Rowena, I am on the Board at Fort Adams and you made some good points in your earlier posting. Paul Crowley was the original sponsor and half the $4 million...
The bill was actually a part of the Fiscal Year 2007 Rhode Island State Budget, signed into law by Governor Carcieri on June 30, 2006. Credit belongs to Rep....
... wrote: Of the 11 bond issues the Fort Adams was the one which got the least attention or public sponsored advertisement. With that being said it is in...
Forum shows how homeowners can help sewer system By Sean Flynn/Daily News staff NEWPORT - While people were stuffing themselves on Thanksgiving Day, 2.31...
NEW THIS MONTH: REMINDER: Ground Rule #1 * Practice civil behavior towards one another. Name calling is not acceptable. See other rules:...
KnowingNewport@yahoog...
Dec 1, 2006 6:42 pm
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Today KN's listening post intercepted the following new city rule. Say your car gets damaged in an accident. NPD responds. You ask the officer to have AAA tow...
The City does seem to get a fast response. My van died on Broadway one summer afternoon, blocking lots of traffic including a bus a short distance behind me,...
Mike, This policy is followed by many departments. The reason is pretty simple - tow companies are VERY aware of who gets what. If the work isn't spread around...
It is only fair if the CITY pays the bill. If *I* have to pay the bill then it would seem that *I* get to choose who does the job... On the other hand, why,...
If a motorist needing a tow is not a hazard to others and has a paid-up AAA membership I would think it is up to him to contact AAA. If a policeman shows up he...
GASB Requires Governments to Come Clean on Pollution Remediation Costs NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1,2006-- Reflecting its intention to ensure that...
Concerning Frederico's comment about the city returning to a strong mayor type of government, it may be a move whose time has come back. I can think of...
It should be pointed out that Newport's last bond ratings (assigned by Moody's ) date back to February 2003 copies available here: http://tinyurl.com/y6h9h6 ...
Ouch ! The liability side of the City of Newport's balance sheet is starting to look ugly. Shortly it will have to begin reporting that enormous "Other Post ...
In theory, professionally trained and experienced city managers are preferable to "strong" mayors. (There is much information online to support this.) Numerous...
I've been calling it a "flyer." NDN prefers to call it a "flier." I was one in the Air Force. Webster's says both versions are correct. At the last city...
I believe that some in the City Council scoffed at my labeling on the pages of KN, of the municipal bond market as a dangerous back alley in the world's...
Sure looks like a story here, or am I missing something? Where did the money come from to pay for this? Why isn't the cost of manpower used to prepare the...
Burt Hoffman
burthoffman@...
Dec 7, 2006 8:12 pm
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Clean Ocean Access (COA) will be asking the Newport City Council for financial assistance to continue the water testing through the Spring of 2007--------The...
The city hired a contractor to strip Sycamore St. down to the dirt in August 2004 and then pave it. A little over two years later, look at the 20 foot crack...
Our voting mechanisms are sound. The effects of straight party-voting when other non-partisan races are on the ballot would most certainly be one of the ...
Hello We are asking the Newport City Council for financial assistance to continue the water testing into the Winter and Spring of 2007. The meeting is on the...
If you, too, are suffering from a new fissure/crack in your neighborhood and the street was repaved in the last 3 years, then KN would like to promote the...
On the December 13 city council docket for council action is the proposed approval of Infrastructure Management Group Inc. of Bethesda , MD for the study of...
The demonstrated incompetence of city officials in repairing and maintaining Newport's streets and sidewalks must be addressed before the $12 million bond...
Burt Hoffman
burthoffman@...
Dec 8, 2006 8:15 pm
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The City Administrators ( council and others) smirk: We know what we are doing on the road bond. We have a very good bond adviser. We pay them $135,000 a...
2005 Industry Rankings and First Southwest Company Business Highlights First Southwest Company is proud of its nearly 60-year history as one of the country’s...
The City Council hired a facilitator to conduct a goal setting program, paid for a survey of of the city's residents, hired a consultant to probe the police...
Burt Hoffman
burthoffman@...
Dec 10, 2006 2:58 pm
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I think the problem is a widespread mistrust of bureaucrats. The fact is any government needs an army of one, or more, hired public servants to administer and...
I don't object to consultants, per se. After all, I am one. I object to what appears to be a haphazard method of choosing, employing, and then ignoring the...
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