Briefs

Better late than never.  "Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said a surge in U.S. government “activism,” including fiscal stimulus, housing subsidies and new regulations, is holding back the economic recovery."

Politics Makes for Strange... uh...     In 2009 East Cleveland Mayor Eric Brewer (D) Caught in Racy Cross-Dressing Photos. After his confession, he lost his reelection bid.

If you have to ask why, you have not followed politics close enough. You mean health care workers convicted of sex crimes and forcible felonies don't automatically and permanently lose their licenses?!!  Like this guy?

Leadership   NJ Gov. Christie vetoes Internet gambling bill that would have made his state the first in the nation to legalize Internet gambling.   Senate Bill 490 passed by wide margins --- in the Assembly by a 63-11  vote, while in the Senate the vote was 34-2 in favor. "The governor pointed to what he called the “legal fiction” of deeming that all Internet bets were originating in Atlantic City just because the online betting infrastructure was located there."

New Jersey Senate leader speaks out on pensions.   "The leader of the New Jersey Senate says pension and health care benefits for the average public safety worker cost local governments $47,000 a year. He says those costs will cause the systems to collapse unless workers start paying more."      He's a Democrat.

In Rhode Island, an education primer.   Those pink slips for all 1,926 teachers in Providence, Rhode Island, are the real thing. Article gives an explanations of the timing and the difference between layoffs, dismissals, pink slips or being fired.    From Sunshine Review: the Rhode Island state budget despite the approximately $1.08 billion -- of YOUR money wherever the hell you live in the U.S.-- from the $787 billion dollar American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) 2009 economic stimulus.

Meanwhile, a good man has had enough.   The superintendent of Rhode Island's state police resigned a week after a disagreement between Doherty and the  Providence Public Safety Commissioner over Providence, RI's refusal to participate in e-verify to determine if criminal suspects are in the country illegally. ( Hispanics are now the majority in the city.) Doherty denounced the decision as “dangerous and irresponsible.” Governor Chaffee (D) preferred not to hear this.