Friday, March 25, 2011

'A Lively Experiment' Thursday, 3/24 at 7 p.m. (Sunday, 3/27 at noon)


Panel
Dave Layman – moderator
Ken McKay – executive director, R.I. Republican Party
Lou Pulner – attorney, WPRO legal analyst
Peter Wells – publisher, The Providence American
Chip Young – senior editor, GoLocalProv.com


Topics
  • New state GOP director Ken McKay’s plan for building the party
  • The state’s “good behavior” policy for inmates
  • The Providence fiscal crisis and whether the state should intervene
  • The high number of Providence firefighters receiving accidental disability pensions
  • Providence’s new anti-corruption ordinances
  • Elected vs. appointed school boards
  • The dispute over how the Separation of Powers amendment should be applied to the Coastal Resource Management Council