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Sequel to The Secret Life of Jorge Elorza
What does Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza do all day? We know for sure that he rides his bike and makes fund-raising calls. But what else does he do? Now we’re going to find out. For the Rhode Island Attorney General … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Ethics, Investigations
Tagged #Access to Public Records Act, #Ann Little, #Attorney General of Rhode Island, #Call time, #CFO-Compliance, #City Solicitor, #David Ellison, #Fake Transparency, #fentanyl, #Guatemala, #Guatemala Debrief, #heroin, #Hugh Clements, #Jorge Elorza, #License Administrator, #Marisa O'Gara, #Michael Field, #Providence, #Providence Journal, #Public Records Request, #Renaissance Providence Downtown, #Robin Muksian, #Stephen Pare, #Tashi Hamilton, #Tony Simon
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Still Crime Town? The Continuing Saga of The Loft
Our city of Providence been unable to shed its moniker as Crime Town, but not because we actually have more criminals. To the contrary, it’s because some of our public institutions remain too weak to stanch the steady stream of … Continue reading
Posted in Investigations, Providence Board of Licenses
Tagged #Andre Samuel, #Board of Contract and Supply, #Board of Licenses, #Catherine Warren, #City Solicitor, #Club Luv, #crime town, #Darrow Everett, #David Tejada, #Department of Business Regulation, #DJ Bigness, #DJ Famous, #DJ Flydoo, #DJ Ness, #DJ Papadon, #Juan Pichardo, #Kenny Olasanoye, #Louis DeSimone, #Mario Martone, #Michael Frazier, #Nicholas Hemond, #Peter Petrarca, #Providence, #Providence Public Schools, #Superman Building, #The Loft
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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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The Brawl, the Videotape, and the Assistant Attorney General
At about 1:30 a.m. on April 24, 2016, according to their incident report, Patrolwoman Jenny Wade and Patrolman Andre Francis were on an assigned detail at the Mile and a Quarter restaurant located at 334 South Water Street. The Providence … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Providence Board of Licenses
Tagged #334 South Water Street, #Access to Public Records Act, #Andre Francis, #Andreas Restaurant, #Andrew Mitrelis, #APRA, #Attorney General of Rhode Island, #Better Burger Co., #Board of Elections, #Cafe Paragon, #Catherine Warren, #City Solicitor, #David Ellison, #Department of Business Regulation, #Derek Shields, #Jenny Wade, #Lincoln Chafee, #Loft, #Mario Martone, #Michael Field, #Mile and Quarter House, #Patrick Lynch, #Peter Kilmartin, #Providence, #Rhode Island Supreme Court, #Roger Williams University Law Review, #U.S. Department of Labor, #Wayne Fantasia
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The Secret Life of Jorge Elorza
On March 12, 2016, I asked the Public Records Unit of the City of Providence for “Copies of Mayor Jorge Elorza’s schedules for all available dates from January 1, 2015 to the present.” The City responded that it would charge … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Transparency
Tagged #Access to Public Records Act, #Ann Little, #Attorney General of Rhode Island, #Brett Smiley, #Call time, #CFO-Compliance, #City Solicitor, #David Ellison, #Guatemala Debrief, #Johanna Harris, #Jorge Elorza, #Lisa Pinsonneault, #Marisa O'Gara, #Providence, #Public Records Unit, #Tony Simon, #Transparency
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