Good governance and electoral reform seems to be the current flavor of the week in Rhode Island politics.  

Whole political futures now hinge on ideas such as:  
elimination of the master lever, Governor and Lieutenant Governor running mates, a constitutional convention (i.e. con-con) and more.

However, these reforms could take months, or even years, that is, if they actually ever come to fruition.  

I ask you to consider what can be done now, today, and prior to election 2014 to support good governance and electoral reform.  

Recently, on The Coalition radio show on AM 790 WPRV we hosted civic leader Ray Rickman (The podcast is posted below) tune-in to around 46 minutes into the show, where Mr. Rickman informs us; "Block Island has double the number of registered voters as it does adults who are legally able to vote" 

I hope some of the reformers are listening...

-Tony Jones
@tonyjonesinri

WPRI 12 and The Providence Journal have recently announced that they will be holding a televised Democratic gubernatorial primary debate on June 10th. How the debate will go is yet to be seen,  but one thing is perfectly clear: candidate Todd Giroux is not invited.  

It seems that the local media outlet has once again taken it upon themselves to decided who is, and is not, “electable”

The is par for the course for said media outlet, in 2012 WPRI famously shut Rhode Island second district congressional candidate Abel Collins out of the debates.

While I agree that Mr. Giroux is a bit of a dark horse candidate, the average voter suffers from an ever increasing loss of faith in government, and many people may find the idea of a concerned citizen actually seeking public office to be quite refreshing.  

Apparently, WPRI isn’t impressed.     

This is not a Democrat v. Republican v. Libertarian v. Independent issue, this is an issue of fairness in our democracy, and people of every political ilk should be concerned.

Let Todd Giroux Debate!