In so many words, a message is sent
Memo to East Providence residents: State leaders do not have faith in our elected officials. In so many words last week and with her decision last month, State Director of Revenue Rosemary Booth Gallogly said as much in an interview with The East Providence Post following the first meeting of the reseated Budget Commission. The [...]
Read More →Clock should be ticking on East Providence Budget Commission’s departure
By any realistic and unbiased measure, the East Providence Budget Commission has been a success. The state overseers came into the city some 14 months ago with a mandate to sort out its finances, stabilize its cash flow, formulate a prudent future financial forecast and make meaningful cuts to municipal government our elected politicians failed [...]
Read More →Technology shows its worth through a storm
So we here in East Providence seemed to survive Nor’Easter Nemo, Winter Storm/Blizzard of 2013 pretty well. Many of us lost power for much of Friday night and throughout Saturday, but save for the odd minor car accident and a house fire where there weren’t any injuries to report, we came through basically unscathed. We [...]
Read More →We’ll likely look back with wonder over same-sex marriage fuss
The Rhode Island House of Representatives, including all four with city ties, last week overwhelmingly passed a measure making the Ocean State the last in New England to allow same-sex marriage. We here at The Post applaud their courage and conviction and ask of the same from the R.I. Senate. Regardless of how this is [...]
Read More →Rhode Island, the land of ‘DINOs’
While the issue of same-sex marriage has garnered the most attention during the first few weeks of the new General Assembly legislative session, another issue of particular import has also picked up steam as the idea of removing the so-called “master lever” from the voting booth gained wide-ranging support. From East Bay resident and Moderate [...]
Read More →Important issues face those charged with guiding East Providence in 2013
The business of governance in East Providence begins almost immediately at the turn of New Year, bringing with it a host of challenges and unresolved issues. There are many matters of importance facing those charged with directing the city. It remains to be determined, however, if we, as residents, politicians and administrators, have the will [...]
Read More →It’s time to change our amateur ways
Among a certain set, New Year’s Eve is disparagingly referred to as “Amateur Night” because of the immature nature of some peoples’ actions during the evening. Veterans of the party scene do their best to avoid contact with these types, understanding simply being in their presence does nothing but drag them down to that undesired [...]
Read More →There’s a war on civility, not Christmas
Let’s get this straight once and for all. There is no “War on Christmas,” real, imagined or otherwise. The alleged assault on the holiday is a product of talk radio and cable news networks. It’s their way of creating controversy, inflating ratings and driving yet another wedge between us. How else could either medium survive [...]
Read More →Wishing more people would get involved in the discussion
If we had one early holiday wish for the City of East Providence if would be for more of its citizenry to become involved in public and political life. It would certainly vary and broaden the range of opinion available on important issues facing our residents and business owners. All too often in the recent [...]
Read More →Elections do have consequences
Turn on any television station, read any newspaper website or media blog in recent days and the one phrase most often stated or written over and over again during post-election coverage was that those very “elections have consequences.” There’s no doubt they do, whether it be nationally, state wide or locally. The consequences of the [...]
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