slides: Side of the Rhode: Who’s Hot & Who’s Not? - May 26, 2017
Friday, May 26, 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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Dominick J. Ruggerio
The Senate President announced that any measure to provide tens of millions of dollars to the Pawtucket Red Sox so that they can build a brand new stadium with our money would not be considered in this year’s legislative session, since it’s coming to a finish and there’s not enough time to properly vet a potential deal. That’s good news, since there is no realistic economic feasibility study that’s been presented to justify such an outlay.
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Yanene Castedo
The impressive seventeen-year-old Central Falls resident and joint student at The Met School and CCRI, who was recently awarded the "Young Organizer of the Year" by the Young Democrats of Rhode Island plans on running for office in 2018--most like for the Central Falls City Council, joined GoLocal live earlier this week. It’s awesome to see young, talented, passionate folks getting involved for the right reasons.
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John Lombardi
When Lombardi was appointed a municipal judge approximately two years ago, he told me that the creation of night court in Providence, so that folks who work during the day could have their say in court, was one of his top priorities. This week, the city council announced that night court will become a reality. This is a great common sense initiative.
Credit for this forward thinking idea should also be given to Chief Judge Frank Caprio as well as the city council.
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Ken Bell
The iconic sportscaster from ABC 6 whose career spans over 30 years and so many different major championships from all the New England teams has announced his retirement. Bell’s retirement is a loss to local sportscasting, but Bell is hot for all the excellent sports reporting he’s done over the last 4 decades.
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Justin Bieber
The world’s biggest pop star took another step to cement his place in history last week after his new hit song “Despacito” topped the charts--just one week after his other hit “I’m the One” (with DJ Khaled) placed first on the “Hot 100” list. That means Bieber is just the third artist in history to replace himself as number 1 on the charts, alongside the Beatles (ever hear of them?) and Usher, his mentor.
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Memorial Day
It’s Memorial Day weekend, so let’s enjoy the unofficial start of summer. But let’s not forget to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice to preserve our freedom and way of life.
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Peter Palumbo
The former state representative from Cranston has been indicted on charges of mishandling his campaign account, similar charges to what Providence Councilman Luis Aponte and Kevin Jackson are facing. The time has come for regular, random audits of campaign finance accounts by the Board of Elections.
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Manchester Terror Attack
The evil of terrorism has struck the West again, this time at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, where a suicide bomber killed 22 people. This is another sad, disgusting reminder that sick, disgusting evil exists in our world and that deranged people will kill innocents for no reason.
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Distracted Drivers
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) recently released research that shows in 2016, traffic fatalities jumped nearly 18 percent in Rhode Island, about triple the national average. A large portion of this increase is attributed to distracted driving. Please stop texting while driving (if you do). Whatever it is can wait. Trust me.
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