Gaspee Tea Party - Live Coverage from the State House
Colleen Conley, the organization's president, said Wednesday's Statehouse rally would demand fiscal responsibility and accountability from elected officials.
Conley says Rhode Island ranks near the bottom of surveys in economic outlook, employment and ability to attract new businesses. Rhode Island's unemployment rate is 11.1 percent, the fourth-highest in the country.
Organizers have named the protest the Gaspee Tea Party. In June 1772, Rhode Island colonists burned the British ship H.M.S. Gaspee, which was enforcing unpopular trade restrictions. (AP)
Speakers and topics of the event included:
PUBLIC EDUCATION REFORM
Robert Flanders, Esq.
Chair, Board of Regents
Contract reform, School Choice, Fiscal Accountability (Article 21 & 26), Benefit reform (Article 19), Teacher Evalua��ons (Article 28), Instructional Reform, Management Rights (Article 29), No Strikes (Article 27).
MUNICIPAL/STATE REFORM
Robert Cushman
Former Warwick School Committee Member and Warwick City Council Member
Compensation reform (Article 44), Pension Reform, Unfunded Mandates (Article 43 & 18),Municipal Re��rement Reform (Article 45), Fiscal Notes (Article 26).
CARUOLO ACT
Tom Wigand, Esq.
RISC
Repeal Caruolo Act, Funding Reform, Legislative Conflicts of Interest, Management Rights (Article 29).
OUR FUTURE
Bill Murphy
East Providence Taxpayers Association
East Providence is our future, Legislative Heath Insurance, Pension Reform, Repeal Income Tax.
MUNICIPAL REFORM
Aram Garabedian
Former Chair, Cranston City Council
Unfunded Mandates, Pension Reform, Public School Contract Reform.
ONE RHODE ISLAND – CONNECTING THE DOTS
William Felkner
Ocean State Policy Research
Labor Union Control, Death Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Corporate Tax, Income Tax.
LEGISLATIVE REFORM – TRANSPARENCY - ACCOUNTABILITY
Nick Gorham
Former State Representative
Legislative Reform, Management Rights, Small Business Support, Health Car
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