Poopy Pipes!!

I went to a meeting tonight about poopy pipes - you might know them as sewers. Through them flow the promises of many politicians. I don't see the need for them if people keep their septic systems up-to-date. Or you just have to have enough poopy bags. The RIDEM must be in someone's pocket if they are threatening to sue the town if they don't pass the sewer bond. Newport's City Manager is counting on saving Newport's sewer on the backs of Portsmouth's taxpayers. I think everyone should send a poopy bag to the Newport City Manager! The Portsmouth town council is meeting tomorrow night at the middle school. I hope lots of people turn out and bring signs because they are NOT allowing public comment. Still the first amendment allows many forms of speech such as signs. There's also throat clearing, coughing, booing, hissing, and pounding on the wooden seats they have at the middle school theater. Let the council know that they must vote down the sewers.

On another note, I heard the Dan Yorke show on WPRO. He had Collen Conley of the RI Tea Party and Harry Staley of RISC. It seems like Harry wants RISC to take over the Tea Party and the Tea Party doesn't want any of it. I think this spat is detracting from the primary issue which is stopping the legislation that will shackle us to binding arbitration. Both organizations share the same view of this issue, as they share the same views of many other issues. Each organization has its strengths and weaknesses. RISC is good at raising money and researching issues, but they don't move very fast and they are not spontaneous. The RI Tea Party is infinitely spontaneous and can generate a lot of excitment about an issue and get the people out, but it is not a large permanent organization, and has no fund-raising capability. RISC can collect various town taxpayer organizations, and provide them a voice at the state level. The RI Tea Party provides an umbrella for disparate groups that are connected by the desire for fiscal sanity. Similar aims, but very different groups.

Let's get wise and work together!