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Secret Life of Jorge Elorza: Second Rebuttal

This is the latest installment in the continuing legal battle with the City of Providence to make public all of Mayor Jorge Elorza’s daily calendars. The City’s lawyers have attempted to frame the controversy as a delicate balance between the … Continue reading

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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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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

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City of Providence Withholds Transcripts of Deposition Testimony in the Lori Franchina Case

On April 18, 2016, Lori Franchina, a lieutenant in the Providence Fire Department, won an $806,000 jury award against the City of Providence and other defendants. Franchina claimed that her male coworkers in the Fire Department harassed and discriminated against … Continue reading

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