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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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Secret Life of Jorge Elorza: A Deeper Look
Now we know why Jorge Elorza’s lawyers wanted to charge me $4,980 back in March 2016 to see the first fifteen months of his daily schedules. Now we know why his lawyer’s blacked out over 500 entries in the daily … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Ethics, Investigations
Tagged #Acqua Lounge, #Andrea Curi, #Bentley Builders, #Cesin Curi, #Christopher Maher, #City Council, #Darrow Everett, #David Hirsch, #Department of Buildings and Inspections, #Eduardo Curi, #Jesus Titin, #JM Painting & Plumbing, #Jorge Elorza, #Jose Marcano, #Judith Perez, #Los Andes, #Mark Huang, #Mark Santow, #Mi Sueno Disco, #Muyideen Ibiyemi, #Nicholas Hemond, #Omar Curi, #Providence, #Providence Business Loan Fund, #Rhode Island Attorney General, #Roger Williams Park Zoo, #The Dorrance, #Tony Carvalho
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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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Mayor Elorza Moves a Pawn
Excerpted from IN THE ARENA: abc6 WLNE-TV, Providence, January 1, 2017, with Joe Paolino, Ray Rickman, Josh Fenton, Sharon Steele, and Johanna Harris • On December 24, 2015, I recommended an independent audit of the Licensing Office, the main administrative … Continue reading
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