(3.28) Let’s face it, nobody needs an excuse to eat gnocchi, but leave it to the late great Robert Healey to import the oddball Uruguyan tradition — Dia de Ñoquis — linking the 28th* of the month with potato dumplings and government employment. This suitably eccentric tidbit comes from Edward Fitzpatrick’s column in which he […]
The untimely death of Cool Moose Party founder Robert J. Healey Jr. has blown a hole in the fabric of Rhode Island politics. Brilliant, funny, and an overflowing tank of good sense, Healey’s perspective will be sorely missed. And it was a testament to the genuinely high regard enjoyed by this perennial candidate that as
As did any future debates. Robert J. Healey, founder and chairman of the Cool Moose Party, will make a fourth run at the governor’s office, this time representing the Moderate Party. This is one politician who does not traffic in sound bites, bromides, bumper stickers, or b.s. of any kind. He is an original thinker
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And then we can pull this sign down with a tank and smack it with our shoes. Heidi Rogers, republican primary winner in the contest for lieutenant governor, has withdrawn her name from the November ballot, and thrown her support behind Cool Moose candidate Bob Healey and his quest to abolish the position. (ProJo) Bad
Robert J. Healey, Jr., lawyer, businessman, and founder of the Cool Moose party is once again running for the office of lieutenant governor for the sole purpose of eliminating it. Should he win, he has the same plan he pitched the last time he ran: He’ll take no pay, hire no staff and work to
Robert J. Healey Jr., former Cool Moose candidate for Lieutenant Governor, restated his position in Saturday’s ‘Letters’ section of the Providence Journal, that this office should be completely eliminated. He writes (of the Rhode Island legislature) that “…these numskulls are considering expanding a useless office.” Well, I know firsthand that at least two of those