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Mayor Elorza Releases New Update To Providence Covid 19 Policies: Masking/Testing

Mayor Elorza Releases New Update To Providence Covid 19 Policies: Masking/Testing

  Mayor Jorge O. Elorza today announced the City of Providence is updating its COVID-19 policies based on the CDC’s COVID-19 Community Levels, a new tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. According to the CDC, levels can be low, medium, or high and are determined by assessing the number of hospital beds[Read More…]

by March 7, 2022 0 comments Civil Liberties
Barrington Schools Superintendent Releases Updates to BPS COVID-19 Protocols

Barrington Schools Superintendent Releases Updates to BPS COVID-19 Protocols

  Those crazy kids at the Barrington Schools are at it again. As if it’s not enough to have a School Auditorium/AV Team that puts Radio City Music Hall to shame, the Superintendent has released a multi page presentation of its proposed? in-school mask mandate that features production values that would put the TPS Report to shame (*Warning: Cultural Reference)[Read More…]

by March 3, 2022 0 comments Civil Liberties

RI Supreme Court Strikes Down Archaic Law Which Declared Inmates Serving Life Sentences “Civilly Dead”

  From Our Interview With Atty DeVoe When The Case Was Originally Filed From The ACLU of Rhode Island: In an important victory for the principle that the courts should be open to all for redress, the Rhode Island Supreme Court today declared unconstitutional an archaic state law enacted over a century-and-a-half ago that declares inmates serving life sentences at the ACI[Read More…]

by March 2, 2022 0 comments Civil Liberties
BARRINGTON PARENTS UNITED (BPU) Notifies School Committee Of Potential Mask Triggered Impending Litigation - Spearheads Independent, Town-Wide Effort To Replace School Committee & Other Official Seats

BARRINGTON PARENTS UNITED (BPU) Notifies School Committee Of Potential Mask Triggered Impending Litigation – Spearheads Independent, Town-Wide Effort To Replace School Committee & Other Official Seats

  From The Barrington Parents United: PARENTS PUT SCHOOL COMMITTEE ON NOTICE in anticipation of mask mandate policy update before the state-wide restriction lifts on March 4. A group of Barrington parents are prepared for litigation if the Barrington School Committee votes in favor of continued mask mandates past the March 4 expiration of Governor Daniel McKee’s Executive Order. With[Read More…]

by March 1, 2022 0 comments Civil Liberties
Calenda Statement On Mootness - Southwell et. al vs. Daniel J. McKee

Calenda Statement On Mootness – Southwell et. al vs. Daniel J. McKee

  Once again, in pure political fashion, the Attorney General has attempted to prevent Rhode Island courts from definitively deciding the issue of COVID-19 mandates via executive order by asking the Superior Court to dismiss the challenge to school mask mandates on the grounds that the challenge is now moot by virtue of the Governor’s most recent orders. In other[Read More…]

by February 25, 2022 0 comments Civil Liberties
State Motions To Render Landmark Mask Mandate Case Southwell V. McKee Moot: Plaintiffs Say No Way!

State Motions To Render Landmark Mask Mandate Case Southwell V. McKee Moot: Plaintiffs Say No Way!

    Never Mind. That’s what the State of Rhode Island would like you to believe, regarding the landmark case Southwell v. McKee. Having worked overtime to prevent a precedent setting decision … multiple delays of “Discovery” being the most egregious example … The State would have you believe that the end of the School Mask Mandate also ends the[Read More…]

by February 25, 2022 0 comments Civil Liberties
Citizen Activist Files Criminal Complaint In "Gender Queer" Child Pornography Controversy

Citizen Activist Files Criminal Complaint In “Gender Queer” Child Pornography Controversy

Westerly Parents Rights/Education Activist Robert Chiaradio has taken the controversy surrounding allegations of child pornography at Westerly Schools to a new level, filing a criminal complaint with the Westerly, Rhode Island Police Department. The complaint is aimed squarely at School Committee Members, the Superintendent of Schools, and Library Staff. Per Mr. Chiaradio: “I have been in front of the school[Read More…]

by February 22, 2022 1 comment Civil Liberties
Activist Southwell To Representative Charlene Lima: No Thanks!

Activist Southwell To Representative Charlene Lima: No Thanks!

  Join The Twitter Conversation Here & Respond Directly To Representative Lima!   With a Parent’s Community already seething about Rhode Island State Representative Charlene Lima’s grotesque pandering to “The Moms” (and the Truck Drivers?), activist Rich Southwell, the named plaintiff in the landmark case “Southwell v McKee Et Al”, took a direct shot at Representative Lima. Pointing out that[Read More…]

by February 12, 2022 1 comment Civil Liberties
Foster and Foster-Glocester Schools Superintendent To Parents: Uncle!

Foster and Foster-Glocester Schools Superintendent To Parents: Uncle!

  The Coalition Radio Network has obtained a copy of an email sent to Parents in the wake of Governor McKee’s decision to pull back the State School Mask Mandate … instead delegating authority to local School Departments for a local focus. Read On! ———- Forwarded message ———From: Michael Barnes <info@fgschools.com>Date: Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 7:46 AMSubject: Letter to Families Regarding Mask[Read More…]

by February 10, 2022 0 comments Civil Liberties

Parents Union Reaches Out To Parents Statewide To Reinforce End Of Mask Requirements At Local School Board Level!

  This is the message that is being delivered directly to School Boards statewide. Don’t. Even. Think. About. Continuing. Masking. At The Local Level. Parents are being recruited to engage with The Parents Union to report the attitudes & activities of their local school committees. The Parents Union is the organizational force behind the ongoing litigation, Southwell v McKee, that[Read More…]

by February 10, 2022 3 comments Civil Liberties