Phillipe And Jorge

2007: Same as the old year

By PHILLIPE & JORGE | January 11, 2007

Laughing boy on the wrong track
Someone posting on the RI Future blog (a Phoenix fave-rave on the Internet) made the point that, while the governors of New York (newly elected Elliot Spitzer) and California (reelected Arnold Whatshisname) have recently pledged to extend health insurance to all children — regardless of their immigration status — our own Governor Carcieri has tried to slash the RIteCare health-care benefits of many children.

C’mon, Don. There are better ways to control state spending than by hurting our most vulnerable Vo Dilunduhs.

Kudos & congrats...
. . . to Bonilyn Wilbanks-Free, town manager in Golden Beach, Florida (a rather upscale community), for revealing how bad judgment continues to thrive in the US of A. Ms. Wilbanks-Free apparently referred in public to her black female assistant as “Mammy.” When “Mammy” took umbrage, according to one account, Wilbanks-Free cited her warm feelings for Aunt Jemima. The Miami Herald reported that Ms. Wilbanks-Free, under a wee bit of pressure from the community, resigned her post.

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On August 3 it was announced by the Rhode Island School of Design that Hope Alswang had resigned as the director of the RISD Museum. Those who have followed the coverage of this story may be somewhat confused by the revelation that absolutely everyone acknowledged that Alswang was a superlative museum director and that absolutely no one involved in the arts scene at RISD or in the state of Vo Dilun thinks that she voluntarily "resigned." It was said that she loved the job, and the vague announcement that Alswang left to "pursue other opportunities" sounds as suspicious as elected officials dropping out of election campaigns to "spend more time with their families."

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On Tuesday, WRNI political reporter and former Phoenix news editor and master of the Casa Diablo elbow bend, Ian Donnis, broke the news that veteran political communications specialist, Bill Fischer, head ramrod at True North Communications, had signed on as spokesman for the State Treasurer Frank Caprio's gubernatorial campaign committee.

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