who’s Hot & Who’s Not? - June 9, 2017
Friday, June 09, 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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Peter Kilmartin
The Rhode Island Attorney General deserves credit for speaking out against the US Congress’s attempt to eviscerate the consumer protections written into the Dodd-Frank Act several years ago. Surely, the bill has problems that should be corrected, but removing consumer protections isn’t exactly what the American people are looking for. Here’s hoping this bill doesn’t pass the Senate after the House vote.
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Joseph Solomon Sr.
Under Warwick City Council President Joseph Solomon’s leadership, the body cut back roughly $5 million, from $310 million to $305 million, which results in no tax increase to the property taxpayers of the state’s second largest city.
The Warwick City Council deserves credit for rolling up its sleeves and preventing a tax hike, since like everywhere else in Little Rhody, the taxpayers can hardly afford to withstand annual tax hikes.
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Harold Metts
The Senator from Providence is sponsoring a bill (S-0237) that would allow prisoners who were sentenced as adults for offenses committed prior to age eighteen to become eligible for parole after fifteen years. This means the next Craig Price, who commits a heinous crime as a juvenile, will not be allowed to be sentenced to life without parole. This is shortsighted legislation that will ultimately jeopardize public safety. Let’s hope the full Senate votes this down.
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Jerry Remy
The Red Sox announcer, though beloved by many, made some insensitive comments during a broadcast of the team’s game against the Yankees earlier this week. Remy said that foreign language speaking pitchers, such as New York Yankees star Masahiro Tanaka, shouldn’t be allowed to have a translator while they’re on the mound and instead should “learn the language of baseball”. Baseball markets itself as an international game, welcoming to all cultures. Remy should know better.
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Twin River
The gaming facility is facing a potential strike by its food and beverage workers, represented by Unite Here Local 26, after the group overwhelming authorized a work stoppage earlier this week, by a vote of 327 to 5. The dispute is primarily over health care costs, and the fact that Twin River is unwilling to share a reasonable portion of the burden. The company has until 4:00 p.m. today to come to terms with the workers, or it will face a work stoppage. Worst of all, this could jeopardize the construction of the new hotel, since the unionized hotel workers may be hesitant to cross a picket line.
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