A typical example of how not to budget: Newport's fantasy: (omissis) BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS: Mary Street Residential Parking: In the 2008 Season, the Mary...
Saw this yesterday and it got me wondering: A report by city officials in Columbus, Ohio, that ranked Boston first in the nation in the per capita cost of fire...
One could wonder aloud why the study on the Mary Street Parking Revenues was not put on a shelf to gather dust like all the other studies that have been...
Ted's draft of figures should not go unanswered. Is there no one willing to step up to this startling differential? I am aware that Newport has a peculiarly...
What happened to Newport? We bring in more tourist income than anywhere else in the state 116 projects slated for RI from federal stimulus money--none for...
newportrugs@...
Apr 2, 2009 8:52 pm
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It seems like these two cities are being underfunded, time to jack up the taxes. The citizens are not getting equal protection. You only get what you pay for...
One of the rules of the road for KN is that each posting must include the sender's name and municipality----city or town of residence. We seem to have gotten...
When provided with the report referenced I will gladly compare, in an objective manner, costs related to per capita from one fire department to another. David...
ddhanos@...
Apr 3, 2009 7:39 pm
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Lee what you say is not on the the HOME page of this Group. I don't have a problem with it. My problem would be if you or others perhaps just looked at the...
This is entirely relevant to the recent local reevaluations as well. But oh please, don't bother me with facts... :-( Best regards, Andy Lavarre NEWPORT -...
C. Andrews Lavarre
alavarre@...
Apr 4, 2009 1:19 am
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Obviously this is one of those "electric third rail" topics for city officials, in general. We saw this phenomenon with the Berkshire study where the city's...
Thank you Dave Hanos for agreeing to set forth line items for fire protection. Would Ted Wrobel break out the numbers he was working with so that a comparison...
From the 2008 CAFR (with added supplemental data as marked). City of Newport residents: 24,409 City of Newport Public employees: 362 (excluding school...
Chris the Bigfoot, Perhaps Mike Cullen should comment on the names issue. I don't set the rules I just try to follow them. Mike, have the rules changed or...
According to Federal legislation, those with handicap stickers may park in any legal parking space without charge. This holds true for every state, city, and...
JeanneMarieN@...
Apr 4, 2009 10:23 pm
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Stefano, This is in response to your question "In short Mr. Crane is it only the residence of the poster that determines the value of what he says?" That is...
Your comments are quite valuable as long as you are in the Western hemisphere. As you move around from West to East, your value lessens. When you’re up in...
To KnowingNewport members: Please ignore and excuse my last message. I had thought I had addressed it only to Stefano Lavinio, my neighbor and friend. Charles...
A reminder: when you read a KN posting and then press the REPLY button, your comments are emailed to KnowingNewport@yahoogroups.com for distribution to the...
Thanks Mike, I will look at the study. I did look closer at the SF budget and staffing as well as salary for the FF on the west coast. Cost of living aside,...
ddhanos@...
Apr 5, 2009 2:47 pm
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Charles Weishar did what many of our KN community do all the time. He clicked on "reply" to a KN posting from Stefano Lavinio thinking it would go to Stefano....
In the recent NDN article "City may police military housing" -- http://www.newportdailynews.com/articles/2009/04/04/newport/doc49d61e3312526568527796.prt --...
I enjoyed Charles's "woopsie". I though it was both irreverent , refreshing and for me wholly deserved. I do wish more KN readers and posters would be less...
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KnowingNewport@yahoog...
Apr 6, 2009 4:25 am
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... Yes, I suppose those Navy families will be major ... Can I assume that you wrote that with your tongue stuck way out in your cheek? Are you sure you do...
I don't know how far we should go in email education here. But it does occur to me that some people forget the "Forward" thing to click on, instead of "Reply"....
In reply to James Wermuth Seems to me the old Navy types, accustomed to heavy action from Navy shore patrol, would probably beat Newport civilian policemen to...
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