One could fill a warehouse with the things House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello does not know. Of course everything he says and does is best understood through the lens of his Trumpian worldview (Mattiello is still a registered Democrat) but never underestimate his near total ignorance of the world around him. His latest gaffe occurred during …
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You know how when the kids are upstairs playing and making a lot of noise, and then suddenly it gets real quiet . . . that’s the feeling people on both sides of the aisle are getting about House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello and Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, two of the four members of the obscure …
In a Boston Globe forum with state leadership Wednesday, House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello had this to say about climate change: In response to a question from Globe reporter Dan McGowan, Mattiello said, in part: “There is nothing Rhode Island can do to address climate change in a way that is real or impactful. That has …
In a week where it was revealed that the Democratic Speaker of the House, Nicholas Mattiello, wears Trump ties, it should come as no shock that he and the other conservative cigar-chompers running the Rhode Island Democratic Party (RIDP) have decided that Rhode Island women are getting way too pushy, so let’s change the rules. …
So what happens when you go after the king . . . and he survives? The 19 dissident Democrats who opposed Nicholas Mattiello’s reelection as House speaker found out last week. From the ProJo: When the new 2019-20 House committee assignments were announced, Mattiello had stripped three insurgents of their chairmanships, and others in the …
(1.1) Tired of this guy yet? Asked recently about possible gun control legislation in the new session, specifically curbs on high-capacity magazines, Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello had this to say: “Has magazine size been a problem?” I’ll let that sink in for a second. This is who we are dealing with. Not only …
I know I sound like a broken record but House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (D-Cranston) keeps adding to his list of outrages. Today we have a twofer: Mattiello’s cynical use of legislative grants; and Mattiello’s donation to Trump-voting “former” Republican, Michael Earnhart, currently masquerading as a Dem. The problematic legislative grant program allows incumbents to distribute …
Yes, that’s right — I am urging the people of House District 15 to vote for a Republican! This may seem like an unusual position for a progressive democrat, but keep in mind, in any other state our odious Speaker of the House, Nicholas Mattiello, would be a Republican. Upon acceding to the throne, his …
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The Bread? Tax cuts for retirees. This will make them say happy things on the talk radio shows. The Circus? Slash beach fees in half! Get out of town. No really, everybody get out of town, and stop bothering your elected officials with complaints about the constitutionality of the grant system. Everybody just go to …
“We have to get over the 38 STUDIOS HANGOVER.” (ProJo 10.21.15/Caps theirs.) So said House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello at a speech to the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council’s annual meeting Monday night adding, “A company from outside Rhode Island is not going to locate here if they pick up the newspaper every day and see …
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(9.24) Come celebrate the rescuing of the Providence riverfront from the PawSox greed-heads at the “We are the Champions State House Rally” on Thursday. (Facebook Event page) We all know the battle is not over. I certainly hope the team stays in McCoy, but if team owners find an alternate location within Rhode Island they …
A swing and a miss! “The PawSox is an issue that’s just not ready, and it may never be ready to be addressed. I don’t know if the ballpark is going to happen or not.” House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello seems to be losing confidence in his ability to pull this off. (ProJo 9.3.15) A great …
House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello is still talking as if he has heard, read, and learned, absolutely nothing about the current thinking on taxpayer-funded stadiums from around the country. From Katherine Gregg’s ‘Politics’ column in today’s ProJo. On the proposed Providence stadium, he said: “Negotiations are active between the state and the Pawtucket Red Sox ownership …
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