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IMBALANCE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWER: Rhode Island is one of the few states in the union where one branch of government is so clearly more powerful than the other two. Of course in our little bastion of …
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Lonnie Barham
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6/14/12
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SHOULD CRANSTON SCHOOL BUSES BE PRIVATIZED? Two conflicting doctrines are in play in the Cranston school bus controversy: private companies almost always produce products and services at less cost …
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Lonnie Barham
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10/18/12
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Our General Assembly has recessed in order for legislators to begin their re-election campaigns. Did they accomplish anything good for Rhode Island? Let's grade their major actions, with each grade …
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Lonnie Barham
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6/21/12
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17 views
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It’s a good thing that Rhode Island home sales, both single and multi-unit, continue to inch up each month (they have been doing so for over a year now), but the situation for the renting segment …
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John Hazen White, Jr.
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10/9/12
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There was no doubt we could fill the dumpster.
Its magnetic force – a void to be addressed – was felt by both of us. Broken chairs that had been glued and nailed time and again emerged from …
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John Howell
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8/28/12
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EMERITUS LICENSE PLATES: It would be interesting to know exactly what it costs to design, set up machinery for, and produce a one-of-a-kind license plate for an esteemed former public servant who …
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Lonnie Barham
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4/5/12
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19 views
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Sometimes it takes something catastrophic to change the simplest of things.
The catastrophe came in the form of a silver car. That’s pretty much what I know about it, although I haven’t …
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John Howell
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8/21/12
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I followed former Congressman Eddie Beard out of the office to get a look at his license plate. It’s one of the state’s few emeritus plates and, after telling me about it and a lot more about …
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John Howell
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4/17/12
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18 views
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Boys are different.
Somehow, as a grandfather, I had forgotten that.
Ted, his wife Erica and their twin daughters live in North Kingstown, so I get to see them often. It’s always fun to …
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John Howell
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1/15/13
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16 views
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Joseph Carrolo was famous for his carousels and …
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In the summer of 1919, Joseph Carrolo stood on front of this beautiful house at 898 Oakland Beach Avenue in Warwick and watched the large, happy crowd as they waited for the trolley to come and take …
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Don D'Amato and Terry Spencer
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3/8/12
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18 views
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