REMINDER: ============ This is a monthly reminder. Knowing Newport looks forward to sharing and discussing your ideas. There are 275+ (as of 10/24/2008)...
KnowingNewport@yahoog...
Dec 1, 2008 9:42 am
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In reply to Andy Lavarre It is easy to say we have too much waste in government spending. In RI it is true at the state level. The DMV has a lot of no-show...
Anticipating shortfall, city freezes hiring By Sean Flynn Daily News staff Newport City Manager Edward F. Lavallee does not want the city to start any new...
Does Newport County Have a Plan? Torrents of money will be cascading out of Washington shortly to rebuild the nation's infrastructure and put Americans back to...
Burt Hoffman
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Dec 4, 2008 1:05 pm
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These exceptionally challenging economic times demand a different way of looking at our problems and possible solutions. Today, KnowingNewport (KN) announces...
Newport school board, council discuss 'pet peeves' By Sean Flynn Daily News staff The Newport City Council shows a lack of respect toward the Newport School...
WATERSHED MOMENT: PROTECTING OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE You are cordially invited to a Public Forum sponsored by The Alliance for a Livable Newport and the...
Burt Hoffman's recent post forwarded from the distant reaches of Thailand unhindered by revolution and strife asks whether Newport County has a plan for the...
In an effort to beat our duly elected representatives at the federal level to the tax [payer funded trough. I have down loaded the 2 page application for a...
Newport Daily News, today Dec 4 2008 See link below My favorite comments: "School Committee members complained the City Council does not understand the...
Newport's city manager wants to save cash. Unfortunately, the bulk of the expenses are "fixed" due to city-union collective bargaining agreements. (I recall...
For anyone interested in how to contact the Rhode Island Congressional (Senate and House) delegation, please click on the below title of the office to be...
You can call their offices either locally or in DC. In either of these cases you will talk to a phone answering aide. Contacting them by e-mail on almost any...
I hope this is helpful to KN readers. Attached (in spreadsheet format) is the contact information for the members of the 2009-2010 Rhode Island General...
David Carlin
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Dec 5, 2008 1:05 am
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... Thanks, but I for one would like an email address rather than an http form that I have to fill out each and every time I want to state my position. Absent...
C.Andrews Lavarre
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Dec 5, 2008 1:49 pm
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... Hopefully second time around more prudently. Sounds good to me. The present situation is untenable, but also unfixable without one side or the other,...
C.Andrews Lavarre
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Dec 5, 2008 1:50 pm
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Jim Perrier doesn't have much more time to send in his application since his heroes who devised the bailout for the banks will be leaving Washington soon. Burt...
Burt Hoffman
burt.hoffman@...
Dec 5, 2008 1:52 pm
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Just a note re: email addresses. I'm not certain email accounts for the Senators-Elect have been established, at least I'm not aware of mine being...
Taxes. With the Rhode Island Governor and State Legislature considering reducing the contribution to local municipalities, one wonders who will make up the...
Burt I am non partisan recipient of my tax dollars as long as they are augmented with the addition of other peoples money. By the way, how are the beaches...
The PILOT program is totally unfair to the us local tax payers. Newport is one of only a hand full of cities who have a very large number of properties in the...
I think this (Knowing Newport County)forum _could_ be a harbinger of things to come. As the demographics of the communities have evolved and economy of the ...
I realize that it can be very frustrating to communities like Newport, when there are many properties (for a variety of reasons) that are exempt from real...
maybe I missed something!. John Spohn speaks of not whining about our government,What! look at the Pro Jo article -- a blue ribbon panel believes the answer...
I couldn't agree with John Spohn more. It is time to stop wringing our hands and start moving. It won't be easy but neither is life. The question is, "Is...
As a past Town Councilor, government needs to ensure it's operating as efficiently and effectively as possible. Efficiencies are gained within its respective...
You have left out the part where the tax exempt entity, e.g., Salve Regina University, pays the PILOT money to someone, the city or the state. From this...
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