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July 2, 2007

State child advocate meeting with the governor

PROVIDENCE – State Child Advocate Jametta O. Alston is meeting now with Governor Carcieri for the first time since she filed a U.S. District Court lawsuit last Thursday against the governor and other state officials on behalf of the 3,000 children now in state custody.

Alston said this morning that the goal of the meeting is to keep the lines of communication open. She will continue to need to work with the state Department of Children, Youth and Families and with the governor’s staff as the class-action lawsuit proceeds.

Carcieri is expected to speak to the press after the meeting, which is expected to last about 30 minutes. It would be the first time he speaks publicly about the lawsuit.

Alston was about 20 minutes late to the 1 p.m. meeting. She went into the governor’s State House office at about 1:20 p.m.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson, with reports from Steve Peoples, Journal State House Bureau

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 1:35 PM | Permalink

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