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UPDATE: Caprio slated for NPR . PROVIDENCE 09/18/2008 Rhode Island General Treasurer Frank Caprio will be a featured guest this weekend on National Public Radio's (NPR) Weekend Edition radio program. The NPR show is broadcast nationally and can be...
Speaking generically, Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian says that closing the door to renewed negotiations isn't a good practice and that it has negative consequences. He made the remark in response to a question I asked this morning during a taping of...
If y ou want a sense of the message that General Treasurer Frank Caprio will deploy during his likely 2010 gubernatorial campaign, watch his Sunday appearance on 10 News Conference with Jim Taricani and Bill Rappleye. Caprio talked up the job he has done...
Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch joins Steve Aveson, Arlene Violet, and myself this week to talk about immigration, his opposition to a federal shield law , his support for FISA , and other topics during WPRI/WNAC-TV's Newsmakers . The show will...
Is this a great week or what for looking into the political tea leaves for the future of the Providence mayor ? While Cicilline could indeed still run for governor, a string of other events — including the snow storm, his brother’s guilty plea in a federal...
The typical unwillingness of Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline to go on talk radio has become very conspicuous once again, following Governor Carcieri's appearance this week on The O'Reilly Factor. The mayor's critics have reason to describe...
Someeone heard that Steve Laffey was seen breaking bread at Fleming's a few weeks back with Buddy Cianci and Joe Paolino. Buddy (on whose radio show I am an occasional guest) yesterday told me that, as he recalls it, the chat took place during "Meatball...
Popping back into public view with an op-ed in today's ProJo, Steve Laffey resumes the mantra for his forthcoming 2010 gubernatorial campaign. While there are some good things in the budget, that it is balanced on over $100 million in savings from...
UPDATE: It's a done deal . WPRI-TV's Tim White broke this news last night: The Target 12 Investigators have learned a plea deal is in the works in a case against the brother of Providence Mayor David Cicilline. John M. Cicilline and three others...
Who owns the Chafee for Governor URL ? None other than RI GOP activist Bob Tingle , a Huckabee supporter who has also talked up Steve Laffey in the past. (Click the first link in this sentence to see the details on the Chafee Web site registration.) One...
Adding to the Chafee shell game ( Mayor of Providence ? Governor ?), a Daily Kos diarist (h/t RI's Future ) pegs the former senator as a likely EPA administrator in an Obama administration. Btw, some visionary soul is looking to sell the URL of chafeeforgovernor...
Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline also stopped by the Newsmakers' set for a taping of this week's broadcast. The show is broadcast Sunday, at 5:30 am on Channel 12 and at 10 am on Fox Providence. He denied that his budget revenue projections...
Charlie Bakst has an engaging farewell today to Darrell West , who, as we know, is leaving Brown to take a post with the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. West's status as perhaps the top pundit in Rhode Island stems not just from his knowledge...
Cranston Mayor Michael T. Napolitano seemed a bit surprised during a taping of WPRI/WNAC-TV's Newsmakers this morning when I asked him to evaluate the accomplishments and mistakes of his colorful predecessor, Steve Laffey . Napolitano responded by...
