990WBOB
  • WBOB Radio
  • Crush Cancer
  • Past Casts
  • Weather
  • Contact
  • About
    • WBOB Press Releases
    • Join Our Team!
    • CHARITY GALA

Dee DeQuattro: Pulse on Politics - Inside Baseball

2/27/2015

Comments

 
Picture
Dee DeQuattro

Pawtucket is a big loser this week as the new owners of the PawSox announced its intention to move the team from Pawtucket to Providence -- possibly on the vacant 195 land.  This move has the potential to devastate the already depressed city of Pawtucket.

Meanwhile, Providence stands to make huge gains. Not only will it bring people to the city but it will encourage the development of the I-195 land, which has remained vacant for more than two years.  Now, Pawtucket will be left with an empty stadium and less visitors to the city. 
Please don't leave me

Meanwhile Pawtucket Mayor Don Grebien says he hope to convince them to stay. In a nicely worded letter submitted to the Valley Breeze, Grebien discussed the Mondor family’s vision for the team and how important the team has been to the city. He even reached out to House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello and Senate President Teresa Paiva-Weed. As the tug-of-war match between Pawtucket and Providence over one of Rhode Island’s staples, the PawSox, continues it will be interesting to see how it will affect the relationship of both cities moving forward.
Picture
This rendering (not to scale) shows what the propose d waterfront baseball stadium in Providence may look like, using Charlotte's brand new BB&T Ballpark as an example.
Outside Providence

The fact that Providence may need to take the PawSox from Pawtucket to help its own vitality really indicates how bad things in Rhode Island have gotten. It’s not even a fair playing field. If you were the owners of the PawSox where would you rather be? In Providence where there is potential to have activities and amenities around the stadium or Pawtucket where there is basically nothing to do other than stop by the local diner after the game or drive over to Providence for dinner.

And it’s sad too. It shows Rhode Island is changing and even the token staples hat we all expect to always be around are not so permanent.
Fine and dandy

Things are not so fine at the Department of Health (sorry couldn’t resist) as Dr. Michael Fine announced he will be resigning at the end of March. Fine will leave his post as the Director of Public Health to pursue other opportunities. Isn’t that just the politically correct way of saying, “I’m being forced out”? 


Instead of burning bridges or looking as silly as Craig Stenning when he was forced from the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals and then tried to sneak into the DCYF, Fine bowed out gracefully. Who will replace him? Well, it has not yet been announced. 

Why not ask Ashoka Mukpo, the Rhode Island cameraman who contracted the Ebola virus and instantly became Rhode Island’s leading authority on Ebola? All joking aside, Dr. Fine will be just fine in the private sector after serving 4 years as the Director of the Department of Health.

Ms. Raimondo goes to Washington

I guess everything isn’t so perfect. It's no longer sunshine and rainbows with Rhode Island’s new leadership. Just last month we saw Governor Gina Raimondo standing side by side with House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello discussing how they will work as a team and there will be no more "business as usual" in Rhode Island. This week, the two had their first public feud over the Rhode Island State Budget. 

On Friday, Raimondo made some remarks in Washington D.C. at Politico’s annual State Solutions Conference about how in the past the General Assembly has hacked up the governor’s budget in the dead of night with the help of lobbyists. Speaker Mattiello responded to the remarks earlier this week, referring to them as disappointing and inaccurate. 

Don’t worry though, the story has a happy ending.  Raimondo reached out Mattiello on Tuesday and met with him on Wednesday. The speaker assures us that the working relationship is now back on track. You have to give Raimonod some credit -- she said what a lot of Rhode Islanders are thinking, she just needed to get out of Rhode Island to say it. Once she came back she had some sucking up to do though, after all we all know that the Speaker of the House is the one who holds the real power in Rhode Island.

There's holes in them there streets!

Meanwhile, Providence is on pothole patrol again. Mayor Elorza is already taking heat about his handling of the snow, so for his sake he should hope he gets on top of the Pothole Patrol. Thursday marks the first day of the pot hole plugging. People with pothole problem can contact the city at (401) 421-2489. Let just hope the city is better at patching holes then they are at plowing snow.

More Pulse on Politics

Picture
Comments

    WBOB
    Original
    ​Reads

    Picture

    Unbiased, Unfiltered. WBOB's Original Reads feature our brightest and boldest personalities, offering their two-cents on the goings on of news, sports, politics, entertainment, and business. -- Are our opinions always PC? Nope. Are they always perfect? Nah. But, are they always 100% authentic? Absolutely!


    LISTEN
    ​TO WBOB ORIGINAL PODCASTS

    Picture
    Listen to
    ​Past BOBCasts

    WBOB 
    Best Reads
    Brought To You By
    TripAdvisor.com

    Picture

    Celebrating David Clyde: A Wild Passionate Friend To All


    Picture

    Search 
    The Archives


    Reads From Our Friends

    Picture

    The Best Game Development Tools: How to Make Your Own Game


    Contact Us
    [email protected]


    Archives

    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012

Search For Your Favorite WBOB Author,
​or BobCast

990WBOB 
An Independent Media Outlet.

The views opinions and thoughts expressed do not  reflect those of 990WBOB, its management or its staff. All Rights Reserved 990WBOB.com 2007-2020
​
Contact WBOB HERE
Photo from nzhamstar
  • WBOB Radio
  • Crush Cancer
  • Past Casts
  • Weather
  • Contact
  • About
    • WBOB Press Releases
    • Join Our Team!
    • CHARITY GALA