In the News
Westerly will receive $40,000 in education grants
The Columbus Day parade was canceled due to the nor’easter
Essay from URI: After RI’s shoreline access law, what’s next?
Speaking of URI: if you see a bobcat, let them know!
The Charlestown breachway project starts next week
The Knickerbocker is taking a programming break for the winter
WBLQ’s new owner will keep the station “local, local, local”
The Westerly Museum of American Impressionism opened on the 9th
The WHFD district had a busy day on Monday, responding to a windsurfer in distress and an EV fire
Jewish Voice for Peace RI will lead the Free Palestine contingent of Sunday’s No Kings protest
RIDEM is stocking trout in local waterways
The fourth annual Mystic Apple Festival is this weekend
Governor McKee joins the Governors Public Health Alliance
🗑 🏆 Worst Opinion Bootlickers of the Week
Town Council (October 6)
I never want to hear the words ‘eminent domain’ out of y’all mouths ever again. Its basic presupposition — that the town wants to claim privately owned land for public use — is directly contradictory to our fundamental argument: that the town owns the land to begin with. Hello?
To make matters worse, it seems like the source Councilor Van Dover used, or was provided with, was a clanker. So not only are we paying the Solicitor to protect our constitutional rights from moneyed privatization (a total amount exceeding $300k), we are also paying him to debunk whichever LLM is misleading our elected officials.
Actual government stuff
General agreement that the appointments subcommittee had been sufficiently humiliated and declined to vote to abolish it
Public hearing on the “paving Napatree Point” psyop, which will continue on Monday (from my notes: “Ben Weber yells about maps”)
Approved emergency repairs on a busted water main under Weekapaug Road
Complaining from Councilor LaPietra about coming to town hall a few minutes early to read the sealed executive minutes before the meeting starts 🙄
Same turf field drama as usual
Councilor Healy was apparently accused online of being anti-small business, which in America is worse than being called a Nazi
School Committee (October 15)
Local man arrested by the school committee gestapo for being a free-speech patriot
Just kidding: he was describing violence against our town officials online. And, based on the tale weaved by his wife at the podium, he seemed genuinely surprised that the cops might want to, you know, show up and check in on that.
It seems like it came from a place of frustration: he felt like the school district handled a situation involving his kid getting choked out by another kid at school inappropriately. Escalating that frustration to threats of violence makes us all less safe. Don’t do this; write an extremely niche newsletter about local politics instead, or perhaps take up needlepoint.
Actual government stuff
Approved the creation of a policy subcommittee to ensure all of the districts rules and regulations are in compliance with the state
Approved changing the name of the “equity audit subcommittee” to the “opportunity and access” subcommittee, with no change in existing duties
Boards and Committees
Economic Development Commission (October 7)
Planning Board (working session) (October 7)
Zoning Board (October 8)
Licensing Board (October 9)
Conservation Commission (October 14)
Harbor Management Commission (October 15)
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