From Chris Barnett at the Secretary of State’s office, w learn that potential candidates best get crackin’:
Today at 4 p.m. is the deadline for candidates to submit the signatures of enough eligible Rhode Island voters to get on the ballot this year, according to Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis.
Rhode Islanders can track the progress of all of the candidates who are vying for a spot on the ballot by
visiting the Secretary of State’s web site.
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Every morning Mollis will update the number of signatures that have been certified for every candidate in their quest to appear on the ballot.
Signature papers already have started to trickle in to local boards of canvassers, according to Mollis. Among the candidates who appear to already have made the cut are House Majority Leader Gordon Fox and House
Finance Committee Chairman Steve Costantino, both Providence Democrats. [As we know, Daily Dose Maven
David Segal will too].
The Secretary of State has until July 18 to finish certifying the names in order for candidates to officially be placed on the ballot for the September 9 primary or November 4 election.
If you thought the Rhode Island General Assembly was shenanigan-prone, think again - our neighbor to the north has got us beat (at least for this week), and Wonkette’s got the scoop.
First, there’s the
heartwarming tale of a Lowell, MA legislator who gets his jollies by dressing like a homeless man and groping women in public thoroughfares. Not so crazy, you say? Well, when Representative Genital-grabber was caught, he apparently ran off, knocked over a hot dog stand during the ensuing street chase, and, when cornered,
gave the police the name of a different state legislator. Fantastic!
Next, we have a legislator from yon Taunton-towne who took his opposition to
Jessica’s Law a little too far. Describing how the law would force young victims of abuse to testify,
Rep. James Fagan noted that, as a defense attorney, he would rip the little victims into vomit-and-tears-drenched shreds. Here’s the video:
Round Providence, we know
David Segal as a Dose poobah and Progressive Dem state legislator, who fights for the environment, affordable housing, progressive taxation, fair school funding, and democracy and criminal justice reform.
But in Knoxville, they know
David Segal as the bellicose Ice Bears Right Wing who, according to dropyourgloves.com, fights for basically any reason, to the tune of
.55 incidents of fisticuffs per game.
Watch here as the minor league ice-pugilist kicks the crap out of some dude:
Update! Segal has been traded to the
Muskegon Fury, where he leads the team in Penalty Infraction Minutes (PIM). Go team!
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The Wrath Of Con Local insane person and all-around lovable muppet Connie “Constance” Thunders will be guest bartending at the E&O Tap tonight. Stop in and order a martini, which is what she calls a Miller Hi Life.
The Providence Journal’s Editorial Page does a pretty good job. If that job is an awkward misrepresentation of facts, spun to serve their pseudo-independent conservative agenda, then yeah, they totally rock it.
I was gonna rip on the editorial board’s Froma Harrop, who lives in Providence and writes a syndicated column, last week when I read her column, “
McCain no anti-abortion fanatic.” Gawd, you can tell from the title what this is gonna be: “Don’t worry, pro-choice voters. It’s gonna be okay no matter what.”
Persons with the unique ability to read McCain’s website and research his voting record have been buzzing over the wackness of Harrop’s column, including more notable writers than yours truly. So I’ll just leave it to Katha Pollitt of The Nation, who
echoes my daddy, Frank Rich, when she says:
Are there feminist Hillary supporters who hate Obama so much they’ll vote for McCain just to show the Democratic Party how ticked off they are? Yes, and I get e-mails from all five of them.
Everybody knows that just before you get to New Haven proper on I95, there is this giant American flag. Its all tattered and brown, and it can’t always appear majestic because of its shear weight. RISD prof and local smartist
Liz Collins will be bringing 8 knitters and thousands of queers together to reimagine the original pride flag - maybe even surpassing 95’s old glory. The flag will incorporate the original hot pink and turquoise that we now see missing (representative of sex and art respectively). It happens today between 12PM and 6PM at Waterplace Park and is the fourth installment of Collins’ Knitting Nation project.
Miller, who
famously testified on behalf of the textbook he wrote after Georgia tried to slap an “Evolution is a Theory” bumper sticker on all of their biology primers, and in the
landmark Dover, PA case, is a
big macher on College Hill.
Am I right that we gain a bit more cred if we can prove that we’re not shut-ins, riddled with blood clots, playing Second Life, in Second Life? In our spare time, we are:
The DailyDose-laden Providence Burnsiders play the very first game of the season, against the Scurvy Dogs, in front of whoever’s made it out of bed by noon.
Full schedule here. I should know this by now, but where are we playing? At Dexter Park or something?
Organizers seem hopeful that a pretty, and even snarkier-than-usual,
website will make up for the loss of Ted Rao. There are even
team-by-team descriptions and histories – triggering a sinister “Ha-ha!” at the Powers That Be: You didn’t catch that the Burnsiders are, at least in spirit, but the newest incarnation of the Productivists — with a work-ethic/attendance rate so disgraceful that they managed to get banned from the league 3 years ago.
If you don’t know what any of this is about, check out the ridiculous
Today Show story from a couple of years ago.
Ari’s dad
has a good meeting with Gordon Fox… And a not-so-good follow-up appearance on
John Depetro’s show. While he wasn’t
called a fat lesbian, Depetro’s listeners saw through his shenanigans and called him out on his racket: Don’t you see, he advocates for RiteCare for immigrant kids because he’s a doctor — he’s just looking to line his own pockets.
Meanwhile, Michael Corrente continues pulling together a cast for his screen version of Journal reporter Mike Stanton’s opus on former Providence Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr., The Prince of Providence. Corrente said he hopes to make a major announcement about the film later this month.
The project has been in pre-production for a few years, with occasional bulletins from Corrente about various actors interested in playing Cianci, including Russell Crowe and Nicolas Cage. Corrente would not confirm the names of anyone he has signed or is in the process of signing for the film, but said he “has applied for the Rhode Island tax credit” and hopes to begin production in the state this summer.
But does anybody know if there’s truth to that rumor that Robin Williams will be playing a big part?
CRANSTON — Imprisoned mobster Frank L. “Bobo” Marrapese Jr. is scheduled to be released from prison this afternoon.
Tracey Z. Poole, spokeswoman for the Adult Correctional Institutions, confirmed yesterday that Marapese has a job and will leave the Pinel Building on the prison grounds sometime after 1 p.m. with an electronic monitoring bracelet attached to his ankle.
It will mark the first time that he will take a step outside the prison without handcuffs and leg shackles in 25 years.
“Allison Paganetti, a first lieutenant stationed in Baghdad, explains, “Little luxuries like a hot bath and wearing makeup and clothes other than a uniform are slowly climbing up my list of priorities.”
Paganetti was 2005’s Miss
Rhode Island and competed in the same year’s Miss USA pageant. A career in the military is an unexpected route for a beauty queen, but she knew it was the right choice.”
Awesomely enough, this dude may actually
beat out the front runner in today’s Oregon Senate primary. If he wins, and beats sitting GOP Senator Gordon Smith in November, Novick is automatically Captain Hook in the Senate’s annual production of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys.
In other news about politicians’ hands, RI Congressman Patrick Kennedy broke his
doing karate a month ago. F’real.
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From Chris Barnett at the Secretary of State’s office, w learn that potential candidates best get crackin’:
Everybody knows that just before you get to New Haven proper on I95, there is this giant American flag. Its all tattered and brown, and it can’t always appear majestic because of its shear weight. RISD prof and local smartist
Micah’s
It seems pretty certain that
First full Waterfire of the season.