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New Providence Subcommittee on Women & Healthy Communities
the adorable family of Councilwoman Matos, from her Facebook page At the February 2nd meeting of the Providence City Council, Council President Michael Solomon (Ward Five) announced the creation of a...
View ArticleThe Dirty Dozen Tax Scams of 2012
Today the IRS released its annual “Dirty Dozen” ranking of tax scams, reminding taxpayers to protect themselves against a wide range of schemes, from identity theft to return preparer fraud. IRS...
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RI’s DISCLOSE bill introduced!
Before leadership of RI’s legislative and executive branches jumped on board, there were the hardworking activists of Democracy Matters and Common Cause of Rhode Island working all fall to put together...
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A Different Tax Exemption for Brown
It was Saturday night, I was reading through Providence’s 2012 fiscal year budget, and I came across an expenditure that caught my attention. We’re all pretty familiar by now with the gist of this...
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RI Tea Party: Anti-Monsanto and Anti-Sustainable Development
The latest in ‘why the RI Tea Party confuses me:’ This extensive list was included in a blast-email today from Marina Peterson of the East Bay Patriots. In the same breath where she urges consumers to...
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Providence Responds to the Murder of Trayvon Martin
Saturday night. Impromptu march. I got this report in: “there was a march in memory of treyvon martin of about 40+ people on friday which started on thayer street and made its way down to as220. it was...
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Big Turnout Last Night For Trayvon Martin March
Last night’s ‘ReBoot approved’ event started with a rally at the Harry Kizirian Elementary School with three or four speakers, marched over to Chad Brown, and then directed attendees to Kobi Dennis’...
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Decriminalizing Marijuana Rally Today at State House
I’m writing to follow up on Becky’s post. When you watch the video you’ll learn that Rhode Island currently spends 40.5 million dollars annually policing, and adjudicating and incarcerating the users...
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Old vs. New in Campaign for State House Seat
There’s no other way to say this: The old ways aren’t working, our state is moving in the wrong direction, and I need your help to fix it. Today, John Lombardi announces his candidacy for State...
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We Need Diversity in Rhode Island’s General Assembly
On my last post I was called out for having previously said somewhere at some time that the General Assembly, and the House in particular, has too many white, male lawyers. Here I’m going to lay out...
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