Solicitor Chapman’s opinion backs Councilman Briden to choose AFO in East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence City Council President and Mayor James Briden can be the sole person to choose a candidate to fill the Administrative and Finance Officer position required under legislation creating state oversight which led to the seating of the Budget Commission, so wrote City Solicitor Timothy Chapman in a legal opinion on [...]
Read More →East Providence City Council President Briden gets chance to choose new state overseer
EAST PROVIDENCE — With the East Providence Budget Commission having served its notice of departure during its Feb. 28 meeting, the next bit of business is to find a conduit between the state and city as part of the five-year continued oversight as written in the legislation creating the governing body. State Director of Revenue [...]
Read More →Lynch’s charges against Briden on Pond View are baseless
To the editor, As one of many residents who has fought for the closure of TLA Pond View for a number of years, I was astounded to read the criticism of James Briden by Ward 1 City Council opponent Edward Lynch in the September 27 edition of The Post, (Ward 1 City Council candidates Lynch, [...]
Read More →Lynch, Briden spar over Pond View, law tabs in East Providence Ward 1 Council race
EAST PROVIDENCE — The first real salvos of the 2012 General Election locally were lobbed over the last week, and were done so fittingly concerning arguably the most controversial and pressing issue facing one of East Providence’s residential sections. In a wide-ranging and, at points, tersely-worded press release directed at his opponent in the East [...]
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