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More on at-large council seats in Prov

My friend Matt gave me a rash of grief yesterday about my generally favorable take on Cliff Wood's proposal to reconstitute the Providence City Council with 10 ward-based seats and five at-large seats. He equates the concept with downsizing democracy...

Prov Council to consider at-large seats

Speaking of Rhode Island's Future , David Segal has a report there on apparent plans by the Providence City Council to consider the inclusion of some at-large seats. Some progressives have championed this idea as a way to bring a broader outlook to the...

Cliff Wood fundraiser tonight

Cliff Wood , who claimed Rita Williams's Ward 2 Providence City Council seat in 2006 , continues to be the subject of some mayoral speculation for 2010. N4N thinks Councilman Cliff, a member in good standing of the Cicilline-Cornish Associates' nexus...

First Source a long time coming

Once upon a time, a pair of Providence city councilors found out that moving forward a progressive agenda was much more difficult than they thought would be the case . (Note: This is one of those dodgy older links that is highly irregular. Suffice it...

Can Cicilline go statewide?

With Rhode Island's 2006 election season barely having passed, a potentially large field of prospective Democratic gubernatorial candidates is already shaping up for 2010, including Frank Caprio, David Cicilline, Patrick Lynch, Elizabeth Roberts and perhaps...