You always see them outside of supermarkets — juggling pens and clipboards and palm cards — collecting signatures on a candidate’s nomination papers so that he or she can appear on the ballot. Maybe you’ve done it yourself. But think about what that would mean in this time of social distancing. According to the ProJo […]
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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 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.
This is for everybody living anywhere in Rhode Island! Senator Sam Bell (D-Prov) has just posted this on Facebook. The Senate President has just announced that he will be introducing legislation to ram through the Fane Tower even if the lawsuit succeeds (as it likely will). What this bill does is take away the right
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Last month we urged you to call your state senators, ask them to support some proposed rules changes, and “Stop the Ruggerio Power Grab.” But unless you are represented by Senator Sam Bell (D-Dist 5) or Senator Donna Nesselbush (D-Dist 15) they did not listen. Or rather, your voice was drowned out by senate leadership
(3.6) Contact your senator! And Senate President Dominick Ruggerio while you’re at it. (Maybe we can scare up an opponent for him by 2020. According to Ballotpedia, Ruggerio ran unopposed in both the primary and general elections of 2018, 2016, and 2014. He last faced a Republican opponent in 2012.) Common Cause of Rhode Island
The odious Ann Coulter once used the example of our predominately Democratic General Assembly to justify claims that the Voter ID laws being passed around the country were bipartisan initiatives. That alone is reason enough for supporting repeal. Happily just such a bill has been introduced in the Senate and a hearing was held last
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