Side of the Rhode: Who's Hot and Who's Not?
Russell J. Moore, GoLocalProv MINDSETTER™
Side of the Rhode: Who's Hot and Who's Not?
Hot
Jeff Padwa: The city solicitor under Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, who oversaw the successful legal defense of several high profile cases during his tenure, has been appointed Deputy Treasurer and Chief Legal Council to the RI Treasury by State Treasurer-elect Seth Magaziner. Padwa, an early supporter and fundraiser of President Barack Obama, has also achieved some tremendous physical feats—he’s an ultra-marathoner who has run races in excess of 50 miles!
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RIBBA: Lisa Ranglin, the President of the Rhode Island Black Business Association, has spoken out against practices at the 195 land that would effectively exclude minority contractors from gaining the work. Ranglin is right to point out that a level playing field must be enforced in all development in the state of Rhode Island.
Bob Unger: The top editor of the New Bedford Standard-Times, which is owned by Gatehouse Media, the company that owns The Providence Journal, set an example for bosses all across corporate America, he truly put the company first. When he saw that he needed to make cutbacks to balance the budget, he eliminated his own position for the betterment of the company. Will Providence Journal editors follow his lead in the future?
Friars Men’s Soccer: The Providence College Men’s Soccer team has made it to the final four this weekend – and fans of basketball know that’s major an accomplishment. Best of luck to the Friar team that features local kids Rob Bialy of East Greenwich, and Dominik Machado of Attleboro as they take on UCLA on Friday, at 7:30—watch them on ESPNU.
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Rolling Stone Magazine: Rolling Stone is rightfully under serious fire after having run a far-fetched story about an alleged rape at the University of Virginia, without doing basic research or fact checking. It’s unfortunate that Rolling Stone made such egregious errors, because the publication has done some valuable reporting about the financial crises and its causes when Matt Taibbi was on a tear.
RI Tourism Spending: Golocalprov.com’s Stephen Beale reports that RI spends very little money to promote tourism when compared to other states. That could very well help explain our high unemployment rate considering how important tourism has become to our economy.
Jonathan Gruber: The MIT Professor, who has helped several states, including RI, (how much money did he get for that?) implement Obamacare, is under fire for his comments that the law was passed due to the lack of transparency surrounding it, and the stupidity of the American voter. Those comments were obviously not very wise, and shown the elitism that permeates some of the nation’s well-respected higher education establishments.
RI Planning Council: The state planning council, which has proposed the highly controversial RhodeMap planning document, held a meeting on the issue on Thursday, but had to prevent scores of people who sought to attend the meeting from entering because the room was too small. So let’s get this straight: the people who want to plan the state didn’t even have the foresight to book a big enough room?
Parole Office: It doesn’t matter where this office is located; the people who live or do business near it aren’t going to be very happy. Last year, the business community was up in arms when there were plans to locate this downtown, now the Native American Community is rightly irked over plans to locate the office near it’s office building on Broad Street.
Gina Raimondo CGF Campaign Donations
Beshar Family Contribution
Total Contribution: $13,500
Jacqueline G. Beshar, Co-Chairwoman of Capital Good Fund
- 9/27/2011 $1,000
- 10/3/2012 $1,000
- 3/4/2013 $1,000
Robert Beshar, Law Offices of Robert Beshar
- 12/9/2012 $1,000
- 12/15/2013 $1,000
Peter Beshar, Marsh & McLennan
- 9/15/2010 $500
- 8/22/2011 $1,000
- 9/23/2012 $500
Christine Beshar, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
- 12/9/2012 $1,000
- 12/15/2013 $1,000
Frederica Beshar
- 10/5/2012 $500
Scot Jones, Groov-Pin Corp. (Husband of Jacqueline G. Beshar)
- 5/9/2010 $250
- 6/4/2010 $750
- 12/05/2011 $1,000
- 10/3/2012 $1,000
- 3/25/2013 $1,000
Hower Family Contribution
Total Contributions: $10,000
Lee Hower, Co-Chairman of Capital Good Fund
- 12/16/2009 $1,000
- 3/11/2010 $1,000
- 7/7/2011 $1,000
- 3/30/2012 $1,000
- 2/16/2013 $1,000
Heather Hower, Brown University
- 12/30/2009 $1,000
- 3/11/2010 $1,000
- 7/9/2011 $1,000
- 3/30/2012 $1,000
- 2/16/2013 $1,000
Tobias Lederberg
Former Vice President of Capital Good Fund
Total Contribution: $5,000
- 12/21/2009 $1,000
- 3/30/2010 $1,000
- 9/23/2011 $1,000
- 3/31/2012 $1,000
- 3/19/2013 $1,000
Daugherty Family Contribution
Total Contribution: $4,125
William Daugherty, ANC Sports
- 6/15/2012 $1,000
- 3/24/2013 $1,000
- 11/27/2013 $1,000
Tracy Daugherty, Homemaker
- 11/29/2012 $125
- 3/24/2013 $1,000
Note: Tracy and Bill Daugherty are individual donors to CGF.
Jessica Ricci
Member of Capital Good Fund's Board of Directors
Total Contribution: $1,550
- 10/14/2010 $50
- 9/30/2011 $1,000
- 10/31/2013 $500
Citizens Bank
Total Contribution: $10,625
Edward O. Handy III
- 3/25/2010 $750
- 9/25/2010 $250
- 3/28/2012 $500
- 7/15/2013 $1,000
Maria Carlino
- 9/27/2012 $1,000
- 11/22/2013 $500
Donna Brady
- 3/17/2010 $150
- 10/5/2010 $250
- 1/20/2012 $100
- 7/15/2013 $200
- 11/7/2013 $100
Barbara C. Garrahy
- 8/24/2010 $100
- 10/5/2010 $250
- 9/12/2011 $250
- 7/9/2013 $500
Stephen P. Higginbotham
- 6/22/2010 $250
- 10/5/2010 $250
- 12/2/2013 $200
Michael Kennally
- 9/6/2010 $150
- 10/5/2010 $250
- 7/15/2013 $250
James M. Hagerty
- 5/3/2010 $250
- 6/29/2010 $150
- 10/6/2010 $250
Kenneth W. Robinson
- 10/5/2010 $250
- 7/15/2010 $500
Joseph Gleason
- 9/12/2013 $200
- 11/20/2013 $250
Kenneth B. Martin
- 7/22/2013 $250
Gregory Kirwan
- 10/4/2010 $250
Terrence W. Allen
- 10/5/2010 $250
Anthony A. Botelho
- 10/5/2010 $250
Gail Ginnetty
- 9/26/2013 $50
- 9/30/2013 $100
Peter R. Bakkala
- 6/22/2010 $125
David Grassini
- 2/6/2010 $100
Patricia E. Wegrzyn
- 8/15/2012 $100
Stephen Craven
12/31/2013 $50
Hassenfeld Family Initiatives
Total Contribution: $4,000
Alan G. Hassenfeld
- 6/23/2010 $1,000
- 8/17/2011 $1,000
- 6/5/2012 $1,000
- 9/5/2013 $1,000
Bank Rhode Island
Total Contribution: $1,375
William C. Tsonos, Bank RI
- 6/17/2010 $125
- 9/13/2011 $250
Linda Simmons, Bank RI
- 6/17/2010 $125
- 9/12/2011 $250
Emanuel E. Barrows, Bank RI
- 9/13/2011 $250
Mary E. Leach, Bank RI
- 6/17/2010 $125
Steven M. Parente, Bank RI
- 6/21/2010 $125
Robert H. Wischnowsky, Bank RI
- 6/21/2011 $125
Sovereign Bank
Total Contribution: $2,225
Kevin J. Sullivan
- 6/24/2010 $1,000
Michael Lee
- 10/27/2012 $100
- 12/31/2013 $25
TD Bank
Total Contribution: $1,575
Robert A. Kolb Jr.
- 6/16/2010 $1,000
John Conte
- 6/22/2010 $250
Rosalin Acosta
- 6/30/2010 $150
Scott H. Sanborn
- 6/22/2010 $125
Amy Beauchamp
- 9/29/2013 $50
Ariel Investments
Total Contribution: $1,000
John W. Rogers Jr.
- 9/15/2010 $1,000
New Roots Providence
Total Contribution: $325
Sabina Matos
- 3/31/2010 $25
- 6/20/2010 $25
- 9/12/2011 $250
- 12/30/2013 $25
Rockland Trust
Total Contribution: $250
William Lavelle
- 6/24/2010 $250
Social Venture Partners Rhode Island
Total Contribution: $250
Kelly Ramirez
- 6/6/2010 $100
- 12/10/2012 $25
- 9/24/2013 $25
- 9/30/2013 $100
Rhode Island Foundation
Total Contribution: $100
Carol Einhorn
- 3/31/2010 $100
