We want to highly encourage potential attendees to RSVP and pay in advance, as tickets will likely sell out for the event. Visit http://ri-ra.org/pigroast/ for details.
The Rhode Island Republican Assembly PAC
cordially invites you to attend the annual
“PORK-U-LUS” Pig Roast Fundraiser
to support Rhode Island Republican candidates
at the home of
State Representative Doreen & James Costa
39 Dyer Avenue
North Kingstown, RI 02874
on
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
2:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.
featuring catered
Roast Barbecued Pig Served Pulled Pork Style
Accompanied by Baked Beans, Corn, Corn Bread, Cole Slaw, & Desserts
Hamburgers & Hot Dogs available. Soft Drinks provided. “B.Y.O.B.”
Tickets: $35.00 per Person
Children 12 & Under: $15.00
Space is limited to 125 guests. Please reserve your tickets today!
Payment by Personal Check or Credit Card is gladly accepted.
To reserve tickets, please mail your request and personal check to:
RIRA-PAC, 19 Bakers Creek Road, Warwick, RI 02886
Credit card payments can be made online at http://ri-ra.org/pigroast/ .
PayPal payments can be sent directly to paypal [at] rirapac [dot] org .
For inquiries, please contact Raymond McKay at (401) 487-2514
or by e-mail at president [at] ri-ra [dot] org. Thank you for your support!
State of Rhode Island campaign finance law requires us to record the Name, Address, Employer, and Occupation of all contributors. Individuals are limited to contributing no more than $1000.00 per calendar year. Political contributions are not tax deductible.
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I’ll match my facts against Sen. Tassoni anytime, anywhere.
In the 7/21/2011 Observer (http://breezepapers.com/2011/07/20/observer/tassoni-says-gop-boss-hirons-should-get-his-facts-straight) the senator takes some liberties with the truth concerning statements made earlier by John Dionne and myself. Below is my response to the Observer.
Sen.Tassoni says Mr Dionne and I need to get our facts straight. I am up for that challenge.
Mr Dionne said the senator’s sponsorship and support of Binding Arbitration was based on his past relationship with labor unions. The senator’s answer was that he’s no longer employed by a union. Correct. But that does not change the fact that he was in the past as Mr Dionne stated. Not to mention his newspaper’s (http://www.commongroundnews.net) advertisements are at least half for unions, affiliated organizations or businesses owned by fellow democrat politicians. While the senator is no longer a public union employee, he is clearly in good standing with the public sector union political action committees. In the 2nd quarter of this non-election year he received over $2500 in public sector PAC donations. (http://www.ricampaignfinance.com/RIPublic/Filings.aspx)
Moving on to the Binding Arbitration Bill (S0794 http://www.rilin.state.ri.us//BillText11/SenateText11/S0794A.pdf )and the Senate votes on it on June 29th. (The Senate Journal http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/journals11/senatejournals11/SJournal6-28.pdf). Sen.Tassoni sponsored the bill. If it is a conflict to vote for a bill, how can it not be to sponsor it?
There were 7 votes related to the bill. 5 amendments, a motion to move the final vote to June 30th and the actual vote on the bill. Sen.Tassoni recorded no vote on the first 6 votes and finally abstained on the 7th. Final total 6 walks, 1 abstention.
Is binding arbitration bad for Smithfield and North Smithfield? I am not an expert so I’ll defer to the elected municipal officials. Of the 21 elected municipal officials (Smithfield 5 council, 5 school committee; N. Smithfield 5 council, 5 school committee, 1 administrator), 15 are listed in opposition at the RI Coalition Against Binding Arbitration website (www.ricaba.org). The rest have not answered, yet. The opposed includes the 3 members of the democratic majority on the Smithfield School Committee.
Clearly the municipal officials in the 22nd senate district think this idea is a bad one. From the national media it appears states are not enacting this idea right now. Most are running away from it.
Yes, sometimes our General Assembly members should recuse themselves. Sen.Tassoni has sponsored hundreds of bills in his time in the RI Senate. He generally makes the top 5 in the number of senate bill filled every year. Researching how many time he has recused himself since his election is not an easy task. However, I would bet the number can be counted on 2 hands.
Recusing oneself from an issue should include not submitting bills on the subject, not voting on the subject and not advocating for the subject. About a third of the senator’s letter was singing the praises of the binding arbitration bill he submitted. Score 1 out of 3 on recusing.
Phil Hirons, Jr.
Chair, Smithfield Republican Town Committee
Vice President, RIRA