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Common Cause of RI has a successor to Christine Lopes : John Marion has been named the Executive Director of Common Cause RI. Common Cause RI is a non-partisan advocacy group which works for open, ethical and accountable government. Marion takes the helm...
It was thought that Chuck Levesque, and possibly Rod Driver, might come up short last night, but they were among the progressive General Assembly candidates who pulled it out. Matt has the details : Progressives Win Big - Progressive candidates identified...
Justin from Anchor Rising was part of the media/blog crew at the Biltmore last night, and he seemed resigned to an Obama victory even when very little of the results were in. It was a bad night for local Republicans, as I forecast last week , and Justin's...
As previously reported here : Liberal and moderate Republicans seem like natural targets for Ken Block's effort to develop a third party in Rhode Island. Linc Chafee has been talked up as possibly having a place in an Obama administration, but Block...
Deadline constraints have delayed my blogging today. To tide you over, here's a post from Matt on five of the top General Assembly races he'll be keeping a close eye on this fall: 1. Chris Fierro - Fierro is running for State Representative in...
Ken Block and his Moderate Party have some General Assembly endorsements. Ken sends this word: I expect a few more candidates to ask for endorsements as time moves on. To be endorsed, a candidate must commit to making the MP’s legislative agenda the candidate...
We can't rule out the possibility that Democrats would try to make life difficult for Gio Cicione. Yet when it comes to Gio's last-minute legislative candidates , who bears the responsibility for ensuring that things were done correctly and in...
Ari Savitzky , major domo of Fair Vote RI , will be offering a talk tomorrow, entitled "Electoral College Dropout." Wednesday, June 25th 7pm @Blue State Coffee A growing movement is calling for the National Popular Vote compact, a plan to directly...
It's shaping up as a historic election season, and Secretary of State Ralph Mollis wants to you know the following: Voters who are affiliated with the Democratic or Republican Party have until June 11 to disaffiliate if they plan on voting in a different...
Two upcoming meetings. From the RI Dems : PAWTUCKET- The Rhode Island Democratic State Committee will meet this Sunday, June 8th in West Warwick to enthusiastically endorse the re-election bids of United States Senator Jack Reed, Congressman Patrick Kennedy...
Monique , at Anchor (via the Valley Breeze ) has RI GOP chair Gio Cicione's insurrectionary clarion call to the local populace: It is said that every man and every woman - somewhere over the course of their life - must have their moment. It is a moment...
There are legislative fundraisers, and then there are legislative fundraisers. Those of Representative David Segal, which have a bit of Mardi Gras, fall into the latter category, and he's got one this week. Please Join Rep Segal for a night of music,...
Renaissance Man Robert Healey , the leader of the Cool Moose Party in Rhode Island, knows just how tough it is to build an alt-party. In 2002, I wrote about the challenges facing alternative parties . Healey, 45, who is still hailed by strangers on the...
Labor activist Patrick Crowley, who's been on the warpath lately against Governor Carcieri (Pat, we suspect, would say it's the other way around), sends word of this rally : Community Activists, Organized Labor and Religious Leaders Will Join In Calling...
What better time than Earth Day? When: April 22 2008, from 3-4:30 PM. (Speaking portion begins at 3:30 PM.) Where: State House. Smith Street , Providence , RI . What: A lobby training session and tour of the State House will start at 3 pm in the Bell...
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