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| 2010-07-28 |
"Steve Kass: A Real Life Example of Wasteful State Spending" by George Nee
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| , I was greatly dismayed by comments made by Steve Kass, former talk-radio host and current high profile example of unnecessary and wasteful state spending, in a recent Providence Journal article on his “career” in state government. Kass, an appointee of Governor Don Carcieri to multiple high-paid positions within state government, claimed that he is “not looking to be a political hack or a union do-nothing worried about my pension.”
By looking at Mr. Kass’ record of state service it appears that he has become exactly what he claimed not to b ... |
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2010-06-03
The Wage Penalty for State and Local Government Employees
Check out a report by John Schmitt at the Center for Economic and Policy Research called "The Wage Penalty for State and Local Government Employees."
Executive Summary
As recent reports in the ...
2010-06-03
Support The East Greenwich Custodians
The East Greenwich School Committee is trying to save less than 1% of the school budget by firing 19 custodians who have faithfully served this community, some for decades. They want to hire an out-of ...
2010-05-10
Richard Trumka/George Nee: Make Wall Street pay for the jobs it destroyed
It has been more than 18 months since the financial sector collapsed, exposing rampant Wall Street abuses, sending jobs into freefall and forcing a massive and unpopular taxpayer bailout.
All told, ...
2010-03-31
Working Rhode Island To Hold Health Fair To Help Thousands Of Uninsured And Underinsured Rhode Islanders
On Saturday, April 17, 2010 from 10am to 4pm, Working RI will hold a free Health Fair at the Providence Career & Technical Academy at 91 Fricker Street in Providence (off of Broad St.)
Working Rhod ...
2010-03-10
Diane Ravitch, Wall Street Journal: Why I Changed My Mind About School Reform
I have been a historian of American education since 1975, when I received my doctorate from Columbia. I have written histories, and I've also written extensively about the need to improve students' kn ...
2010-03-01
What YOU can do to help Central Falls High School Teachers
TODAY, please call and/or email the members of our congressional delegation, particularly Senator Jack Reed, and ask them to publicly call for mediation between the Central Falls Teachers Union and th ...
2010-02-22
Annie Winfield, Bruce Marlowe and Alan Canestrari: Pink slips at Central Falls part of disturbing trend
As Central Falls goes . . . so too do the hopes of our state’s students and teachers.
What is happening in Central Falls is symbolic of the harm we are perpetuating on students all over ...
2010-02-18
This Week On LaborVision
Scott Molloy, a professor of labor history at URI, lectures on Rhode Island Labor History (Part I)
The Wonder of the World: Brown & Sharpe. This fim documents the bitter strike between labor and ...
2010-02-16
Join Us For Health Care Rally Wednesday, February 17th, 4pm at Kennedy Plaza
This Wednesday, Ocean State Action and our allies will hold a Jobs Now! Health Care Now! rally in downtown Providence. Join us Wednesday at 4pm at Kennedy Plaza (at the monument across the street fr ...
2010-02-15
Scott Wolf: Myth of a bloated R.I.
Rhode Island has many serious social and economic problems, but one of its biggest problems is psychological — a tendency by many of our residents to always believe the worst about our state, even if ...
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