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Journal photo / Connie Grosch
Governor Carcieri today submitted a revised budget plan for this fiscal year in a bid to close a current-year deficit projected at $151 million. Here, he answers questions from the press at the State House about the sweeping plan. With him at far right is Jeff Neal, the governor's press secretary, and, center, is Steve Kass, Carcieri's director of communications. On the wall above them in the State Room is a portrait of Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero of the War of 1812. Read the related report by Steve Peoples of The Journal's State House bureau.
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It might be a nice idea if the Governor began his cuts closer to home. How much is the state paying to provide the Governor a driver. Many governors in larger states than R.I. drive themselves.
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Does anyone know how much it cost to house inmates at the ACI, well enough to 40,000 per inmate a year, granted with many of the convicts off the streets, makes for a safer state,but innocent people are paying for their mistakes,we are loosing out, not the prisoners, they live free,3 square meals a day,free medical and hospital stays, and some even get paid to work. how about releasing some of the nonviolent offenders, or the ones less likey to commit a crime again, how about trade shops, so they can learn trades, how about parole with shorter release dates, or how about taking a chance by releasing some on good faith. has anyone ever did the math 40,000 per inmate a year, thats where all the tax payer dollars are going, we may think where safe and protected, but where paying for it, literally! No-one is mentioning this, we need to speak up for ourselves.
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