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The School Camera Speeding Tickets Are the New Car Tax, but Super Regressive
It’s about time we had some solid facts about the new automated cameras that have generated an estimated twenty thousand speeding tickets since they were installed near Providence schools late last year. So I sought out and analyzed the data … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Investigations
Tagged #Access to Public Records Act, #Angel Taveras, #City Council, #Hopkins Junior High School, #Jeff Dana, #Jorge Elorza, #Juanita Sanchez Complex, #Mount Pleasant High School, #plastic bag ordinance, #Providence, #Roger Williams Middle School, #school speed camera tickets
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Ninety Thousand Hits and Still Counting (Truth Bath)
Truth Bath Having endured the squishy generalities and sugar-coated platitudes offered by Mayor Jorge Elorza at Providence: An Economic Recovery Story, a recent event sponsored by the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, I feel compelled to offer a more honest, … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Ethics, Investigations, Providence Board of Licenses
Tagged #24 Property Services, #Angel Taveras, #Board of Contract and Supply, #Brown University, #Christopher Maher, #Dan McGowan, #EveryHome, #First Circuit Court of Appeals, #Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, #Jacobs Engineering, #Jeffrey Lykins, #Johnson & Wales University, #Jorge Elorza, #Keith Oliveira, #Kevin Mahoney, #Lori Franchina, #Maribeth Calabro, #Marisa O'Gara, #Mark Huang, #Nicole Pollock, #Providence Public Schools, #Rhode Island School of Design, #Susan Lusi, #Tax Stabilization Agreement
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Broken, Broken, Broken
Based upon the facts uncovered in this article, I call on the mayor of Providence to launch a complete investigation of the job performance of Jeffrey Lykins, Director of the city’s Department of Inspections and Standards, with a specific focus … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Ethics, Investigations
Tagged #116 Vinton, #Angel Taveras, #BIN, #Board of Elections, #David Corsetti, #Department of Inspections and Standards, #DNC Acquisitions, #Federal Hill, #intensification, #Jeffrey Lykins, #Jorge Elorza, #Kevin Mahoney, #Michael Lemoi, #non-conforming use, #Premier Land Development, #Providence, #Stanley Dickenson, #Zoning Ordinance
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Ring the bell. School’s in session.
If you don’t show up at school, you can’t learn. And if you don’t show up at high school, you’re likely to have just as much trouble showing up at work or at college. During the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school … Continue reading
Posted in Investigations
Tagged #Angel Taveras, #Attendance Works, #Christopher Maher, #chronic absenteeism, #Get Schooled, #Hedy Chang, #Jorge Elorza, #Keith Oliveira, #Nicholas Hemond, #Providence, #Providence Children Youth Cabinet, #Providence Public Schools, #Providence School Board, #Susan Lusi
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Dana, Southgate and Martone Respond to Sexual Harassment Complaint
On March 7, 2016, Johanna Harris filed a sexual harassment complaint against Providence City Solicitor Jeffrey Dana and Deputy Solicitor Adrienne Southgate. The Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights accepted the complaint and added Assistant Solicitor Mario Martone as a … Continue reading
Posted in Providence Board of Licenses
Tagged #Adrienne Southgate, #Angel Taveras, #Brett Smiley, #Christopher Mulhern, #Everett Bianco, #Gonzalo Cuervo, #Jeff Dana, #Jeffery Williams, #Johanna Harris, #Jorge Elorza, #Licensing Board, #Mario Martone, #Peter Petrarca, #Providence, #Retaliation, #Rhode Island Commission on Human RIghts, #Sexual Harassment, #Solicitor, #Steven Pare
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