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KnowingNewport@yahoog...
May 1, 2007 11:29 am
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Shuffling of departments in the cards in Newport? By Sean Flynn/Daily News staff Newport's large Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism would be shrunk...
Ed Lavallee: Without detailed comment: simply "Very well done". Revising the span of control to a provably effective level, breaking all the rice bowls at once...
I'm pleasantly surprised to find this two page city document on "performance measurements" buried in the city's FY 2007-2008 budget document. I don't recall...
Reminder from: KnowingNewport Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KnowingNewport/cal Newport Community Emergency Radio Network Practice Thursday May 3,...
KnowingNewport@yahoog...
May 3, 2007 12:31 pm
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Newport is broken. The city's infrastructure is a disaster. Among the reasons was the decision of City Councils for many, many years to pander to voters by...
Burt Hoffman
burthoffman@...
May 4, 2007 4:05 pm
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Hi Burt- You hit the nail right on the head. The city's infrastructure [including beaches] is a public disgrace and a contributing reason for the decline in...
Here are two quotations pulled from the city's current recommended budget document: * "The target for the general fund transfer to the capital fund shall be at...
I agree that the city is under-investing and under-maintaining. But let's get some perspective on the rhetoric: Newport is frustrating because resources are...
While I am a strong proponent of wind power, for your general information I pass on a link to an interesting article on wind turbine farms and possible legal...
I hadn't meant to compare Newport and its broken infrastructure to cities in undeveloped parts of the world, as a recent Knowing Newport contributor did in...
Burt Hoffman
burthoffman@...
May 5, 2007 7:28 pm
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In a brief lull between Friday night 911 calls, Newport police successfully participated in a local communications test sponsored by RI Amateur Radio Emergency...
While I am the first to appreciate the power of irony to spotlight the endemic insanity with which city governance is peppered, I fear that some KN readers...
... What is absolutely amazing to me is that people will sign up to the concept that more taxes are inevitable. As I've stated before, with examples, all forms...
The answer to many of the problems facing Newport is not more taxes - it's better city government. And I say that as a Liberal Democrat. Al Granger (Born in...
al granger
algranger@...
May 7, 2007 2:36 am
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Why don't Andy, Stefano and all those who think the city budget is bloated provide examples of discretionary funds to cut? Why not get together around a table...
Burt Hoffman
burthoffman@...
May 7, 2007 2:37 am
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The first of two public hearings on the City of Newport Proposed FY 2007-2008 Budget will be conducted at City Hall on Wednesday, May 9th in conjunction with a...
Burt hi. "Discretionary funds" is a red herring. If we have to remain with the concept of "discretionary funds" then you are correct, there is nothing to be...
On Monday May 7th at 6:30 at the Seaman's Church Institute, Mr. Christopher D'Ovidio, an environmental scientist, attorney, and adjunct professor at the Roger...
I read Burt's original post in this thread to say that despite the resources it commands, Newport is 'broken' because the city government neglects the...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the KnowingNewport group: KN subscribers should find the city manager's six page budget message to the...
KnowingNewport@yahoog...
May 7, 2007 3:08 pm
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Hello this is my first post to the KN community and I hope that I can contribute as a concerned and proud Newport resident. I am concerned because of the...
A few considerations are in order: We have seen right here on KN how allergic some members of our city council are to private citizens ( Aka the taxpayers...
Traveled to Bristol today and noticed the road leading there from Mount Hope Bridge (several miles worth) had no pot-holes. There are multiple cracks (all...
Bring your mother, grandmother, any mother or just yourself to the Newport Public Education Foundation (NPEF) Mother's Day Walk/Run this Sunday, May 13th at ...
David Wixted
newportwix@...
May 9, 2007 4:49 pm
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Let me start my comments on an uncharacteristically positive note: I think the City Manager should be congratulated on attempting to assemble a through and...
I spoke to the City Manager about this issue and was informed that the patched trench on Memorial Blvd was not scheduled to be repaved until sometime "after...
It is my understanding that a contractor digs up a road for some project like the pressure sewage pipe from Middletown pumping station to Bellevue Ave, fills...
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