Perhaps it may behove you to note the timestamp of the last update of this story as located at the top of this page. You may then be able to deduce the probability that this article was updated at some point in time after my post.

Why is the word " i n n o v a t o r" masked? WTF?

Obviously tax increases are just what Rhode Islanders need. Let's not address the spending issue, we'll just increase the already hefty tax burden.

This guy is not a leader nor an innovator and is bad news for a floundering Rhode Island.

This article is short on details. This appears to be the prevailing trend with many of the contemporary local news stations, which really isn't the best recipe for winning viewers and keeping high ratings.

There is no room for mediocrity; please do better.

Perhaps the credit rating problems originat from budget shortfalls and Enronesque accounting tricks.

More people and businesses are leaving RI than are entering, this is an unsurmountable problem which requires direct and immediate attention if there is ever any hope for RI to regain anytime in the next decade.

Some of the assumptions presented in the budget are sketchy at best and outright misleading at worst.
http://www.budget.ri.gov/Documents/Revenues/Reven...

Chafee is about as useful as an attack salamander.

Well, it's 45 degress in Westerly at 12:38 am. Hardly "freezing" tempature.

I am assuming ths is the rotten egg smell that is now noticable at the North Attleboro plazas (Target, Walmat, Lowes, etc). Nasty.

What a wanker.

So as long as I declare that I am excersizing constitutionally protected rights, I can defecate in public, squat on public property and ignore any other law that fits my agenda?

Righteous!

gimmeafreakinbreak. C'mon man. Knock it off! Enough taxes and enough beaurocracy!!!