 REJUVINATED BIKE PATROL: URI Police Officer Paul Hanrahan, left, of North Kingstown, who oversees the URI program and provides basic maintenance for the bikes, joins Officer Raul Douglas, as part of a rejuvenated bike patrol program at URI. While Hanrahan has ridden and will continue to ride bicycles on patrol, he also rides the three-wheeled, electric vehicle shown here. URI photo by Nora Lewis. Bicycles will be more prominent on the University of Rhode Island’s Kingston Campus this fall and several of the folks riding them will be in uniform.
As part of URI Police Maj. Michael Jagoda’s plan to enhance URI’s community policing efforts, seven officers of the 30-member department were recently certified by the International Police Mountain Bike Association, considered the gold standard for public safety cycling in this country and beyond. Four officers were certified prior to Jagoda’s hiring in May.  On the last day of the 2013 legislative session, the General Assembly enacted Rep. Teresa Tanzi’s bill allowing the establishment in Rhode Island of “benefit corporations,” companies that simultaneously pursue their commercial endeavors while also supporting social or environmental efforts.
Two years later, Rhode Island now has its first legally registered benefit corporations — or “B corps” — led by entrepreneurs who want their businesses to succeed not only in profitably making products, but also in helping the earth and the people on it. Representative Tanzi (D-Dist. 34, South Kingstown, Narragansett) today hosted an event to draw attention to the first B corps in Rhode Island, their work for social and environmental advancement and the availability of this business designation to other entrepreneurs who wish to make a positive mark on the world.  Kormahyah Karmue, 40, of Providence, was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison, having been convicted by a federal court jury of being the mastermind behind an arson-for-profit scheme to set fire to an occupied multi-family dwelling he owned in Providence in an effort to collect more than $725,000 in insurance payments.
Karmue was also sentenced for defrauding the government of $61,250 in unemployment compensation he was not entitled. Prior to the start of his trial on charges of masterminding the arson-for-profit scheme, Karmue admitted to the court that beginning in July 2009 he repeatedly filed false documents and collected unemployment compensation from the Rhode Island Department of Employment and Training while self-employed. On his application, Karmue denied he was unemployed. He pleaded guilty to theft of government funds.  Frustrated with reports of businesses abandoning Rhode Island for other states, Rep. Robert A. Nardolillo III (R-Dist. 28, Coventry) is calling for sweeping changes in the business climate of the Ocean State.
“Too many years have passed by while we continue the struggle to get our arms around precisely the factors that will actually deliver a sustainable, dependable small business environment that creates the conditions for success,” said Representative Nardolillo. “I’m proud that the General Assembly has begun taking the steps toward improving the business climate; now we need to take comprehensive, sweeping, bold steps to help Rhode Island rank highly for business friendliness.”  Mike Stenhouse
The RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity calls on the Providence Journal to issue a death sentence to its PolitFact RI kangaroo court. Time after time, in defending the status quo, the so-called "Truth-o-meter" has used tortuously twisted logic and intellectually dishonest rationale as evidence to support what are obviously pre-determined and biased rulings. In challenging the corrupt, status quo politics in RI, our Center recently issued the following statement about the burgeoning HPV vaccine mandate debate: |
WBOB
|
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
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