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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2011 9 Comments

My home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is as blue a state as they come.  Our entire congressional delegation is Democratic and Democrats control the state legistature.  Democrats outnumber Republicans by 37%, the highest gap in any state (only the District of Columbia has...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 06, 2011 8 Comments

Thanks to reader Mark for the link to this video, from the makers of Liberal Foreign Policy Explained, How Liberal Journalists Think, Liberal Taxes Explained, Feminism Explained, and Meet The Liberal Elite.Update:  I don't usually add to these videos, but given what is going on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 05, 2011 8 Comments

Democrat David Cicilline was Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, for 8 years, replacing the colorful and convicted Mayor Buddy Cianci.  Cicilline was elected in November to Congress in Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District (my home district), for the open seat vacated by Patrick Kennedy.Cicilline is an openly gay Italian...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2011 3 Comments

Providence, Rhode Island, where I used to work and near where I now live, is a wonderful city.  The always colorful Buddy Cianci took a down-on-its-luck former industrial blight and turned it into the crown jewel not only of Rhode Island, but of the Northeast. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 28, 2011 5 Comments

United States Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI), regarding the termination notices sent to Providence school teachers because of budget problems:"U.S. Rep. David Cicilline said Monday that the $57-million-plus deficit facing Providence will require looking at personnel reductions, union concessions and looking at reserve funds." Now he...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 24, 2011 11 Comments

The Providence, RI, School Board voted tonight to send layoff notices to every teacher in the school district, approving a plan about which I posted earlier, Providence Teachers Union Head Compares Layoff Notices To Pearl Harbor Attack. The notices are required to be sent by...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 10, 2011 4 Comments

I have posted here many times about my quirky home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, particularly the union-controlled legislature, deficit-ridden municipalities, and Democratic hegemony:Rhode Island Dem Launches "Let's Scare Grandma" Tour Rhode Island Becoming A Sanctuary State Unions Rescued In Rhode IslandIn RI,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 06, 2011 0 Comments

One of the deals worked out in the lame duck session was the confirmation of 19 judicial nominees without action on four controversial nominees, including Goodwin Liu and John J. "Jack" McConnell.As reported by AP (h/t Senatus):President Barack Obama on Wednesday resubmitted a batch of federal...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 06, 2011 7 Comments

One of Linc Chafee's key campaign promises in running for Governor was to rescind an executive order in Rhode Island which required vendors doing business with state agencies to use the federal E-Verify system to verify the immigration status of employees, and directing the state police...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2010 2 Comments

It was great to clear my head this morning with a walk through Colt State Park in Bristol, Rhode Island.  I wonder what the guy in the second photo below was feeling as he dug for clams in this frigid weather.  Probably stayed focused on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2010 1 Comment

This is the sort of thing which infuriates taxpayers, with good reason.No one is against fair compensation and fair pensions for firefighters, but once again union rules provide for abusive tactics, as highlighted in this Providence Journal story about two management fire officials in Providence...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2010 2 Comments

I have posted numerous times before about John J. "Jack" McConnell, Jr., nominated to the R.I. District Court by Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed.McConnell, by far the largest campaign donor ever nominated to the federal judiciary, has been opposed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2010 1 Comment

I was saddened to wake up this morning to find out that Joe Fernandez had passed away yesterday after a short illness.I first met Joe a decade or so ago in connection with the Harvard Law School Association of Rhode Island.  Although Joe and I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2010 1 Comment

Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democratic Senator from my home State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is up for re-election in 2012.Whitehouse snuck into office in 2006 after a bitter Republican primary between incumbent Lincoln Chaffee and conservative challenger Steve Laffey.  Chaffee won the primary, but the damage was...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 18, 2010 2 Comments

I have written several times before about the controversial nomination of John J. "Jack" McConnell, Jr. to an open federal court seat in Rhode Island.  It appears that Democrats will use the lame duck session to force through McConnell's nomination, which has been stalled for...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 15, 2010 9 Comments

I posted previously about how Rhode Island Republican Governor Donald Carcieri had issued an executive order requiring companies that did business with the state to use E-verify to verify the immigration status of employees, and also requiring the state police to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.Now The...

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