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November 2007 Archives
4:25 PM Thu, Nov 29, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Karen Bordeleau  Email
Valerie Plame Wilson, the former CIA agent whose leaked identity to the media led to political controversy and the conviction of a high-ranking Bush administration official on perjury and obstruction of justice charges, will signs copies of her book and......
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9:30 AM Mon, Nov 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
This was one award that no one wanted to accept. Political Scene was in the State House last week as the Gray Panthers — a small but persistent lobby for the elderly — held surprise ceremonies for the recipients of......
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9:30 AM Mon, Nov 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
How many copy machines does it take to keep the legislature running? Any guesses? House spokesman Larry Berman puts the number at 20. That’s how many new machines the House and Senate installed last week at an annual cost of......
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9:29 AM Mon, Nov 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
House leaders are planning a holiday fete at the Viking Hotel in Newport next month for all 75 members of the state House of Representatives, Republicans and Democrats alike. But no, they are not planning to use any of the......
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9:27 AM Mon, Nov 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
First came an endorsement from the National Right to Life Committee. Now actor and former Republican Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson can add the Rhode Island Right to Life Committee to the list of his backers for the presidency. “In supporting......
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8:33 AM Mon, Nov 19, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Political Scene by Cynthia Needham, Steve Peoples, Katherine Gregg and Scott MacKay The special election to replace Rep. Peter T. Ginaitt, D-Warwick, may not have garnered much media attention, but it’s caught the eye and the checkbooks of House leaders.......
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8:32 AM Mon, Nov 19, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Does Governor Carcieri have a personal stake in the 2008 presidential nomination? The governor’s communication director, Steve Kass, thinks so. Speaking on talk radio earlier in the month, Kass, a former talk-radio host, said Republican Mitt Romney would give Carcieri......
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8:31 AM Mon, Nov 19, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Lincoln voters sent two messages in the town’s nonbinding special election earlier in the month. Aside from telling state lawmakers they opposed plans to expand gambling operations at Twin River, the residents also registered strong support for Saturday elections. Turnout......
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8:30 AM Mon, Nov 19, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Jeffrey J. Greer, the Department of Business Regulation’s associate director of commercial licensing and racing and athletics, has a new, $108,625-a-year role in the Carcieri administration: deputy legal counsel to the governor. He recently was appointed to the post Claire......
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8:29 AM Mon, Nov 19, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts has joined most other top Democrats in endorsing the presidential candidacy of New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. “Hillary Clinton’s 35-year record fighting for children and families makes her uniquely qualified to lead this country from......
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8:28 AM Mon, Nov 19, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Indiana’s Bayh to stump for Clinton On the fundraising circuit, two upcoming Democratic events: On Dec. 3, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh will be the featured speaker at an event for Clinton at the Warwick home of Democratic activists Don and......
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1:21 PM Wed, Nov 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE -- Ahead of her plans to push a package of health-care bills in the upcoming legislative session, Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts said a new health-care advisory group will meet Friday. Roberts calls it Mission: Healthy RI and it will......
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9:53 AM Tue, Nov 13, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
In a published interview last week, Governor Carcieri’s communication director, Steve Kass, was quoted as saying there are already enough people in government to study what the state is getting out of the millions of dollars in tax breaks it......
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9:52 AM Tue, Nov 13, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
A Senate committee has paid nearly $10,000 to a private company for transcripts of hearings on the use of private-contract employees. The Government Oversight Committee held seven hearings between Feb. 28 and June 4 on the Carcieri administration’s use of......
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9:50 AM Tue, Nov 13, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
The secretary of state’s office had a particular interest in Saturday’s nonbinding referendum on expanding gambling operations in Lincoln. No, the office isn’t planning an all-night slot session to build office unity. Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis is considering......
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9:48 AM Tue, Nov 13, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Rhode Island Democrats will hold a $75-per-person fundraiser tonight at the Roger Williams Park Casino in Providence. The “Democratic Unity Event” is sponsored by top party leaders including U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts, Congressmen......
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9:47 AM Tue, Nov 13, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Andy Andujar, 28, an aide to Providence Mayor David Cicilline, was elected late last month to serve a two-year term as president of the Rhode Island Young Democrats. Andujar succeeds the baby-faced Paul Tencher, 27, Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Roberts’ chief......
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9:44 AM Fri, Nov 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
LINCOLN — The quiet campaign for the town’s non-binding referendum on possible gambling expansion at Twin River will end tomorrow, with voters heading to the polls in an unusual weekend vote. The two questions on the ballot are: “Do you......
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9:54 AM Mon, Nov 05, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
State Republican Chairman Giovanni Cicione’s description of labor unions as the “last vestige of institutional racism” has — no surprise — led a coalition of AFL-CIO affiliated unions known as Working Rhode Island to urge Governor Carcieri to demand Cicione’s......
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9:52 AM Mon, Nov 05, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Among those mentioned as possible 2010 candidates for governor, Gen. Treas. Frank Caprio and Providence Mayor David Cicilline remain champion fundraisers. A computer glitch — more specifically, a lapsed “domain” registration — at the state Board of Elections forced a......
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9:47 AM Mon, Nov 05, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
The General Assembly did its part to move Rhode Island’s presidential primary from March 4 to Feb. 5. But the move won’t become official until the governor agrees not to veto the bill. His office told Political Scene Friday that......
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9:42 AM Mon, Nov 05, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Henry Shelton is at it again. And this time, he’s got a theme. The 77-year-old antipoverty activist is drawing from the 1952 Western classic, High Noon, in the George Wiley Center’s latest campaign to draw the governor’s attention to the......
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9:41 AM Mon, Nov 05, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
The voting won’t begin until tomorrow on President Bush’s nomination of Michael Mukasey to be U.S. attorney general, but Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse — a former state attorney general — has already won some attention for his opposition to......
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1:06 PM Fri, Nov 02, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Tuesday is Election Day in Rhode Island -- are you voting? Although there are no major statewide races, there are some local elections that you'll want to participate in if you live in one of those communities. Here's a list......
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