by Lucie Raposo | Cronyism
As the Senate Finance Committee tours the state seeking public comment from residents and financial viability statements from Pawtucket and PawSox team officials, the Libertarian Party of Rhode Island’s official opposition to taxpayer financing of a new Pawtucket Red...
by Lucie Raposo | Cronyism
Big day today. It’s the first of the series of public hearings scheduled by the RI State Senate Finance Committee about $38 million dollars in taxpayer financing for the proposed Pawtucket Red Sox stadium. That’s $15 million from Pawtucket and secured by...
by Lucie Raposo | Cronyism
Crony corporatism in Rhode Island is alive and well – and wears a baseball uniform.If Wednesday’s hearing before the Cumberland Town Council is any indication, choirs of cronies, chanting the same diversionary hymn to the charitable and educational...
by Lucie Raposo | Cronyism
Firing the first shot of the new political season, ahead of the special Rhode Island Senate Finance Committee road show on behalf of the Pawtucket Red Sox owners, the Libertarian Party of Rhode Island (LPRI) is taking its opposition of public funding for private...
