[Summit] Summit Digest, Vol 108, Issue 25
Marisa O'Gara
marisaogara at gmail.com
Mon Mar 31 17:30:34 UTC 2014
Colin,
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Marisa O'Gara
401-400-2430
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> 1. Re: Gordon Fox is gone (commonsense02906 at mail.com)
> 2. Re: Gordon Fox is gone (Colin Murphy)
> 3. Re: Gordon Fox is gone (Martha Fraenkel)
> 4. Re: Gordon Fox is gone (louise zuckerman)
> 5. Re: Gordon Fox is gone (Tara AOL)
> 6. Need a roofer recommendation (Brian Leveille)
> 7. Need painter, contractor (carpenter) and handyperson
> (Julia Steiny)
> 8. need tile work done (aw)
> 9. Re: need tile work done (Tlpinsky)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:14:33 +0200
> From: commonsense02906 at mail.com
> To: "Good Neighbor" <agoodneighborhope at yahoo.com>,
> "summit at sna.providence.ri.us" <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Gordon Fox is gone
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> Good Neighbor,
> you are correct. It is the corruption of our elected officials or the lack
> of financial or economic knowledge or care like Senator Goldin (who only
> got into office by political trickery by Rhoda Perry). That is causing our
> unnecessarily high and unsupportable taxes. Make no mistake: the
> disadvantages in our community are not benefiting from our high taxes. Do
> not be smug.
>
> Tavares initiated an economic development committee (mentioned in the
> ProJo in past couple of days) to address the mess Providence is in with a
> 16% unemployment rate and a structural pension failure. Legislative grants
> are, of course Payola. Who's next to fall?
>
> >From the January 17, 2014 Providence Journal:
>
> In Jackson?s case, Thornton said he found that groups were donating to the
> councilman?s campaign even though his filings never showed any fundraising
> activity.
>
> Thornton said a review of campaign finance filings from other political
> organizations shows that Jackson should have received at least $4,905 in
> donations that were never reflected in his filings.
>
> Thornton said the board?s staff requested bank records and other financial
> documents to conduct a review. But Jackson, who was previously ordered by a
> Superior Court judge to pay the board $23,150 in a case dealing with other
> campaign finance violations, has not responded.
>
> Finally, the elections board approved a campaign finance-related
> settlement with state Sen. Harold Metts, D-Providence.
>
> According to the settlement, Metts acknowledges that his campaign failed
> to report $14,000 in donations and $12,000 in expenses from 2006-2013.
>
> He has since appointed a new campaign treasurer and amended all previously
> filed reports. Metts also agrees to pay $250 out of his own pocket, forfeit
> $1,175 from his campaign account and submit additional financial documents
> through 2014, or else face an additional $750 fine, according to Thornton.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 13:43:19 -0400
> From: Colin Murphy <colin.t.murphy at gmail.com>
> To: "summit at sna.providence.ri.us" <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Gordon Fox is gone
> Message-ID: <558074EF-7EE7-4961-AA48-6694418BB715 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
>
> Summit Neighbors:
>
> Can I put a plug in here for Common Cause RI (http://www.commoncauseri.org)?
> I am a board member and supporter and hope you will consider getting
> familiar with the organizations activities.
>
> Common Cause RI has been working on ethics reform (reversing the Iron?s
> decision), judicial nominating and many other important structural issues.
> The web site says it better than I can here, so please visit it and ?Take
> Action.?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Colin
>
> Colin Murphy
> colin.t.murphy at gmail.com
> 401 351-1517
>
>
>
> On Mar 30, 2014, at 1:14 PM, commonsense02906 at mail.com wrote:
>
> > Good Neighbor,
> > you are correct. It is the corruption of our elected officials or the
> lack of financial or economic knowledge or care like Senator Goldin (who
> only got into office by political trickery by Rhoda Perry). That is causing
> our unnecessarily high and unsupportable taxes. Make no mistake: the
> disadvantages in our community are not benefiting from our high taxes. Do
> not be smug.
> >
> > Tavares initiated an economic development committee (mentioned in the
> ProJo in past couple of days) to address the mess Providence is in with a
> 16% unemployment rate and a structural pension failure. Legislative grants
> are, of course Payola. Who's next to fall?
> >
> > From the January 17, 2014 Providence Journal:
> >
> > In Jackson?s case, Thornton said he found that groups were donating to
> the councilman?s campaign even though his filings never showed any
> fundraising activity.
> >
> > Thornton said a review of campaign finance filings from other political
> organizations shows that Jackson should have received at least $4,905 in
> donations that were never reflected in his filings.
> >
> > Thornton said the board?s staff requested bank records and other
> financial documents to conduct a review. But Jackson, who was previously
> ordered by a Superior Court judge to pay the board $23,150 in a case
> dealing with other campaign finance violations, has not responded.
> >
> > Finally, the elections board approved a campaign finance-related
> settlement with state Sen. Harold Metts, D-Providence.
> >
> > According to the settlement, Metts acknowledges that his campaign failed
> to report $14,000 in donations and $12,000 in expenses from 2006-2013.
> >
> > He has since appointed a new campaign treasurer and amended all
> previously filed reports. Metts also agrees to pay $250 out of his own
> pocket, forfeit $1,175 from his campaign account and submit additional
> financial documents through 2014, or else face an additional $750 fine,
> according to Thornton.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Summit mailing list
> > Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> > http://sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
> > SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 14:14:11 -0400
> From: Martha Fraenkel <mfraenkel at gmail.com>
> To: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Gordon Fox is gone
> Message-ID: <53385EF3.7020805 at gmail.com>
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> Gordon Fox, as far as i know, is still my elected representative. why?
>
> Gordon Fox does not, because he CANNOT, represent me or anyone except
> himself. He should resign.
>
> What a shame.
>
> On 3/30/2014 1:43 PM, Colin Murphy wrote:
> > Summit Neighbors:
> >
> > Can I put a plug in here for Common Cause RI (
> http://www.commoncauseri.org)? I am a board member and supporter and hope
> you will consider getting familiar with the organizations activities.
> >
> > Common Cause RI has been working on ethics reform (reversing the Iron?s
> decision), judicial nominating and many other important structural issues.
> The web site says it better than I can here, so please visit it and ?Take
> Action.?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Colin
> >
> > Colin Murphy
> > colin.t.murphy at gmail.com
> > 401 351-1517
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mar 30, 2014, at 1:14 PM, commonsense02906 at mail.com wrote:
> >
> >> Good Neighbor,
> >> you are correct. It is the corruption of our elected officials or the
> lack of financial or economic knowledge or care like Senator Goldin (who
> only got into office by political trickery by Rhoda Perry). That is causing
> our unnecessarily high and unsupportable taxes. Make no mistake: the
> disadvantages in our community are not benefiting from our high taxes. Do
> not be smug.
> >>
> >> Tavares initiated an economic development committee (mentioned in the
> ProJo in past couple of days) to address the mess Providence is in with a
> 16% unemployment rate and a structural pension failure. Legislative grants
> are, of course Payola. Who's next to fall?
> >>
> >> From the January 17, 2014 Providence Journal:
> >>
> >> In Jackson?s case, Thornton said he found that groups were donating to
> the councilman?s campaign even though his filings never showed any
> fundraising activity.
> >>
> >> Thornton said a review of campaign finance filings from other political
> organizations shows that Jackson should have received at least $4,905 in
> donations that were never reflected in his filings.
> >>
> >> Thornton said the board?s staff requested bank records and other
> financial documents to conduct a review. But Jackson, who was previously
> ordered by a Superior Court judge to pay the board $23,150 in a case
> dealing with other campaign finance violations, has not responded.
> >>
> >> Finally, the elections board approved a campaign finance-related
> settlement with state Sen. Harold Metts, D-Providence.
> >>
> >> According to the settlement, Metts acknowledges that his campaign
> failed to report $14,000 in donations and $12,000 in expenses from
> 2006-2013.
> >>
> >> He has since appointed a new campaign treasurer and amended all
> previously filed reports. Metts also agrees to pay $250 out of his own
> pocket, forfeit $1,175 from his campaign account and submit additional
> financial documents through 2014, or else face an additional $750 fine,
> according to Thornton.
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Summit mailing list
> >> Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> >>
> http://sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
> >> SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Summit mailing list
> > Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> > http://sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
> > SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 14:50:34 -0400
> From: louise zuckerman <rlzuckerman at msn.com>
> To: Martha Fraenkel <mfraenkel at gmail.com>,
> "summit at sna.providence.ri.us" <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Gordon Fox is gone
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> Rep Fox has not been arrested or charged. He is innocent until proven
> guilty. Let's wait and see what happens.
>
> Louise Zuckerman
>
> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 14:14:11 -0400
> From: mfraenkel at gmail.com
> To: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Gordon Fox is gone
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Gordon Fox, as far as i know, is still my elected
> representative. why?
>
>
>
> Gordon Fox does not, because he CANNOT, represent me or anyone
> except himself. He should resign.
>
>
>
> What a shame.
>
>
>
> On 3/30/2014 1:43 PM, Colin Murphy wrote:
>
> Summit Neighbors:
>
> Can I put a plug in here for Common Cause RI (http://www.commoncauseri.org)?
> I am a board member and supporter and hope you will consider getting
> familiar with the organizations activities.
>
> Common Cause RI has been working on ethics reform (reversing the Iron?s
> decision), judicial nominating and many other important structural issues.
> The web site says it better than I can here, so please visit it and ?Take
> Action.?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Colin
>
> Colin Murphy
> colin.t.murphy at gmail.com
> 401 351-1517
>
>
>
> On Mar 30, 2014, at 1:14 PM, commonsense02906 at mail.com wrote:
>
>
>
> Good Neighbor,
> you are correct. It is the corruption of our elected officials or the lack
> of financial or economic knowledge or care like Senator Goldin (who only
> got into office by political trickery by Rhoda Perry). That is causing our
> unnecessarily high and unsupportable taxes. Make no mistake: the
> disadvantages in our community are not benefiting from our high taxes. Do
> not be smug.
>
> Tavares initiated an economic development committee (mentioned in the
> ProJo in past couple of days) to address the mess Providence is in with a
> 16% unemployment rate and a structural pension failure. Legislative grants
> are, of course Payola. Who's next to fall?
>
> >From the January 17, 2014 Providence Journal:
>
> In Jackson?s case, Thornton said he found that groups were donating to the
> councilman?s campaign even though his filings never showed any fundraising
> activity.
>
> Thornton said a review of campaign finance filings from other political
> organizations shows that Jackson should have received at least $4,905 in
> donations that were never reflected in his filings.
>
> Thornton said the board?s staff requested bank records and other financial
> documents to conduct a review. But Jackson, who was previously ordered by a
> Superior Court judge to pay the board $23,150 in a case dealing with other
> campaign finance violations, has not responded.
>
> Finally, the elections board approved a campaign finance-related
> settlement with state Sen. Harold Metts, D-Providence.
>
> According to the settlement, Metts acknowledges that his campaign failed
> to report $14,000 in donations and $12,000 in expenses from 2006-2013.
>
> He has since appointed a new campaign treasurer and amended all previously
> filed reports. Metts also agrees to pay $250 out of his own pocket, forfeit
> $1,175 from his campaign account and submit additional financial documents
> through 2014, or else face an additional $750 fine, according to Thornton.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Summit mailing list
> Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> http://sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
> SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> http://sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
> SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:04:31 -0400
> From: Tara AOL <tlpinsky at aol.com>
> To: Martha Fraenkel <mfraenkel at gmail.com>
> Cc: "summit at sna.providence.ri.us" <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] Gordon Fox is gone
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> Fox is my Rep as well and he has not been at the State House since the
> raid on his home and state office. He didn't show up to vote for the
> speaker and we are so far without a voice. If he does get charged, we will
> be without a Rep until the November election per the Elections laws.
>
> I was told if we need anything former acting Mayor and now Rep. John
> Lombardi has offered to represent us.
>
> I would hope we all take a serious look at the potential candidates that
> will be running as if have heard that someone has moved into the district
> just to run for this seat.
>
> Thanks,
> Tara Pinsky
>
> > On Mar 30, 2014, at 2:14 PM, Martha Fraenkel <mfraenkel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Gordon Fox, as far as i know, is still my elected representative. why?
> >
> > Gordon Fox does not, because he CANNOT, represent me or anyone except
> himself. He should resign.
> >
> > What a shame.
> >
> >> On 3/30/2014 1:43 PM, Colin Murphy wrote:
> >> Summit Neighbors:
> >>
> >> Can I put a plug in here for Common Cause RI (
> http://www.commoncauseri.org)? I am a board member and supporter and hope
> you will consider getting familiar with the organizations activities.
> >>
> >> Common Cause RI has been working on ethics reform (reversing the Iron?s
> decision), judicial nominating and many other important structural issues.
> The web site says it better than I can here, so please visit it and ?Take
> Action.?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Colin
> >>
> >> Colin Murphy
> >> colin.t.murphy at gmail.com
> >> 401 351-1517
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mar 30, 2014, at 1:14 PM, commonsense02906 at mail.com wrote:
> >>
> >>> Good Neighbor,
> >>> you are correct. It is the corruption of our elected officials or the
> lack of financial or economic knowledge or care like Senator Goldin (who
> only got into office by political trickery by Rhoda Perry). That is causing
> our unnecessarily high and unsupportable taxes. Make no mistake: the
> disadvantages in our community are not benefiting from our high taxes. Do
> not be smug.
> >>>
> >>> Tavares initiated an economic development committee (mentioned in the
> ProJo in past couple of days) to address the mess Providence is in with a
> 16% unemployment rate and a structural pension failure. Legislative grants
> are, of course Payola. Who's next to fall?
> >>>
> >>> From the January 17, 2014 Providence Journal:
> >>>
> >>> In Jackson?s case, Thornton said he found that groups were donating to
> the councilman?s campaign even though his filings never showed any
> fundraising activity.
> >>>
> >>> Thornton said a review of campaign finance filings from other
> political organizations shows that Jackson should have received at least
> $4,905 in donations that were never reflected in his filings.
> >>>
> >>> Thornton said the board?s staff requested bank records and other
> financial documents to conduct a review. But Jackson, who was previously
> ordered by a Superior Court judge to pay the board $23,150 in a case
> dealing with other campaign finance violations, has not responded.
> >>>
> >>> Finally, the elections board approved a campaign finance-related
> settlement with state Sen. Harold Metts, D-Providence.
> >>>
> >>> According to the settlement, Metts acknowledges that his campaign
> failed to report $14,000 in donations and $12,000 in expenses from
> 2006-2013.
> >>>
> >>> He has since appointed a new campaign treasurer and amended all
> previously filed reports. Metts also agrees to pay $250 out of his own
> pocket, forfeit $1,175 from his campaign account and submit additional
> financial documents through 2014, or else face an additional $750 fine,
> according to Thornton.
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Summit mailing list
> >>> Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> >>>
> http://sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
> >>> SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Summit mailing list
> >> Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> >>
> http://sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
> >> SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
> > _______________________________________________
> > Summit mailing list
> > Summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> > http://sna.providence.ri.us/mailman/listinfo/summit_sna.providence.ri.us
> > SNA Website: http://sna.providence.ri.us/
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 22:01:59 -0400
> From: Brian Leveille <brian.leveille at gmail.com>
> To: summit at sna.providence.ri.us
> Subject: [Summit] Need a roofer recommendation
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> Hi neighbors,
>
> I've received a few good recommendations from the summit list. Looking for
> one more: anyone recommend a good roofer?
>
> I think I need some flashing applied between my main house and the rear
> addition that was added on in the seventies, so it's not a full re-shingle.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Brian
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:15:14 -0400
> From: Julia Steiny <juliasteiny at gmail.com>
> To: Summit Neighborhood <Summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Subject: [Summit] Need painter, contractor (carpenter) and handyperson
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> I kept a list of the names circulating in the past six months, called them
> all up and found that only one of them was still in business. If folks
> have people they like, please forward their info.
>
> I need to paint a kitchen.
>
> And the front and back of the house -- so these people need to be insured.
>
> And do a lot of work on the porch since it looks like there's rot.
>
> And if anyone has had experience with a Good contractor who installs cement
> fiber board siding, I'm totally interested in getting in touch with them.
> Thanks so much.
>
> --
> Julia
> www.juliasteiny.com
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> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 06:32:09 -0700 (PDT)
> From: aw <awoodward7 at verizon.net>
> To: Neighborhood Association <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Subject: [Summit] need tile work done
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> Good Day Neighbors
> I need some tile repair work and a bath floor replaced.
> Recommendations appreciated.
> Amanda
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> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:44:45 -0400
> From: Tlpinsky <tlpinsky at aol.com>
> To: aw <awoodward7 at verizon.net>
> Cc: Neighborhood Association <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Subject: Re: [Summit] need tile work done
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>
> C&D tile 508-336-0217 Carlos is amazing.
>
> Good luck on your project,
> Tara
> > On Mar 31, 2014, at 9:32 AM, aw <awoodward7 at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > Good Day Neighbors
> > I need some tile repair work and a bath floor replaced.
> > Recommendations appreciated.
> > Amanda
> > _______________________________________________
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