Side of the Rhode: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not? - October 5, 2018

HOT

Nail Communications

Maybe the best political commercial of the season in the country was produced by Nail of Providence. The spot, Dear Young People, 'Don't Vote.'

Must watch.

HOT

RIBBA

Friday night’s special theme for this year's Rhode Island Black Business Association Gala is "Power of Inclusion - Maximize Success." 

The keynote speaker of the gala is Barrington’s Kas DeCarvalho.

The gala will be held on Friday, October 5 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick.

The Honorees are:

Christine Paige, Owner, Bliss Salon

Resident of Providence, RI
PBA Cosmetology Beacon Award winner
Certificate of Special Recognition in 2017 from Gov. Gina Raimondo

Keno Mullings, Owner, The Mullings Group

Resident of Providence, RI
Founder, Institute of Entrepreneurship & Leadership
Author of The Time Management Handbook

William Cedano, Owner, A & W Mobile Auto Care

Resident of Pawtucket, RI
General Treasurer’s Young Leader Award in 2017 from Treasurer Magaziner
2018 Graduate of the Met School

Dorothy L. Silva, Founder, DEMCO LLC

Resident of North Providence, RI
First and only African American female-founded heavy highway and road construction company in the state of Rhode Island

Esther Price, Executive Director, St. Martin de Porres Center

Resident of Warwick, RI
Social worker for 38 years, working for economic and racial justice
Program is nationally recognized as a “Focal Point on Aging”

Mary Schwarz, Head of Governance and Standards, Citizens Bank

Resident of Cranston, RI
Closes opportunity divide for young urban adults by strengthening the intern-to-employee pipeline with the Year Up Program

GoLocal is proud to be a sponsor of the event.

HOT

Anthony Sanders

Tired of waiting for elected and appointed officials do nothing, Anthony Sanders is taking it his own shoulders to try and force the resolution of the bus drivers strike by creating a change.org petition — see here

Over 9,000 Providence Public School Students (including  1,000 special needs students) have been denied transportation to and from school in VIOLATION of RI GL 16-21Health & Safety of Pupils: which states cities should provide SUITABLE transportation to & from school. This is preventing those students 

The general law states that: (a) The school committee of any town or city shall provide suitable transportation, that may include, but is not limited to, pupil transportation vehicles as defined in § 31-22.1-1, to and from school for pupils attending public and private schools of elementary and high school grades, except private schools that are operated for profit, who reside so far from the public or private school that the pupil attends as to make the pupil's regular attendance at school impractical and for any pupil whose regular attendance would otherwise be impracticable on account of physical disability or infirmity.

HOT

Sabina Matos

The Providence City Councilwoman has quietly put together the votes to take over as President of the Providence City Council. Matos was acting President previously after Luis Aponte was forced to the surrender the Presidency.

She has been building bonds with other council members and is perceived to be independent of Mayor Jorge Elorza. Many council members — including those that support the Mayor want to have a balance of power between the legislative and executive branches.

HOT

Joe Trillo

Trillo securing the endorsement of GOP House Minority Leader Pat Morgan was a big get for the Independent candidate for Governor.

Is he now in the game?

Or is GOP candidate Allan Fung just further damaged?

NOT

The Dunk

You've got to wonder what they were thinking.

At a time when venues are working hard to connect with younger audiences and are building strategies to engage their audience with social media. The Dunk is going in the other direction.

The Dunkin’ Donuts Center and the RI Convention Center are now charging $9.99 for use high bandwidth WiFi after thirty minutes.

The new policy is unprecedented.

According to both the TD Garden in Boston and the DCU Center in Worcester — at their venues, WiFi is free. Both venues seemed surprised by the question.

Tech Republic writes, “Younger fans are leaving stadiums when they can't get connected, so sports teams are finally embracing technology as a way to improve the fan experience and increase the team's bottom line.”

NOT

Jorge Elorza

If kids in wheelchairs not able to get to school can't spark the Mayor to demonstrate leadership and decisiveness, will anything?

The bus driver’s strike is now in its ninth day.

NOT

Raimondo and CCRI

Regardless of one's opinion of the merits of the RI Promise program, the disappointment is that the political effort to "cook the numbers" on the academic performance of first-year students at CCRI is a sad statement on the politicization of the program.  

According to data secured by GoLocal just over 200 of approximately 700 students meet the requirements of the program, 

Instead, the Governor's office has simply made up numbers and the College has refused to release public data. It is a sad and unnecessary stain on an interesting and important program. 

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