Sunday, September 9, 2012
Dist. 49 Incumbent stands behind recent vote against supplemental tax.
If Rep. Lisa Baldelli-Hunt's (D-Dist. 49) popularity at Paul's Family Restaurant is any indication, her primary challengers have a lot of work ahead of them. The representative got welcoming smiles from Paul and the staff Friday morning and spent a few minutes making small talk with patrons on her way to a table. The incumbent seems at home and comfortable there. To those voters who might be on the fence about whether to back Baldelli-Hunt for another term, she says her service has been conscientious, in the best interests of her constituents. The life-long Woonsocket resident has been getting to know those constituents for some time now. She worked as a Post Office clerk from 1984 until 2005, when she left to begin managing real …
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Challenger says local legislators should be more involved in the city's affairs.
Michael Morin, Woonsocket native, president of the firefighter's union, son of former WHS principal George Morin and Ann Morin, said Rep. Lisa Baldelli-Hunt's (D-Dist. 49) recent votes have been out of touch with the city's best interests. In fact, Morin said, many of the city's state representatives seem distant during Woonsocket's crisis. "They should be involved in what's going on in the city and they're not," he said. But Morin, a firefighter since 1987, said he decided to run against Baldelli-Hunt after a recent vote tabling a measure to reverse a 2006 tax cut for people making more than $250,000. "I think the straw was her flip-flopping on the tax equity bill," Morin said. The bill, H-7729, was included as an amendment to the …
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Mayor, Teacher's Union criticize reversal on House floor, WTC praises stand.
Rep. Lisa Baldelli Hunt's (D-District 49, Woonsocket), stand against the bill authorizing a supplemental tax last week, two days after her stated support for it, has drawn criticism and praise. RINPR reports the Woonsocket Teacher's Guild has rapped the representative, criticizing her failure to offer an alternative to the plan. Jeffrey Partington, President of the Woonsocket Teachers’ Guild, also accused Baldelli-Hunt of using school children as pawns in a play for political captial. However, both Baldelli-Hunt and Mayor Leo Fontaine dismissed similar insinuations in an interview for RIfuture.org after the May 22 House Committee vote where Baldelli-Hunt offered her initial support for the authorizing legislation. After her reversal that…
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