Tag Archives: #Rhode Island Board of Elections

Secret Life of Jorge Elorza: First Peek

Now that the City of Providence has released the first fifteen months of Jorge Elorza’s daily schedules, we can take a first peek into what our mayor does every day.

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Profiles in Largess, Contributors to Elorza, Part 7

ProvPort and Waterson Terminal Services In 1994, during the Cianci administration, the city sold the land then called the City of Providence Municipal Wharf for $16.5 million to an entity that ultimately became the nonprofit corporation ProvPort. According to its … Continue reading

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The Providence City Law Department Is out of Control

The City of Providence, under the administration of Mayor Jorge Elorza and Solicitor Jeffrey Dana, has been systematically obscuring millions of dollars that it pays out in claims and damages from lawsuits. These liabilities, for which the City is basically … Continue reading

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Profiles in Largess: Contributors to Elorza, Part 5

Ross Eadie, Spouse of Housing Court Chief Justice Lynette Labinger In My Ethics Pledge, issued during his election campaign in March 2014, mayoral candidate Jorge Elorza stated, In addition, I propose to strengthen our Code of Ethics by prohibiting municipal … Continue reading

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Profiles in Largess: Contributors to Elorza, Part 4

This is the fourth installment in a series of profiles of major contributors to the campaign of Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza. I reiterate that my sole objective is to use publicly available sources to document the relationships, if any, of … Continue reading

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Are We Just Kidding Ourselves About the Board of Elections?

You’d think we should draw some comfort from those laws on the books here in Rhode Island that guarantee accurate reporting of campaign contributions and impose limits on who can contribute to campaigns. But when someone who complains about an … Continue reading

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The Pernicious Hybrid of Senator Pichardo and Chairman Pichardo

Johanna Harris [1] Juan Pichardo’s dual role as State Senator and Chairman of the Providence Board of Licenses is, at the very least, problematic. At its worst, it threatens the political institutions that Rhode Island reformers have worked decades to … Continue reading

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Juan Pichardo’s Dubious Bookkeeping

Johanna Harris* On August 31, the Rhode Island Board of Elections (BOE) received a complaint alleging that the reelection campaign of incumbent State Senator Juan Pichardo (Democrat, District 2) had “misrepresented his aggregate individual and aggregate PAC contributions in his … Continue reading

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