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OUR SERIES OF GENERAL
ASEMBLY DEBATES CONTINUES.
THIS WE CAN ON "NEWSMAKERS,"
VOTERS IN LINCOLN, JNTONS
AND SMITHFIELD HAVE TWO
CANDIDATE FOR STATE
REPRESENTATIVE TO CHOOSE
FROM AND NEXT MONTH'S
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
INCUMBENT REPRESENTATIVE
PETER PETRARCA IS FACING A
SIXTH TERM AND GORDON FOX'S
LEADERSHIP TEAMS A SENIOR
DEPUTY MAJORITY LEADER IN
REPRESENTATIVES.
HIS CHALLENGER HAS FAMILIAR
LAST NAME.
GREGORY COSTANTINO IS VICE
PRESIDENT ON FEDERAL HILL
AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOP DER
AND THE BROTHER OF FORMER
HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE
CHAIR STEVEN COSTANTINO.
PETRARCA-COSTANTINO
HEAD-TO-HEAD ON THIS EDITION
GOOD MORNING.
WELCOME TO "NEWSMAKERS."
AM TIM WHITE.
JOINING ME ON THE PANEL IS
WPRI!
COM REPORTER TED NESI AND
ARLENE VIOLET.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING.
YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
COMING THE PRM AND HELP
VOTEDDERS DECIDE WHO THEY
SEPTEMBER 11th.
LET'S BEGIN FIRST WITH A
SIMPLE OPENING QUESTION.
WILL GIVE YOU EACH 30
SECONDS TO RESPOND AND START
MR. PETRARCA.
ELECT YOU?
WELL, SURE.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK LEFT
TO BE DONE IN THE STATE OF
ROW EYE RHODE ISLAND TO
IN THE STATE.
I HAVE LIVED WITH CEREBRAL
PALSY MY ENTIRE LIFE AND I
FACE CHALLENGER AND I PER
CAESARRED.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS TO
OVERCOME IT.
THERE IS SOLUTIONS EVERY
TIME WE HAVE A CHALLENGE AND
THERE IS A SOLUTION AND I
CAN COME UP WITH THE
SOLUTION AND ASKING MY
CONSTIT INS TO SEND ME BACK
AND MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU, MR. PETRARCA.
SAME QUESTION TO YOU
MR. COST STAN TEEN KNOW.
I HAVE BEEN A LIFELONG
RESIDENT OF RHODE ISLAND AND
A RESIDENT LINCOLN WITH MY
WIFE AND CHILDREN.
COMPLETELY UP ACCEPTABLE TO
ME THAT WE HAVE SECOND
HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
IN THE COUNTRY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT.
WE HAVE THE HIGHEST AUTO
BODY REPAIR COSTS IN THE
NATION AND WE ARE 50th
IN THE NATION FOR BUSINESS
GROWTH.
FIVE SECONDS.
RESIDENTS ARE LEAVING.
BUSINESSES ARE LEAVING.
OUR CHILDREN HAVE NO FUTURE
HERE.
THANK YOU, MR. COST STAN
TEEN KNOW.
I WILL START WITH YOU.
IN THE JOURNAL, YOU WERE
RESPONDING TO ACCUSATIONS
YOUR OPPONENT JUST ALLUDED
TO THEM THERE ABOUT AUTO
BODY BILL.
WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A
LITTLE BIT, BIN EXPLAINING
THE POSITION IN PART YOU
NOTED 2009 SUPREME COURT
DECISION THAT MEANT THE
ETHICS COMMISSION CANNOT
POLICE LAWMAKERS FOR
VOTE.
YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT THE
AVERAGE VOTE ARE MAY BE
SHOCKED BY IT.
YOU SAID "GIVEN THE RULING,
WE HAVE LEGISLATIVE I IMMUNE
TOY DO ANYTHING WE WANT ON
THAT FLOOR BASICALLY"
ANYTHING YOU WANT?
NO.
ON THE PHONE.
THERE IS NO QUESTION.
I SAID IT LIKE THAT.
THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT.
THE LEGISLATIVE IMMUNITY
SIMPLY MEANS IF WE TAKE THE
BILL IN ITSELF.
I OB STRAIN THE VOTE.
HOWEVER, UNDER THAT RULING,
I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO
ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTE BUT I
DID OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF
CAUTION.
WHAT I WAS SPEAKING OF ON
THAT OCCASION IS THAT WHEN A
COLLEAGUE WOULD ASK ME A
QUESTION ABOUT ANY TYPE OF
LEGISLATION OR THAT AUTO
BODY LEGISLATION, I WOULD
ANSWER HIS QUESTION.
I AM FREE DO SO.
LET ME ASK YOU
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE
ETHICS COMMISSION.
YOU KNOW, SHOULD LAWMAKERS
BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IF THEY
ARE BENEFITING THEMSELVES
THROUGH ACTIVITIES.
SHOULD IT BE PLACED BACK
NO.
IT SHOULD BE PLACED BACK TO
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
THEY SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN
ETHICS COMMITTEE.
JUST LIKE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DOES.
I DON'T FEEL THAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ANY
BETTER THAN WE ARE AND I
THINK WE WOULD DID A VERY
GAD JOB AT POLICING
OURSELVES.
COMMITTEE.
SO YOU VOTED TO RESTORE THE
ETHICS COMMISSION IF THAT
CAME AGAIN YOU WOULD VOTE
AGAINST FIT NO.
WOULDN'T VOTE AGAINST IT.
I BELIEVE THERE WAS BILL PUT
IN OR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
COMMITTEE.
IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD
WITH OUR OWN ETHICKY AND A
BILL COMES TO THE FLOOR TO
COMMITTEE ITSELF.
I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHY WE NEED TO MAKE A WHOLE
NEW COMMITTEE IN THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY WHEN WE HAVE ONE
THAT THE VOTERS ENACTED IN
THE MID '80s?
BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL THAT
WE HAVE TO GO TO OUTSIDE
SOURCE TO MISS OURSELVES.
THE CONGRESS AND THE
SENATORS DON'T.
OH.
THAT?
HOW WOULD YOU HAVE VOTE ON
THAT UP? WOULD HAVE VOTED
TO HAVE THE ETHICS
COMMISSION THERE AND RULE ON
ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH
THE GENENO CARRIERRINGRINGCONNEK
ME A QUESTION, WILL
ANTICIPATE THAT HONESTLY AND
OPENLY, BUT OUT OF ABUNDANCE
OF CAUTION -- AND LET ME SAY
THIS, I HAVE THE CLASSIC
SECTION.
I CAN VOTE ON AUTO BODY
BILLS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T
AFFECT MY FAMILY ANY MER
THAN IT AFFECTS THE OTHER
BODY SHOPS.
I JUST CHOOSE NOT TO BECAUSE
WE'RE PERCEIVED OR MY FAMILY
IS PERCEIVED AS THE LARGEST
BUT KI STILL VOTE ON ALL
THOSE BILLS.
I COULD GET UP ON THE FLOOR
AND DEBATE IT.
SO I DON'T FEEL DY ANYTHING
WRONG AT ALL.
I JUST TOOK A DIFFERENT
POSITION AND A DIFFERENT
WHEN IT CAME TO THOSE AUTO
BODY BILL.
YOU HAVE EVER SUPPORTED A
BILL OR YOU MENTIONED THE
EXPERTISE.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT
MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN
SUPPORTED BY THE AUTO BODY
INDUSTRY IF YOU ARE
PROVIDING INFORMATION?
HAVE I EVER SUPPORTED A
BILL THAT HAS NOT BEEN
SUPPORT PIE THE AUTO BODY?
A BILL THAT INVOLVES THE
AUTO BODY INDUSTRY BUT THEY
DIDN'T WAN BECAUSE YOU KNEW
THE INDUSTRY SO WELL.
THIS WON'T HURT THEM AS MUCH
AS THEY SAY.
I BELIEVE I ABSTAIN ON
THOSE, TOO.
MR. COST STAN TEEN KNOW.
YOU HAVE BEEN CRITICAL AND
MR. PET DRAR'S INVOLVEMENT
WITH THAT.
YOU COME FROM A FAMILY THAT
IS STEEPED IN POLITICS AS
WELL.
WHY SHOULD VOTERS SEE YOU AS
AN AGENT OF CHANGE UP
THERE?
WELL, LET ME SAY THAT.
MY BROTHER WAS
REPRESENTATIVE FOR 18 YEARS,
BUT THIS IS NOT ABOUT MY
BROTHER.
THIS IS ABOUT GREG.
THIS IS ABOUT GREG
CHANGE.
THINK THE VOTERS ARE TIRED
THING.
ON THAT FLOOR.
I MEAN, THAT IS RIDICULOUS.
I THINK PEOPLE WANT CHANGE.
LIKE I SAID, MY BROTHER HAS
YOU KNOW?
WE ARE A WORKING FAMILY.
YOU KNOW?
WE OWN RAVIOLI AND YOU KNOW,
DO.
WELL, RAVIOLI CAME UP.
I WOULD NOT VOTE ON IT.
BOO WOULD YOU DISCUSS SUBMIT
WOULD YOU HAVE DISCOUNTS THE
FOR THATLE, ACTUALLY, THIS
IS WHAT THEY WANTED IT.
WE'LL DO IT.
THE SAME THING.
I PROBABLY WOULD ANSWER
I WOULDN'T VOTE ON IT.
HE IS VOTE ON TWO PIECES OF
LEGISLATION THAT HELP AUTO
BODY SHOPS.
HE IS ACTUALLY VOTING TWO ON
PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
WHAT TWO PIECES QUICKLY
RESPOND.
HE VOTE ON LEGISLATION.
TWO YEAR AGO, BILL 25078 HE
VOTED ON LEGISLATION.
I ARE SHAKING YOUR HEAD.
I CAN'T RESPOND.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
MAIN TBRSH WE WANT TO
DIS DISCUSS -- I MEAN,
IF WE WANT TO DISCUSS
BUSINESS AND FAMILY VALUES,
MAIN, LET'S TAKE LACK AT MY
OPPONENT.
MY OPPONENT VOTED FOR IT.
MY OPPONENT'S FAMILY HAS
125,000 FROM PROVIDENCE
CORPORATION.
STILL NOT PAID BACK.
THEY GAT SWEETHEART DEAL ON
A COMPASSION CENTER.
IT IS A STRONG
ACCUSATION.
WHY DON'T YOU BACK THAT ONE
UP INTO SURE.
IN 2006.
MR. COSTANTINO PURCHASED A
HOME IN LINCOLN.
AT THE TIME OWNED A HOME IN
NORTH PROVIDENCE.
HE THEN SOLD THE HOME IN
NORTH PROVIDENCE IN 2007,
JULY OF 2007, HE HAD THE
WHEREWITHAL TO REGISTER SOME
CARS IN LISTEN CONIN 2007 TO
THE TUNE OF THE 2008 TAX
YEAR; HOWEVER, I GUESS, HE
FORGOT TO TAKE THE FIVE
MINUTE RIDE TO GO REG STORE
VOTE, SO IN THE MARCH OF
2008 PRESIDENTIAL PRIME A
WHERE I, HE VOTED OUT OF THE
NORTH PROVIDENCE LOCATION HE
NO LONGER OWNED.
ALL RIGHT.
RESPOND TO THAT.
THAT IS WHAT I DID.
I DID VOTE OUT OF THE NORTH
MARCH 2008 PRIMARY.
I VOTED IN.
I DID TALK TO SOMEBODY AT
THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND
AS LONG AS I VOTED IN THE
FEDERAL PRIMARY THERE WAS
NOT PROBLEM WITH THAT.
IT WAS NOT LIKE I VOTED OUT
TWO OF ADDRESSES.
WE WERE IN-BETWEEN
PROPERTIES AND I DID VOTE.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
DO YOU THINK THE UNIONS HERE
IN RHODE ISLAND HAVE
DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF
COMPANIES RELOCATING HERE OR
OPENING A BRANCH OFFICE
SNEER NO.
I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE
DETRIMENTAL AFFECT.
I THINK WE HAVE SEEN
BUSINESSES MOVE TO THE STATE
OF RODE EYE LP AND WORK WELL
WITH LABOR.
THINK LABOR STILL HAS A
PRESENCE ALTHOUGH, I DON'T
BELIEVE IT IS AS STRONG AS
I DON'T THINK SO.
I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE AN
EFFECT.
NOT AT ALL.
LET ME ASK YOU BOTH ON
THE ECONOMY.
STICK WITH WHAT A REN
BROUGHT UP.
UNEMPLOYMENT 10% IN RHODE
ISLAND NOW.
YOU ARE THE ONE THE RECORD
UP THERE.
HOW MUCH DO YOU AND OTHER
LAWMAKERS BARE FOR THE
ECONOMIC IN RIGHT NOW?
WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW
MUCH BLING CAN BE LAID ON
THE LEGISLATORS WHEN THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY IS IN ONE OF
HISTORY.
SO WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN
TO ALLEVIATE THE
UNEMPLOYMENT AND WE ARE
WHAT?
WE HANDLED PENSION
REFORM.
THAT ELIMINATES DEBT.
WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO BRING
MANUFACTURING BACK TO THE
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
THIS WAS AN ARTICLE THIS
MORNING ON THE ABC WHICH I
THOUGHT WAS GOOD AND I THINK
WE SHOULD EXPLORE THAT AND
HAVING A BOARD WITH PRIVATE
AND PUBLIC CITIZENS WORKING
TOGETHER TO BRING BUSINESSES
IN BUT WE DON'T ONLY NEED
THE PROFESSORS AND THE
PEOPLE WHO WRITE THE
THEORY.
WE HEAD TO THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE THE HANDS IN THE DIRT,
WHO BUILT THEIR BUSINESSES
SUCCESSFUL.
WE NEED A BLEND OF THAT AND
I THINK WE'LL COME OUT VERY
WELL.
I HEARD YOUR CRITIQUE
EARLIER BUT I WANT TO KNOW
WHAT DO YOU ROSE FROM DO
DIFFERENTLY IF YOU ARE
ELECTED ON SMITH HILL.
PROPOSES?
WHAT POLICIES WILL YOU
SUPPORT TO BRING DOWN
UNEMPLOY.
WELL, I THINK IT IS VERY
DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW FOR A
BUSINESS THAT IS OUT LOOKING
TO COME TO RHODE ISLAND TO
LE KATE HERE.
I DON'T THINK WE MAKE IT
EASY FOR THEM TO LOCATE
HERE.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY
PROGRAMS TO HELP YOU KNOW
MOVE THEM FORWARD AND I JUST
THINK, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT
RAVIOLI AND THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOP AND I WANT TO GET
BACK TO HER -- ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, WE
WOULDN'T HAVE THE VISION TO
CREATE WHAT WE CREATED AND
THOSE WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO
US BE A IT WAS GREAT, GREAT
PROGRAM AND WHAT DO I MEAN
BY THAT SH WE WERE ABLE TO
CREATE 340 JOBS, NEW JOBS IN
ADDITION TO THAT, WE PAID
THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE AND
THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE
INCOME BASED ON THAT.
I JUST NEED TO EXPAND THAT
YEAH.
WE HAVE TO GO TO BREAK.
ON THAT TOPIC.
CORRECTLY.
BACK YET.
THAT IS CORRECTING INTO THE
LOANS THAT HIS FAMILY OUT
ARE NOT PAID OUT, YES.
$125,000.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS.
MR. PETRARCA SEEMS TO BE
RUNNING AGAINST EVERYBODY IN
MY FAMILY, MY WIFE, SISTER,
BROTHERS AND MY WIFE
OF $125,000 IS CURRENT.
ACCORDING TO THE -- ***
ARE PAYING THEM ON TIME?
SHE IS.
THEY ARE NOT DELINQUENT.
SHE IS IN WORKOUT NOW IT
IS PAID ON TIME.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK
HERE.
YOU ARE WATCH "NEWSMAKERS"
CAMPAIGN 2012 DEBATE BETWEEN
REPRESENTATIVE PETER
PETRARCA AND GREGORY
COSTANTINO FOR LINCOLN,
STAY WITH US.
"NEWSMAKERS."
JERSEY FUSION.
TO MY RIGHT TED NESI AND
ARLENE VIOLET AND HAVING A
DENATE WEEK OF DISTRICT 44
AND PETER PETRARCA AND HIS
COSTANTINO.
I AM GOING TO MOVE ON TO 38
STUDIOS NOW.
MR. PETRARCA, YOU VOTED TO
CREATE THE LOAN PROGRAM THAT
LED TO THE $75,000,038
STUDIOS LOAN WHILE YOU KNOW,
WE HEARD FROM SOME RANK AND
FILE LAWMAKERS, THEY ARE
PLEADING IGNORANCE WHAT B
WHO IS GETTING THAT MONEY.
THAT.
DURING THIS.
DO YOU REGRET THAT? I NOT
OKAY.
MEMBER.
OOSPORA GOING TO PLEAD
IGNORANCE ABOUT WHERE THE
MONEY ISAGOGE WELL, WHAT WE
WERE TOLD BY HIS BROTHER,
1:00 MAYBE YOU SHOULD ASK
HIS BROTHER WHAT HAPPENED.
WE WERE HOLD TO
THE $125 MILLION WAS THERE
TO CREATE JOBS.
WE WERE NEVER TOLD
COMPLETELY ABOUT 38 STUDIOS
ON THE FLOOR.
I IMAGINE PEOPLE AT HOME
BANGING THEIR HEAD AGAINST
THE TELEVISION SETTING NOW
HEARING THEIR ANSWER BECAUSE
THERE WAS SO MUCH COVERAGE
TIME.
FOX.
I WAS IN THE A SECRET THAT
CURT SCHILLING WAS HERE AND
GOVERNOR.
CORRECT.
THE NUMBERS WERE NEVER
REVEALED ON THE FLR.
I KNEW THAT THE MONEY WAS
GOING TO BE GOING TO 3
CORRECT.
CORRECT THEY TOLD US
THE $12 MILLION WAS TO
CREATE JOBS AND WAS GOING TO
BE PARCHED OUT.
STUDIOS --
WHAT ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS
NOW?
THE HOUSE SPEAKER, GORDON
FOX, DO YOU THINK HE KNEW?
IF SO DOES HE OWE RHODE
ISLANDERS AN APOLOGY.
I ASSUME IF STEVEN
COSTANTINO KNEW.
I AM ASSUMING THAT SPEAKER
FOX KNEW.
WHETHER HE OWES AN APOLOGY,
YOU HAVE TO ASK HIM.
WELL, MR. COSTANTINO.
YOUR BROTHER CONSIDER
BILL.
YOU CANNOT NECESSARILY BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE
ACTION BIFF AM WONDERING IF
YOU THINK THE BROTHER MADE A
MISTAKE?
WELL, I THINK AT THE
TIME, THE INFORMATION THE E
HAD AVAILABLE TO HIM, I
THINK HE VOTED WHAT HE
STATE AND.
HE DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT.
HE SPONSORED FOR IT.
HE VOTED AND SOS SPONSORED
SO I WON'T SAY WITH THE
INFORMATION THEY HAD
AVAILABLE WITH THE GOVERNOR
PUSHING THIS LEGISLATION
WITH THE BOARD PUSHING THE
LEGISLATION.
I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT
CLEVER THEY HAD AVAILABLE AT
THE TIME THEY MADE DECISION
AND THEY BROUGHT IT TO THE
FLOOR BUT FOR THE
REPRESENTATIVES TO SAY, WE
DIDN'T KNOW WHO OR WHAT OR
WHEN I CAN'T BELIEVE NO ONE
KNEW IN THAT BUILDING EX
EXACTLY THAT MONEY WAS FOR.
ALL RIGHT.
REFORM.
IF SO WHAT ROLE SHOULD THE
REFORM?
GIVE ME SPECIFICS YOU IF
THINK IS THAT ROLE.
WELL I DON'T KNOW IF
THERE IS A GENERAL ASSEMBLY
BUT I LIKE TO LOOK AT
PROVIDENCE AND THEY WERE
ABLE TO DO PENSION PERFORM
AND BROUGHT EVERYBODY AND
SAT THEM AT THE TABLE.
I AM WONDERFUL THING THAT
OCCURRED THERE.
ALL PARTIES WERE HAPPY WHEN
YOU LOOK AT, YOU OW, I THINK
THE CITY AND THE MUNICIPALS
SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO
DO PENSION REFOR.
SHOULD GENERAL ASSEMBLY KEEP
THE HANDS OFF?
EYE TO LOVE QUESTION.
I LOVE THIS QUESTION.
WAS 19978 CASE.
AND THAT CASE IS VERY
PACIFIC.
IF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
WANTS TO INTERVENE IN ANY
CITY OR TOWNS PENSION SYSTEM
IT HAS TO GO TO THE VOTERS
AND IT MUST BE STATEWIDE SO
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS AS
OF TODAY, STILL GO TO LAW,
WE CANNOT GET INVOLVED
UNLESS WE PUT A QUESTION ON
THE BILLION LOT TO THE
VOTERS FOR US TO INTERVENE.
WOULD YOU SUPPORT SUCH A
I WOULD SUPPORT A
QUESTION ON THE BALLOT ABOUT
IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS BY WHAT
PROVIDENCE IS DOING NOW THEY
DON'T NEED IT.
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT
PROVIDENCE.
DO YOU THINK THERE IS A
MUNICIPAL REFORM FLU NO.
NO.
I THINK THERE IS SOME MAYORS
TO THE PLATE.
LIKE WHO?
HANDLE THEIR OWN.
I DON'T KNOW LIKE WHO I
WOULD IF YOU ASK ME BEFORE I
WOULD SAY PROVIDENCE.
PROVE DENS STEPPING UP.
DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE EAST PROVIDENCE MUCH?
SOMETHING.
PENSIONS.
YOU VOTED FOR IT.
THE PENSION REFORM BILL.
YOU STILL SUPPORT IT FROM
LAST NOVEMBER?
ABSOLUTELY.
AND YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE
SAY'S SY BLEM?
WOULD HAVE YOU HAVE VOTE
SNOOD GOOD.
OKAY.
THE NEXT QUESTION.
CASINOS.
THIS INCLUDES LINCOLN WHERE
TWIN RIVER IS.
A HUGE POSH THING FOR THAT
COMMUNITY.
MR. PETRARCA, FIRST TO YOU,
WHO DENEGOTIATATED THE DEAL
GET?
I BELIEVE IT WAS THE
LEADERSHIP TEAM OR THE UPPER
ECHELON OF LEADERSHIP TEAM
TRACK I BELIEVE.
I WOULD SAY SPEAKER FOX,
PRESIDENT, AND THE
WILL TELL THAT YOU I WAS
INVOLVED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS
THAT GAVE THE TOWN OF
LINCOLN REVENUE PROTECTION.
WE KEEP OUR SHARE.
THEN IF THE REVENUES AT THE
MACHINE DROP FROM YEAR TO
YEAR.
WE GET
DO YOU THINK AT THIS TIME IS
A GOOD DEAL?
I THINK IT THE BEST DEAL
IN THE LIGHT OF WHAT IS
COMING DOWN THE ROAD AND
THAT IS MASSACHUSETTS CASINO
AND WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT
IF THEY OPEN THE DOORS, WELL
THERE IS GOING TO BE A DROP
IN REVENUE.
MR. COST STAN TEEN MOW,
THE SAME QUESTION TO YOU.
DO YOU HI THE BILL SIGNED
FOR THE CASINO REST NEW
SHARING IS A GOOD DEAL FOR
THE DISTRICT?
WELL I DON'T THINK IT IS
DISTRICT.
I THINK WE COULD HAVE DONE
MUCH BETTER.
I THINK THAT ISSUE WAS
PRETTY MUCH DONE BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS.
AWAY.
I THINK AT THE 1LE CENTS
THEY ARE LOOK AT BETWEEN.
I THINK WE COULD HAVE
STARTED AT A HIGHER RATE AND
PERHAPS MAYBE DROPPED IT AND
I WANT TO COME MEN COME MEN
THE REPRESENTATIVE BECAUSE
HE DID PROTECT THE TOWN OF
LINCOLN BUT I THINK WE COULD
HAVE DONE MUCH BETTER FOR
THE TOWN.
I WANT TO ASK BOTH OF YOU
JAE SERIES OF YES OR NO
QUESTIONS SO WE CAN COVER A
BIT MORE GROUND QUICKLY.
WITH YOU.
YES OR NO?
LELLIZED?
YES.
MR. COST STAN TEEN MOW.
YES OR NO.
TEEN POE.
WOULD YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF
BINDING ARBITRATION FOR
MR. PETRARCA?
OKAY.
AND YES OR NO.
MR. PETRARCA, SHOULD THE
CORPORATION CONTINUE TO
EXIST IN THE CURRENT.
MR. COSTANTINO.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
YOU SAID WITH PROPER
PROTECTION.
BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
RELIGIOUS PROTECTIONS.
PROVISIONS FOR RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTION WHATEVER THEY
MAY BE.
I JUST SIMPLY BOEING A
HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUAL
CANNOT LOOK SOMEONE IN THE
EYE AND SAY THAT YOUR
LIFESTYLE IS WRONG OR
DIFFERENT WITH WHAT I WENT
THROUGH AS A CHILD BEING
RIDICULED.
I CANNOT DO IT.
I CAN NOT SAY SO TO SOMEONE,
YOU CANNOT HAVE IT.
MR. COSTANTINO, HE SAID
NO.
YOU DON'T VIEW ITS A CIVIL
RIGHTS SHALL YOU?
WELL, WHAT I THINK IS,
YOU KNOW, I AM AGAINST, I AM
FOR CIVIL UNIONS WHICH HE
VOTED FOR LAST YEAR.
I AM FOR CIVIL UNIONS.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A
VOTE TO PUT IT ON THE
BALLOT.
I THINK THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND SHOULD
VOTE ON IT.
I DON'T THINK IT IS UP TO
ONE INDIVIDUAL PERSON.
YES OR NO.
SHOULD LEGISLATURES
CONTINUE?
NO.
ZEG.
WHY?
BECAUSE IT HELPS
COMMUNITIES.
IT HELPS COMMUNITIES.
THERE IS ALWAYS NEGATIVE
PRESS ON THEM BUT THERE ARE
TREMENDOUS -- THERE ARE A
NUMBER -- NEGATIVE PRESS?
LIKE THE SPORTS IN CITY OUT?
CORRECT.
MAYBE LEGISLATIVE GRANTS
OF THAT AMOUNT SHOULD BE DEN
AWAY BUT THE SMALLER GRANTS
THAT WE GIVE TO BASEBALL
TEAMS AND FOOD BANKS, WE
CANNOT DO AWAY THOSE.
SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE
FUNDS FOR REELECTION.
THEY ARE NOT SLUSH FUNDS FOR
REELECTIONS.
THEY DO GREAT WORK.
THOSE GRANTS HAVE GREAT
WORK.
I THINK THEY ARE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS THAT IS GOING OUT
AND A TIME WHEN WE ARE, OUR
NOW.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE DID HE
EVER SITS DOWN THE ROAD.
HUGE DEF AT THIS TIMES AND
AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO
LOOK AT THIS.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO NOT THE
SUBSTANCE OF THE AUTO BODY
BILL BUT THE WAY IT PASS ONE
OF MANY BILLS THAT PASSED
AROUND 3:00 IN THE MORNING.
SESSIONS.
YOU HAVE BEEN UP THERE FOR
AWHILE NOW MR. PETRARCA.
IT IS IT NECESSARY THAT THE
LAST SESSION GUESS ALL THE
MORNING.
WHY COULDN'T THEY COME BACK
FOR ANOTHER DAY?
WOULD YOU SUPPORT CHANGES
LIKE TO?
WELL, I FOUND THAT LAST
YEAR WAS A TREMENDOUS MOVE
FORWARD WITH RESPECT TO WHAT
WE DID ON THE FLOOR PRIOR TO
THE LAST DAY.
WE PASSED A LOT MORE BILLS
DURING THE REGULAR SESSION.
HOWEVER, FOR SOME REASON, I
HAVE BEEN THIS FOR AWHILE.
FOR SOME REASON, IT IS THE
WAY THE HOUSE DOES THINGS.
THEY JUST WAIT UNTIL THE
LAST DAY OAR COUPLE OF DAYS
TO MOVE A LOT OF PIECES OF
KITE CHANGE?
THAT.
ABOUT IT HAS BEEN LIKE THAT
FOR YEAR AND IT HAS BEEN
REPRESENTATIVE.
ONE QUICK FOLLOW-UP, WOULD
SPEAKER?
IF THE TIME -- IF THE TIME
WAS RIGHT, YEAH, SURE.
WHAT ABOUT THE WAY THE HOUSE
OPERATES UP THERE MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT.
WOULD YOU SUPPORT WHERE THEY
STOP AND THEY GO HOME.
I JUST LOST MY MOM.
SAYING.
THERE IS NOTHING GOOD THAT
HAPPENS AT 3:00 IN THE
MORNING.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AT 3:00
IN THE MORNING.
THERE WAS SPECIAL
LEGISLATION THAT WENT IN
THAT PASSED FOR AUTO BODY
SHOP LEGISLATIONS I WOULD
HAVE RAISED EVERYBODY'S RATE
IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
FOR THEIR CAUSE BY $2 TO
2K34R5R 00 PER.
RESPOND TO IT.
IT IS NOT RU.
FIRST OF ALL.
INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE 40.
MORE PROVE FILT IN THE
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND THAN
OKAY.
THE COST OF REPAIRS HAS NOT
INCREASED SINCE 2008 AND THE
PREMIUMS ARE DOWN 7% SINCE
2008.
WE EXPLORED THIS A LOT.
PREVIOUSLY WITH 20 SECONDS
QUICKLY TRILLION THE TWO OF
YOU.
I WANT A LETTER GRADE FOR
GOVERNOR LINCOLN CHAFEE.
B.
MR. PETRARCA.
B.
ALL RIGHT.
GENTLEMEN I WANT TO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US
AND AGREEING TO COME IN.
WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT IT
IS NOTE EASIEST YOU THING IN
THE WORLD TO DO ABOUT IT IS
IMPORTANT TO HELP VOTERS
MAKE DECISION ON
SEPTEMBER 11 AND THE VOTERS
ARE IN DISTRICT 44 THAT IS
IN JOHNTONS, LINCOLN AND
SMITHFIELD.
REPRESENTATIVE PETER
PETRARCA AND GREGORY
COSTANTINO AND TO MY RIGHT
VIOLET.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
WATCHING AND WE'LL SEE YOU