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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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PVDFest: Out Damn Spot
The shooting of innocent bystander Michael Marrow during the PVDFest on June 3, 2017 was the predictable result of the City’s failure to follow its own established procedures to safeguard its residents. With Marrow left paraplegic for life, what’s done … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Investigations, Providence Board of Licenses
Tagged #Brian Crandall, #David Ellison, #Department of Arts Culture and Tourism, #DJ Famous, #Don King, #Emily Crowell, #entertainment license, #First Works, #Global Food Village, #Jennifer Bogdan, #Jennifer Freitas, #Jewelry District, #Jorge Elorza, #Juan Pichardo, #Leti Garza and Friends, #Lindsay Lague, #Lizzie Araujo, #Michael Marrow, #Neil Remiesiewicz, #Nick-A-Nees, #open container rule, #police detail, #Providence, #Providence Cultural Equity Initiative, #Providence Journal, #Providence Police Department, #Public Records Unit, #PVDFest, #Raymond Watson, #Rhode Island Foundation, #Serena Conley, #Sharon Steele, #The District, #The Loft, #WJAR, #Women and Infants Hospital, #WPRI
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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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Was I Paying the City of Providence for an Aborted Cover-Up?
In The City That Doesn’t Work, I described a trove of licenses that were supposedly approved by phantom commissioners who were not yet on the Board of Licenses. When the City charged me $190 for spending 12 hours and 40 … Continue reading
Posted in Providence Board of Licenses
Tagged #Access to Public Records Act, #APRA, #Board of Licenses, #Call time, #Charles Newton, #Club Therapy, #David Ellison, #Department of Business Regulation, #Dusk 2 Dawn, #Etie Schaub, #Happy Beats, #Jorge Elorza, #Kathryn Sabatini, #Lori Franchina, #Louis DeSimone, #Mario Martone, #Nicholas Hemond, #Olneyville, #Providence, #Public Records Unit, #Ramona Liberato, #Samuel A. Budway, #Serena Conley, #Station Nightclub Fire, #Steven Pare, #Zoning Board of Review
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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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