This is not a candidate endorsement, but for anyone interested in Providence Issues, Sam Zurier's Ward Letters are a wonderful source of information about what is going on in the City.
June 1, 2014 Ward Letter
Excerpts
Last month, the City Council reviewed the City budget in the Ways and Means Committee, and the School Department in the Education Committee. Those reviews will conclude this week. The Ways and Means Committee holds a public hearing and possibly a vote on Monday, June 2 at 5:30. The Education Committee will hold a hearing the next day at 5:30, and likely a vote on the School Department budget that evening. If that occurs, the City Council may review the budget this Thursday night, June 5.
On May 1, a group of City Council members introduced legislation to narrow the spread between tax rates between homeowners (which currently is at $19.25) and owners of rental properties of 1-5 units (currently $33.75), a differential of 75%.
A week from Thursday (June 12) at 6:00-8:00 p.m., I will host a community meeting at Nathan Bishop Middle School to discuss a neighborhood group’s proposal to reconfigure River Road. The group wishes to restrict vehicular traffic on the road to benefit visitors on foot and bicycles.
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