tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24140588.post2213733435589683099..comments2023-05-07T11:32:29.144-04:00Comments on Rhode Island's Twelfth: Newport Mayor Shot DownUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24140588.post-11050156440671400272009-03-04T09:29:00.000-05:002009-03-04T09:29:00.000-05:00Your point is well-taken. I did not actually take...Your point is well-taken. I did not actually take a stand on the resolution (I need more info), but on the process. There does come a point in time though, & we may have approached it, when the cities & towns are so strapped for cash that they have no other choice but to look to the State for assistance. Where, in the past, they've rec'd all too little.<BR/><BR/>Do I believe in collective bargaining? Yep. It's certainly worked with the teachers. But fire & police? The law seems to have stacked the regs in a different way there, doesn't it? But like I said, more data needed.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the dialogue. It gets tiring, not to mention boring, talking to myself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403055132710223869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24140588.post-81479085066228740212009-03-03T21:51:00.000-05:002009-03-03T21:51:00.000-05:00I hope that you don't support the mayor just i...I hope that you don't support the mayor just implimenting all these resolutiona. Many of these things were negotiated with their respective bargaining groups. You, too, were once under a contract. I am sure that you would not have liked it if the mayor just wrote up resolutions that eliminated or changed your benfits or healthcare. I am glad to see all the people come out to see what happens. I hope they come again to the next meeting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com