Comments on: Might as well be a BDH column

By: Archer

Archer — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:58:38 +0000

Kind of condescending article…as if only out-of-staters can imagine a better Rhode Island. Also….no offense to Ms. Chen, who I don’t know, but inspiring “even schoolteachers” to run?? Isn’t there a tremendous amount of influence in the Assembly from Teachers’ unions? isn’t that why residency requirements for teachers were lifted in Providence and Pawtucket (later followed by police, fire and every other municipal employee)?

By: Ariel Werner

Ariel Werner — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:19:35 +0000

This article is from 2005… why the new interest, Rep?

By: East Sider

East Sider — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:17:26 +0000

Banning political contributions? David, you have heard of the First Amendment haven’t you? And perhaps you read that the US Supreme Court issued a very important decision last week striking down federal legislation that restricted contributions of certain types. A ban on contributions is an affront to the federal and state constitutions. It’s pretty damned un-American frankly.

By: JOE BERNSTEIN

JOE BERNSTEIN — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:31:06 +0000

Te-Ping Chen is a good writer-her Phoenix articles were all well-researched and interesting.She seems to know when to insert her personal opinion and when not to.Even if she’s very liberal,I like reading her stuff.And there’s nothing wrong with taking elections out of the category of things only a millionaire can afford.