Let’s take this opportunity to stride boldly into the 21st century, finally shaking off our nation-wide reputation as a hopeless sink of graft and patronage. Our notorious pay-to-play business climate has kept us behind the eight ball for years. And for those who wouldn’t pay, Cianci was neither a “character” nor a lovable rogue. In …
This new multi-media installation — “Why Would Anyone Invest In Providence?” — debuted Friday at Providence City Hall, complete with a Sia-inspired floor routine “Vinnie gets the Vapors.” If anyone has footage of parking lot titan Joseph Paolino performing CPR please send it along. (ProJo 11.19.15.) But back to the wall art: See how the …
Almost immediately upon taking office Mayor Taveras announced that the city’s financial situation was much worse than he had imagined, leading to the inevitable question — how could we not know about this? We now know that former Mayor David Cicilline was hiding the extent of the financial crisis and accessing the reserve fund without …
Join the MoveOn and Ocean State Action team for a rally to protest corruption in Washington. Help make Washington work for the 98% of us who can’t afford a lobbyist. We need a massive groundswell to rid our democracy of corporate corruption. Featured speakers include Professor Corey Brettschneider, associate professor of political science at Brown …
Sayonara “Chiefy”. Finally responding to calls for his exiting of the public life (first me, then the ProJo) Justice Frank Williams announced yesterday that he will wind things up and go away. Corruption on the Rhode Island Supreme Court is nothing new, but this guy blazed new trails. (Raise your hand if your best friend …
Governor Blagojevich has called a news conference for 3:00 today, presumably to announce that former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris will fill Obama’s empty Senate seat. Senate Democrats are refusing to recognize anyone the governor appoints until Blagojevich loses the toupee or stops being corrupt or gets impeached or something. If he does go to …
Dose reader Joe Bernstein, among others, had warned me Chicago can kick Providence’s butt on corruption. Now it looks like Plunderdome has met its match. The New York Times reports that Rod Blagojevich, governor of Illinois, was arrested for conspiring to gain financially from appointing Obama’s senate replacement. Oh, and for squeezing campaign contributions in …
Yay, we’re NOT the most corrupt state in the country! Read More »
… it helps to keep us honest, and is still in short supply in Rhode Island. Providence Mayor David Cicilline recently attended a fundraiser for his disgraced brother, attorney John M. Cicilline, who will be sentenced in September after pleading guilty to charges that he conspired to shake down clients and manipulate the criminal justice …