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• Board of Elections Makes an Offer to the Moderate Party

  
  Anchor Rising — Authority: 437
  I know that the Rhode Island Board of Elections is famous for its procedural creativity , but even so, am I the only one who thinks that the offer made to the Moderate Party of pay us a big fine and the Attorney General doesnt have to get your case is something less than above-board? From Steve Peoples of the ...
  6 days ago

• Three sentenced in kickback scheme

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former high-ranking union official and two other men to probation and temporarily barred them from holding labor positions for their roles in a scheme to trade money and gifts for construction contracts. U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith gave Nicholas Manocchio, a ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Same Old Same Old New Face

  
  Anchor Rising — Authority: 437
  While were talking political platforms, its worth noting that candidate Dan OConnor has put himself forward as a candidate for whom those currently represented by John Loughlin (R., Little Compton, Portsmouth, Tiverton) should not vote. His letter to the editor of The Sakonnet Times isnt online, but its adequate ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rhode Island Governor to Consider Domestic Partnerships

  
  Blog Out - Just Out Newspaper — Authority: 143
  Governor Don Carcieri of Rhode Island has been opposed to same-sex marriage since his election in 2006, but after a closed-door meeting with a gay rights group, Carcieri said he would consider creating a domestic partnership system similar to the one approved this month by voters in Washington state.Washington’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• Aint No Wrong Now When Its Right

  
  Anchor Rising — Authority: 437
  Further campaign finance evidence proves pretty decisively that the Moderate Partys main misstep was to fall into one of the many traps that Rhode Islands political establishment has laid for those who might consider challenging their reign by methods that they havent rigged. From page 30 of the Campaign Finance ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Moderate Loophole Is Moral... If Only Block Would Admit It

  
  Anchor Rising — Authority: 437
  As it happens, I spent more than a few moments pondering the statutory language in which Moderate Party founder Ken Block found a campaign financing loophole: 17-25-10.1 Political contributions – Limitations. – (a) No person, other than the candidate to his or her own campaign, nor any political action ...
  2 weeks ago

• Carcieri (not that one, the other one) on EP - and RI - Politics

  
  Anchor Rising — Authority: 437
  Extended excerpts transcribed from Justins recording of the remarks of East Providence School Committee Chairman Anthony Carcieri at the EPGOP Fall Fundraiser last Thursday. Most state senators are not so tactless or ill-advised as to attend a council meeting of the municipality that they represent and berate ...
  2 weeks ago

• Video – Roving Reporter #86: Founder and President of NOM

  
  AirMaria.com — Authority: 509
  Roving Reporter #86 – Maggie Gallagher ( 07min) >>> Play Ave Maria! Maggie Gallagher, Founder / President In addition to serving as President of the National Organization for Marriage, Maggie Gallagher is also president of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy ( ...
  3 weeks ago

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