Arlene Violet: Chafee should blame himself
Governor Lincoln Chafee is blaming the news media for his low job approval ratings. He said as much to former Providence Mayor, Vincent A. Cianci during Cianci’s Sunday morning talk show. The Governor went on to cite Mr. Cianci as an exception to the media “piñata” mentality. Apparently, the Governor has missed the radio shows [...]
Read More →Nowhere to go but up
With Easter behind us and MLB Opening Day today, it’s time to turn the page and start anew – not only for Christians (and those who do their praying at Fenway) but for the Rhode Island Republican party and for the Chafee administration. Like the Red Sox, they’ve hit rock bottom and there’s nowhere to [...]
Read More →Down to earth: It’s time to make mulch of winter
I’m always a little nervous before cutting the garden back in spring. I worry about exposing delicate and tender new growth to this diabolical season that’s likely to shift within a day from mild and lovely to frigid and nasty. After all, “April is the cruelest month”, according to T.S. Eliot and most gardeners I [...]
Read More →Trash or Treasure: “A Better Kind of Mousetrap”
I am on a mission to visit all of the historical society museums within the publishing borders of East Bay Newspapers. I recently revisited the Bristol Historical Society’s museum and with the school’s spring vacation coming up, there is plenty to see there, for young and old. If you have never visited, it is located [...]
Read More →No Fluke: West Bay Anglers raise $12,000… new fishing regulations coming
West Bay Anglers raise $12,000… new fishing regulations coming The raffle tickets kept crossing the table, the math was pretty simple: $1 a ticket. But by the time they were done, after 18 weeks of Lobster Raffles this winter, the West Bay Anglers had raised $12,000 for charity. Half was donated to their Take-a-Kid Fishing [...]
Read More →Violet: Education commissioner is correct to use a testing tool
I think that Education Commissioner, Deborah Gist, is a sterling leader and a credit to the state. I am also a firm believer in tests, like the NYC Board of Regents exam, as a gauge of academic proficiency for graduation. Commissioner Gist is right-on in requiring that students pass a credible test to show proficiency [...]
Read More →Welcome spring with a good book … or two
The older I get, the more I look forward to spring and summer. The only good thing about winter is what a good time it is to curl up somewhere cozy and read. This winter went by faster than I expected and there wasn’t as much reading as I would have liked; but, I did [...]
Read More →No Fluke
New England Saltwater Fishing Show a big success The New England Saltwater Fishing Show was a big hit this weekend with happy exhibitors boasting of record attendance and sales. Special guests, the captains from the National Geographic Network program “Wicked Tuna”, drew big crowds as they were on hand to greet attendees. Over 300 exhibitors [...]
Read More →Will Block’s efforts be blocked?
Kudos to my friend, Ken Block, for his review of waste and fraud in Rhode Island’s Food Stamp and Medicaid programs. While it was important to pinpoint actual abuse, the real story of his analysis is the deficiency of state agency data to monitor and identify problems. Without such program integrity, the true recipients of [...]
Read More →Legacy: it’s how you play the game
As he walked off the field after giving up Aaron Boone’s walk off home run in game seven of the 2003 ALCS, Tim Wakefield feared that pitch would make him the new Bill Buckner, shunned and blamed for yet another historic Red Sox loss. He worried that his legacy—like Buckner’s—would be tied to the failure, [...]
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