Steve Laffey, former Mayor of Cranston, RI, and author of the book, Primary Mistake will be the keynote speaker at Operation Clean Government’s Forum “$earching for $olution$”. Laffey and his film crew returned to Rhode Island this week to continue shooting the documentary, “Fixing America”, after traveling the backroads of America and Washington, DC interviewing regular Americans, prominent business people, organizational heads, and policy experts about solutions to address the country’s economic crisis.
Information on OCG’s Forum is as follows:
A free public forum on
The Rhode Island Fiscal Crisis
Sponsored by Operation Clean Government
May 14, 2011, 9:00 to 11:00 AM
Varnum Memorial Armory
6 Main St., East Greenwich, RI, 02818
Keynote Speaker: Steve Laffey
Edward Mazze, Distinguished University Professor of Business Administration and Former Dean of the College of Business Administration at URI
Gary Sasse, former Executive Director of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council (RIPEC)
Stephen Hourahan, Senior Advisor to the Governor
Dan Yorke, WPRO radio talk show host has agreed to moderate the discussion.
Laffey’s production crew for Fixing America will be filming on site. OCG’s program, called $earching for $olution$, will run from 9 to 11 AM. Armory doors will open at 8:30, and there is no charge to attend.
OCG President Margaret Kane describes the forum as an opportunity for key stakeholders to discuss solutions with the taxpayers of Rhode Island. OCG is concerned that we can no longer put off the tough questions without jeopardizing Rhode Island’s future.
Questions OCG hopes will be addressed include: How do we balance the budget? Do we raise taxes, cut spending, or both? Is there any effective way to correct the serious problem of unfunded liabilities in our public employee pension plans? What must we do to create new jobs?
RSVP at info [at] ocgri [dot] org
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Press Release: Fixing America
A Speech Only a Lawyer Could Love
The president in fact managed to make an entire speech without one concrete commitment to securing the freedom, peace, and security of the American people.
He did, however, promise to make the economy his most “urgent” task (as if he can just forget about national security now). Given what he has achieved with the economy so far…we should probably be afraid, very afraid.
Source: Quotations from Big Peace