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The City That Endangers the People It is Supposed to Protect
This is a story about dereliction of duty. It is a story of how the mayor, the commissioner of public safety, the city solicitor, the board of licenses and the board’s legal counsel have systematically created a serious public hazard. … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Investigations, Providence Board of Licenses
Tagged #Board of Elections, #Board of Licenses, #car show, #Charles Newton, #Delia Rodriguez-Masjoan, #Department of Buildings and Inspections, #DePasquale Plaza, #Dylan Conley, #Happy Beats, #Hugh Clements, #Jeffery Williams, #Jesus Titin, #Jorge Elorza, #Juan Pichardo, #Louis DeSimone, #Mario Martone, #Mi Sueno, #noise ordinance, #Providence, #Steven Pare, #Vernell Perry, #Wandalys Santiago
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All the Bribery
Here’s the testimony of Acelia Terrero, the proprietor of Ada’s Creations, appearing before the Providence Board of Licenses on September 3, 2015. Ms. Terrero first addresses then chairman and state senator Juan Pichardo through a translator. After the Board’s counsel … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Investigations, Providence Board of Licenses
Tagged #Acelia Soto, #Acelia Terrero, #Ada's Creations, #AN Enterprising, #Board of Licenses, #Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, #Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, #Charles Newton, #Cicillini Law Offices, #David Lapatin, #Devin Burney, #Dylan Conley, #Heather Kilkenny, #HUD, #Isaias Terrero, #John Cicillini, #John Ciolli, #Juan Pichardo, #Kim Kalunian, #Louis DeSimone, #Mario Martone, #Noah Lounge, #Parker Gavigan, #PEDP, #police detail, #Rhode Island State Police, #Ronny Reyes, #Theresa Agonia, #Thomas Verdi
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The Penthouse: The Licensing Board, Its Legal Counsel and the City Solicitor Must Go
In the early afternoon of November 7, 2017, the Providence Board of Licenses was trying on its brand new clothes for the first time. Former Board chairman Juan Pichardo had just been tossed into the hamper a week earlier, and … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Providence Board of Licenses
Tagged #334 South Water Street, #Andre Samuel, #Andreas Restaurant, #Andrew Mitrelis, #Better Burger Co., #Board of Licenses, #BX License, #Cafe Paragon, #Catherine Warren, #Charles Newton, #City Council, #Club Luv, #David Tejada, #Delia Rodriguez-Masjoan, #Department of Business Regulation, #Dune Brothers Chefs, #Dylan Conley, #Euphoria Lounge, #I-195 Redevelopment District Commission, #Jorge Elorza, #Juan Pichardo, #Louis DeSimone, #Luis Peralta, #Mario Martone, #Mile and Quarter House, #Nicholas Hemond, #Parcel 22, #Peter Petrarca, #Providence, #Providence Home Rule Charter, #Rhode Island Supreme Court, #Stamatoula Mitrelis, #Steven Pare, #The Loft, #The Penthouse, #The Shack, #U.S. Department of Labor, #Uncle Murda
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Is Elorza Really the Anti-Cianci?
Jorge Elorza won the mayoral race in the fall of 2014 by campaigning as the Anti-Cianci. His oft-cited My Ethics Pledge of March 2014 took on many variations during the subsequent seven months of the campaign. But by the time … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Ethics, Investigations
Tagged #Advisory Committee to Reduce Gun Violence, #Alma Mongeon, #Anne Pariseau, #Anthony Roberson, #Brett Smiley, #Buddy Cianci, #Charles Newton, #Dexter Donation Fund, #Ellen House, #Gary DiSarro, #Hugo Gonzalez, #James DeRentis, #Jorge Elorza, #Joseph DiPina, #Karen Scarcella, #Leon Tejada, #Lorraine Lalli, #Lynette Labinger, #Marc Greenfield, #Marisa O'Gara, #Maryann Reilly, #Melvin Zurier, #Monserrat Torres, #Nicholas Hemond, #Orlando Linarea, #Patrick Ward, #Paul Jabour, #Providence, #Providence Ethics Commission, #Providence Public Schools, #Renay Brooks Omisore, #Roberto Julio, #Ross Eadie, #Sabina Matos, #Sam Zurier, #Valerie Lee, #Victor Capellan, #William Rampone, #William Trinque, #Zoning Board of Review
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I Shut Off the Lights to Make Sure We’re Not Getting Shot At
In part one of this series, I chronicled how the Providence Board of Licenses temporarily closed Pasha Hookah Bar on an emergency basis after 22-year-old Kevin Mann was murdered outside the establishment on May 15, 2015. Three days later, the … Continue reading
Posted in Investigations, Providence Board of Licenses
Tagged #Bananagrams, #Board of Licenses, #BV License, #BX License, #Charles Newton, #David Tejada, #Delia Rodriguez-Masjoan, #Dylan Conley, #Happy Beats, #Henry Remolina, #Joyce Serullo, #Juan Pichardo, #Kevin Mann, #Linda Perri, #Louis DeSimone, #Luis Aponte, #Mario Martone, #Matthew Sheridan, #Open Meeting Law, #Pasha Hookah Lounge, #Providence, #Randy Lutz, #Reginald Aguirre, #Roger Williams Park Zoo, #Washington Park
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Upstairs, Downstairs, and Blood on the Sidewalk
At about 2:20 a.m. in the early morning of Saturday, February 25, 2017, Patrolman David Iamarone received an assignment from the Providence Police dispatcher to head toward 334 South Water Street on city’s East Side. About five minutes earlier, the … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Providence Board of Licenses
Tagged #334 South Water Street, #Andrew Mitrelis, #Brown University, #BV License, #BX License, #Charles Newton, #City Solicitor, #David Iamarone, #David Tejada, #Department of Business Regulation, #Gregory Piccirilli, #Jeffrey Lanphear, #Juan Pichardo, #Kenny Olasanoye, #Koren Garcia, #Loft, #Louis DeSimone, #Luis Peralta, #Mario Martone, #Michael Field, #Michael Frazier, #Mile and Quarter House, #Natalia Foussekis, #Paule Renzi, #Peter Petrarca, #Providence
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Club Ultra: What does this all mean for Providence?
October 15, 2016: “approximately five separate fights” at Club Ultra At about 2:10 a.m. in the early morning of October 15, 2016, Providence police Patrolmen O’Donnell, Groot and Savage were in their usual positions along Pine, Friendship and Richmond Streets … Continue reading
Posted in Investigations, Providence Board of Licenses
Tagged #Adrienne Southgate, #Board of Licenses, #Charles Newton, #Club Ultra, #Jeff Floramo, #Jorge Elorza, #Providence, #Providence Fire Department, #Providence Police Department, #Serena Conley, #Sergio Spaziano, #Steven G Wright, #Thomas Verdi
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Finance Committee Declines to Endorse Charles Newton for Board of Licenses
At its January 12, 2017 public meeting, the Committee on Finance of the Providence City Council refused to endorse Mayor Jorge Elorza’s proposed reappointment of Charles Newton as a Commissioner of the Board of Licenses. When Councilwoman Sabina Matos moved … Continue reading
Posted in Providence Board of Licenses
Tagged #Board of Licenses, #Carmen Castillo, #Charles Newton, #Cyd McKenna, #Finance Committee, #Hugh Clements, #Jeffrey Pine, #Jo-Ann Ryan, #Johanna Harris, #John Igliozzi, #Jorge Elorza, #Lori Hagen, #Louis DeSimone, #Luis Aponte, #Mario Martone, #Nicholas Hemond, #Providence, #Providence City Council, #Sabina Matos, #Serena Conley
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