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Snider, J.H., and Beverly Clay,\u00a0Constitutional Convention records speak for themselves<\/a>, Warwick Beacon<\/em>, November 4, 2014. Also published in the Warwick Beacon’s sister publication, the Johnston Sunrise<\/a>.<\/p>\n Zurier, Samuel,\u00a0Why Rhode Island Needs A Clear Constitutional Right To Education<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, November 3, 2014.<\/p>\n Driver, Rod,\u00a0Why R.I. needs a Constitutional Convention<\/a>, Providence Journal<\/em>, November 2, 2014.<\/p>\n Conley, Patrick,\u00a0History shows there is no need to fear Constitutional Convention<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, October 31, 2014.<\/p>\n Girouard, Larry,\u00a0Constitutional Conventional is crucial to R.I. turnaround<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, October 30, 2014.<\/p>\n Migliaccio, John, Where voices are heard<\/a>, Warwick Beacon,<\/em> October 29, 2014.<\/p>\n Murphy, Timothy,\u00a0Insiders maneuver against Rhode Island<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, October 28, 2014.<\/p>\n Snider, J.H., and Beverly Clay, Constitutional Convention purpose? Democratic reform<\/a>\u00a0, Valley Breeze<\/em>,\u00a0October 28, 2014.*<\/p>\n Violet, Arlene,\u00a0A vote for better R.I. government<\/a>, Valley Breeze<\/em>, October 28, 2014.*<\/p>\n Snider, J.H., and Beverly Clay,\u00a0Constitutional Convention and the out-of-state-money bogeyman<\/a>, Providence Journal<\/em>, October 24, 2014.<\/p>\n Snider, J.H., and Beverly Clay, Constitutional Convention purpose? Democratic reform<\/a>\u00a0, Valley Breeze<\/em>,\u00a0October 21, 2014.*<\/p>\n Frias, Steven,\u00a0R.I. has a rare chance to reform<\/a>, Providence Journal<\/em>, October 22, 2014.<\/p>\n Block, Ken,\u00a0Vote YES on Question 3<\/a>,\u00a0GoLocalProv<\/em>, October 21, 2014.\u00a0(essentially a repeat, with a different title, of Block’s\u00a0October 5, 2014\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>\u00a0commentary).<\/p>\n Larry Girouard and John Hazen White Jr., Constitutional convention could improve R.I.\u2019s image<\/a>\u00a0(see here<\/a> for the full commentary), Providence Business Journal<\/em>,October 18, 2014.<\/p>\n Snider, J.H., 1787: Vote No Against Convening a National Constitutional Convention<\/a>\u00a0(a satire), GoLocalProv<\/em>, October 17, 2014.<\/p>\n Flanders, Robert O.,Constitutional conventions historically expand rights<\/a>, Warwick Beacon<\/em>, October 16, 2014. Also published in its sister publication, Johnston Sunrise<\/a>.<\/p>\n Barham, Lonnie, Judge’s Ruling is Evidence We Need Constitutional Convention<\/a>, Warwick Beacon<\/em>, October 16, 2014.<\/p>\n Gencarella, Pam, Context Is What\u2019s Needed – Part I<\/a>, GoLocalProv<\/em>,\u00a0October 16, 2014.<\/p>\n Zurier, Samuel D. , Constitutional Convention can boost school reform<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, October 14, 2014.<\/p>\n Violet, Arlene,\u00a0The best – and worst – of government<\/a>, Valley Breeze<\/em>, October 14, 2014.*<\/p>\n Murphy, Timothy,\u00a038 Studios shows need for reform<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, October 9, 2014.<\/p>\n Barham, Lonnie, A good reason for a Constitutional Convention<\/a>, Warwick Beacon<\/em>,\u00a0October 9, 2014.<\/p>\n Block, Ken,\u00a0We have a rare opportunity to fix R.I.<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, October 5, 2014.<\/p>\n Sasse, Gary, and Philip West,\u00a0Taking issue with voter guide<\/a>, TheWesterlySun.com<\/em>,\u00a0October 3, 2014.<\/p>\n West, Philip H., Jr.,\u00a0Fed up with the General Assembly?<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, September 28, 2014.<\/p>\n Snider, J.H., and Beverly Clay,\u00a0\u00a0R.I. handbook shows blatant bias<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, September 25, 2014.<\/p>\n Frias, Steven,\u00a0The rush to be a Rhode Island judge<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, September 24, 2014.<\/p>\n Partridge, Jack, R.I. insiders shortchange the voters<\/a>, Providence Journal<\/em>, September 16, 2014.<\/p>\n Gencarella, Pam, Why You Should Care About a Constitutional Convention<\/a>, GoLocalProv<\/em>, August 21, 2014.<\/p>\n Stenhouse, Mike, The people of R.I. are not the enemy<\/a>, Providence Journal<\/em>, August 14, 2014.<\/p>\n Snider, J.H., and Beverly Clay,\u00a0\u00a0R.I.\u2019s poor preparation for convention<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, August 2, 2014.<\/p>\n Frias, Steven,\u00a0Felon mayor\u2019s own words condemn him<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, July 23, 2014.<\/p>\n Moore, Russell, Constitutional Convention: Just Say Yes!<\/a> GoLocalProv<\/em>, July 7, 2014.<\/p>\n Snider, J.H., and Beverly Clay,\u00a0\u2018Dark money\u2019 drives R.I. constitutional convention votes<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, June 13, 2014. (Click to pdf here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Murphy, Timothy,\u00a0Rhode Island should vote for constitutional convention<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, June 4, 2014.<\/p>\n Partridge, Jack, Update and reform R.I. government<\/a>, Providence Journal<\/em>, May 22, 2014.<\/p>\n Benson, Robert A.,\u00a0Jr., Assembly tries to steal constitutional convention<\/a>, Providence Journal<\/em>, March 23, 2014 (letter concerning the J.H. Snider and Sage Snider op-ed below)<\/p>\n Snider, J.H., and Sage Snider, R.I. needs a constitutional convention<\/a>, Providence Journal<\/em>, March 21, 2014.<\/p>\n Block, Ken,\u00a0Ken Block: R.I. must hold constitutional convention<\/a>, Providence Journal<\/em>, July 7, 2013. (Ken Block is running for Rhode Island Governor; see also the section of his website covering government reform<\/a>, which focuses on the upcoming constitutional convention referendum).<\/p>\n *The Valley Breeze<\/em> is the consolidated online version of seven local newspapers covering adjacent Rhode Island communities, including Cumberland, Lincoln, Woonsocket, North Smithfield & Blackstone, Smithfield, North Providence, and Pawtucket. \u00a0Sometimes op-eds aren’t published the same day, which explains the duplicate coverage in the online version. \u00a0The URLs reflect the print locations even if the Valley Breeze<\/em> page for an op-ed looks the same.<\/p>\n Blog<\/strong><\/p>\n Katz, Justin, Nation-Leading Teacher Pay\u2026 and the Constitutional Convention<\/a>,\u00a0Ocean State Current<\/em>, October 24, 2014.<\/p>\n Katz, Justin, Out-of-State Special Interests and the RI Constitution<\/a>,\u00a0Ocean State Current<\/em>, October 14, 2014.<\/p>\n Katz, Justin, Four Thoughts on the Anti-ConCon Commercial<\/a>,\u00a0Ocean State Current<\/em>, October 1, 2014.<\/p>\n Katz, Justin, AFL-CIO Nee\u2019s Penchant for Contradiction, Ocean State Current<\/em><\/a>, September 30, 2014 (critiques the George Nee “Vote No” op-ed from September 29, 2014)<\/p>\n Stenhouse, Mike,\u00a0A Constitutional Convention in Rhode Island; Citizen Democracy in Action<\/a>, Ocean State Current<\/em>, August 12, 2014.<\/p>\n Conley, Patrick T., Question No. 3 opponents and their political paranoia<\/a>, IndependentRI.com<\/em>, October 30, 2014.<\/p>\n Flanders, Robert O.,Trust the voters, vote ‘yes’ on Question No. 3<\/a>, IndependentRI.com<\/em>, October 16, 2014. (largely a repeat of Flanders’ October 16, 2014 Warwick Beacon<\/em> op-ed).<\/p>\n King, Will,\u00a0Not happy with the status quo? Vote ‘no’ on Question No. 3<\/a>, IndependentRI.com<\/em>, October 30, 2014 (there may be a typo in the title of this commentary, where “no” appears to mean\u00a0“yes”)<\/p>\n King, Will, The most important ballot question<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, October 26, 2014<\/p>\n Migliaccio, John E., Don\u2019t fear reform of R.I.<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, October 24, 2014<\/p>\n Flanders, Robert O.,\u00a0Trust the voters, vote ‘yes’ on Question No. 3<\/a>, IndependentRI.com, October 23, 2014. (repeat of\u00a0Flanders’ October 16, 2014 Warwick Beacon<\/em>\u00a0commentary).<\/p>\n Anthony, Richard, We can\u2019t keep electing the same candidates<\/a>, TheWesterlySun<\/em>, October 17, 2014.<\/p>\n Benson, Robert, Jr.,\u00a0ACLU not concerned about Assembly\u2019s ethics, but I am<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, October 6, 2014<\/p>\n Curran, Christopher,\u00a0It\u2019s all about the loss of power<\/a>, Warwick Beacon<\/em>, May 13, 2014.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Lally, Donald J. \u00a0Jr.: Constitutional Convention is unnecessary<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, November 1, 2014\u00a0(a repeat of Lally’s October 25, 2014 All Pawtucket All The Time<\/em>\u00a0and October 30, 2014 IndependentRI.com commentaries)<\/p>\n Nee,\u00a0George H.,\u00a0Why Question 3 is bad for workers<\/a>, Warwick Beacon<\/em>, October 29, 2014 (derived from Nee\u2019s earlier Providence Journal<\/em> op-ed).<\/p>\n Sapinsely, Lila,\u00a0Don\u2019t duplicate the R.I. General Assembly<\/a>, Providence Journal<\/em>, October 25, 2014.<\/p>\n Vincent, Jim,\u00a0Civil rights at risk in proposed R.I. Constitutional Convention<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, October 20, 2014.<\/p>\n Brewster, Kate,\u00a0Protect public services: reject Question 3<\/a>, Westerly Sun<\/em>, October 18, 2014.<\/p>\n Brown, Steve,\u00a0A Constitutional Convention: A General Assembly By Any Other Name<\/a>, GoLocalProv<\/em>, October 14, 2014. This is the sixth Rhode Island newspaper that published this same commentary Here is the complete list:<\/p>\n Brown, Steve,\u00a0ACLU head: Vote \u2018No\u2019 on constitutional convention<\/a>,\u00a0Valley Breeze<\/em>, October 7, 2014 (derived from\u00a0Brown\u2019s earlier Providence Journal<\/em> op-ed).<\/p>\n Brown, Steve,\u00a0The General Assembly\u2019s kid brother<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, October 3, 2014.<\/p>\n Nee,\u00a0George H.,\u00a0Constitutional Convention bad for union workers<\/a>, Providence Journal<\/em>, September 29, 2014.<\/p>\n Rodriquez, Pablo, ConCon: A Bright Shiny Object That Isn’t<\/a>, Providence Journal<\/em>, August 18, 2014.<\/p>\n The Union\u2019s Election Day Dilemma<\/a>, RI Socialism<\/em>, November 4, 2014. (same as the post below)<\/p>\n The Union\u2019s Election Day Dilemma<\/a>, Rhode Island Red Teacher<\/em>, November 4, 2014.<\/p>\n Norris, Jenny,\u00a0Past experience shows a Constitutional Convention is a waste of money and time<\/a>, Progressive Charlestown<\/em>, November 2, 2014.<\/p>\n Davis, Hillary, Conley no stranger to Con-Con \u2018sleight of hand<\/a>,\u00a0rifuture.org<\/em>, October 31, 2014.<\/p>\n Rhodes, J.,\u00a0Conley\u2019s history wrong on Con-Con, civil rights<\/a>,\u00a0rifuture.org<\/em>, October 31, 2014.<\/p>\n Fish, Ken,\u00a0The Ballot Measure That Could Roll Back LGBT Rights<\/a>, Options Magazine<\/em>, October 21, 2014.<\/p>\n Ahlquist, Steve,\u00a0Tobin, Stenhouse backpeddle on \u2018thorny cultural issues\u2019<\/a>,\u00a0rifuture.org<\/em>, October 27, 2014.<\/p>\n Lally, Donald J., Constitutional Convention: An Unnecessary Cost<\/a>, All Pawtucket All The Time<\/em>, October 25, 2014.<\/p>\n Ahlquist, Steve,\u00a0What does GoLocal\u2019s purported Con-Con poll really show?\u00a0<\/a>,\u00a0rifuture.org<\/em>, October 12, 2014.<\/p>\n Ahlquist, Steve,\u00a0Are you against Grover Norquist? Then you should be against a ConCon<\/a>, rifuture.org<\/em>,\u00a0October 9, 2014.<\/p>\n Howard, Samuel G., Pro-convention reasons against a constitutional convention, RIFuture.org, April 14-17, 2014 [This article was divided into four parts: 1) Why now?<\/a>, 2) \u00a0The “unlimited convention<\/a>, 3) Status quo bias<\/a>, and 4) Balance of power<\/a>.] Ahlquist, Steve,\u00a0Say no to \u2018Con-Con\u2019 because delegates aren\u2019t accountable<\/a>,\u00a0rifuture.org,\u00a0December 3, 2013<\/p>\n Fachon, Dean,\u00a0Folly of a \u2018con-con\u2019<\/a> , Warwick Beacon<\/em>, November 4, 2014.<\/p>\n Rodriguez, Pablo, How dare Constitution supporters question opponents\u2019 motives?<\/a>, Providence Journal<\/em>, November 1, 2014.<\/p>\nLetter-To-The-Editor<\/h4>\n
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