This could be a big deal for Providence — upwards of $2 million in economic impact, and a lot of fun to boot. Netroots Nation had been looking to host its 2011 conference in Providence, at the Westin and Convention Center. They deserve a lot of credit for respecting the boycott. Netroots Nation director Nolan …
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The Daily Dose would like to congratulate Pat Crowley who will be taking over the reins at Rhode Island’s Future, the political blog started in 2005 by Matt Jerzyk (that’s not a name, that’s a bad Scrabble rack). It is with heavy heart that we say goodbye to Matt, who has recently gone over to …
Matthew and RIFuture have been the backbone of the RI blogosphere for the last three-plus years, and have provided consistent insightful commentary on RI political happenings. It’s hard to imagine that the Daily Dose and N4N and such would exist without his work. Come celebrate and appreciate, as Matt leaves to focus on his new …
…and she sounded great in an interview with Bill Rappleye on the 6pm news. Matt Jerzyk hovered in the background and RIFuture got a mention, but Kim got herself some real face-time talking about how the blogging scene helps fill the void in a one-paper town, and general comments about the Obama candidacy. Channel 10 …
As RIFuture notes, Nader’s chosen Matt Gonzalez as his running mate. Matt was the prez of the San Fran Board of Supervisors, and is a good guy. It’s not clear that they’ll run as Greens, but Matt has a ton of support in the party, and would be huge in helping Nader secure their endorsement …
Matt covers them here. Interesting results, not all of them expected. Clinton’s still up over Obama, but not by much anymore. Carcieri and Cicilline saw significant drops in their approval ratings. Rhode Islanders generally support taxing the wealthy and maintaining or increasing education funding. But they’re split on raising the capital gains tax (which overwhelmingly …
Over at RIFuture, Kim gives us a heads-up on the film screening: Tomorrow night (Sunday, 1/27), is the Premier of Venus, Priests, and Superwomen, a documentary about censorship and the banning of the Vagina Monologues at Providence College. The film examines the varied and conflictive perspectives concerning the play’s censorship at Providence College and also …
RIFuture covers two unusually positive political developments today. National Grid, our electrical utility, has expressed a new willingness to enter long-term agreements with suppliers of renewable energy. The Providence City Council’s finance committee will be taking up the Living Wage Ordinance on Thursday. (Yours truly was recently informed that he’ll be giving the presentation on …
Stolen from Matt: Rhode Island hip-hop artist Chachi Carvalho will be performing live on BET’s 106 & Park this Wednesday at 6:00pm. Watch and vote!! Chachi was recently voted one of the “Top 51 MYSPACE RAPPERS” of 2007 by VIBE MAGAZINE. You can regularly check him out emceeing the open mic sessions on Monday nights …
RIFuture’s been handed over to its readers for the week. If you wanna break into the tight-knit RI blogosphere, now’s your chance. (Or, as always, you could just send us an email.) And Russ points us at the NYTimes article on Providence’s waterfront zoning drama. Mr. Conley characterizes the section of waterfront he wants to …