NEW THIS MONTH: * Cullen leaves Newport Public Education Foundation board. * KN postings top 2,000 mark ============ This is a monthly reminder. Knowing...
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Mar 1, 2006 5:41 pm
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I walked my dog on Marine Avenue and Cliff Walk from around 1985-1997 and do not recall ever seeing a sign on Marine relating to parking for licensed fishermen...
... <higramp@...> wrote: Question: Who said B4 GOING TO arbitration, "Let it ride"??? If I understand your question, "Who decided to go to arbitration?" From...
All Newport residents are invited to attend the March meeting of the Alliance for a Livable Newport (ALN) on Monday, March 6th. A presentation concerning the...
Highlights, headaches of county tourism debated at workshop By Sean Flynn/Daily News staff Trudy Coxe, executive director of the Preservation Society of ...
TO: KnowingNewport All Newport residents are invited to attend the March meeting of the Alliance for a Livable Newport (ALN) on Monday, March 6th between 7...
Today we had the Daily News readers response to regionalization. Those for regionalization had mostly savings/value for the dollar/economy of scale, with some...
One thing that hasn't been mentioned regarding arbitration is that it is usually very expensive. The last firefighters arbitration (current contract) cost more...
* I always enjoy reading the "big picture" comments about tourism in Newport from T. Coxe and K. Stokes. They "get it." * I write my comments while on visting...
I chuckled when reading the official city document detailing the last round of arbitration with the police. Apparently both sides conducted a dozen or so...
One of the core problems in our great state is that not enough people are "involved" and certainly not enough get involved by running for elective office. If...
... <fwfaerber@...> wrote: The last firefighters arbitration (current contract)cost more than $250,000 of which the city paid at least half. The city has...
Mike, Great lunches, spa treatments.... that is a nice story line, but something else in reality, at least from what the firefighters know to be true. The last...
I appreciate the correction. However, I thought Dan Kinder was the arbitrator. Why then did the city hire another attorney when the City Solicitor normally...
Dear Fred, The best jockey in the world, whether they are from the "outside" or the "inside", can't fix a bad horse. This takes me back to a very simple...
Why then did the city hire another attorney when the City Solicitor normally represents the city? I don't know why, because the City Solicitor actually does a...
Brian Dugan, who has been very defensive of the fireman's union, is now saying: "the City Solicitor actually does a pretty good job of negotiating for the...
* You wonder how persuasive the city is these days -- with some council members denying the existence of a financial crisis -- when trying to convince Newport...
Dear Moderator, Before anyone thinks that Monday night will be a love-in, let me remind some people of the following: 1.) If more than 4 School Committee...
"Very defensive"? I don't think so, it takes abit to get me riled. Or did you mean defending? I didn't think or know I was defending a position. During our...
Is this a personal thing between Bobby Oliveira and John Peixinho? If there is a public issue here, please explain it. I am not good at power plays involving...
Mike, Let me set the record straight regarding the " Swanky" venue's for the arbitration hearings. I attended about 90% of those meetings. They were long, and...
Officials brainstorm to set town goals "I think it was a big success in terms of having department heads talking with council members and reinforcing the team...
(POLICE ARBITRATION) someone in command said, "let it ride"..... If that someone in COMMAND agreed to what was brought to the table, (B4 going to ARBITRATION)...
Christopher Varone
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Mar 6, 2006 11:55 pm
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TO: KnowingNewport The Alliance hosted a presentation last night that presented the current thinking regarding the proposal to replace Newport's elementary...
An interesting article give a national perspective to the house assessement/tax issue . It is also relevant particulary in light of all the bond burdens...
Stefano's posting is an interesting perspective but does not cover the situation in Newport. When we have a re-assessment the total value of Newport property...
Yes Martin I could not agree with you more. However, my , somewhat obscure, point at he end was what happens if the property movie goes in reverse? At what...
A KN reader phoned me today and complained about hurtful comments made in a recent posting from Bobby Oliveira. These comments had escaped my notice when...
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