Posts tagged politics
FUCK. THIS.
A Rhode Island toll proposal could have drivers paying more on some state bridges and possibly on I-95. State transportation officials plan to vote on the proposal at a meeting scheduled for Wednesday morning.
The proposal would raise the Newport bridge toll from $4 to $5. A vote on that was expected last month but was postponed because the Rhode Island Turnpike Bridge Authority wanted to explore other revenue generating options.
Beyond an increase in tolls in Newport, also suggested was tolls on the Mount Hope Bridge and installing tolls on I-95. near the Connecticut border.
The authority said they need to raise about $250 million to maintain the state’s bridges.
City Hall Newport, RI.
-Dr.
President Obama’s approval rating declined in 47 states last year, dropping the most (9.8%) in his home state of Hawaii. Only in 10 states, and the District of Columbia, do 50% or more approve of the job he’s doing. Do you?
Thoughts?
Rhode Island makes an appearance on The Daily Show’s Indecision 2000… with special appearances by the Haven Brothers Diner and Buddy Cianci!
I still regularly use Stephen Colbert’s opening line, “Rhode Island: it’s really close to Boston.”
John Stewart looks like a high school student.
Get in touch with Jack Reed...
and tell him that you’re against SOPA & PIPA - (202) 224-4642, (401) 528-5200, (401) 943-3100.
Rhode Island State House
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Rhode Island State House,
Providence, Rhode Island
This isn’t Rhode Island related, but it is very important. Please watch this video & call your congressmen and women…Tumblr has made it very easy today.
Maybe the ProJo does have a clue…
A slick interactive map of each Rhode Island city and town's projected pension contributions
…or, an interactive way of presenting data that the Providence Journal, with its new PDF-like “eEdition” of their newspaper, is no longer able to offer.
Coincidentally, WPRI’s Ted Nesi calls the creator of this chart, Brian Curtin, a “new colleague.” This could be a good taste of things to come. Perhaps WPRI is taking advantage of the Projo’s weaknesses in the digital space. If so, very smart.
Well played WPRI. Regardless of your political affiliation, this system needs to be overhauled from the ground up. Chris, when are we talking ProJo?
Not to start the weekend on a somber note, but Bruce Sundlun deserves our respect.
Bruce Sundlun, a former Democratic governor for Rhode Island, businessman, lawyer and World War II bomber pilot who was shot down while flying over Belgium, died Thursday evening at his home. He was 91.
- Page 1 of 5
- Next »
