Commentary from J.H. Snider: The “no” coalition opposing a Rhode Island constitutional convention — Question 1 — has spent more than $182,000 on an ad campaign arguing that the costs and risks of a convention outweigh its potential benefits. trib.al/4YtXeJR
Why Rhode Island needs a constitutional convention
(and why the RI ACLU and Mike Stenhouse are wrong)
If you, like me, live in Rhode Island, you live in a beautiful but politically dysfunctional state. Our government has failed to keep a critical bridge from decaying to the…
I just released an educational video on Rhode Island's Nov. 5 constitutional convention referendum. I chose to describe it using a "magical realist" style based on the life of Thomas Dorr, Rhode Island's "people's martyr."
youtu.be/eOkMwuJmV6c?si… via @YouTube
Block, Ken, Why RI Needs a Constitutional Convention (and Why RI ACLU and Mike Stenhouse Are Wrong), GoLocal, Sept. 24, 2024
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Written Testimony of J.H. Snider on the Preparatory Commission’s Report, Rhode Island ConCon Preparatory Commission, Aug. 22, 2022.
rilegislature.gov/commissions/CC…
Written Testimony of J.H. Snider on a Constitutional Convention’s Possible Agenda, Rhode Island ConCon Preparatory Commission, Aug. 8, 2022.
rilegislature.gov/commissions/CC…
Snider, J.H., Legislature does a disservice to RI’s constitutional convention process, Providence Journal, June 23, 2024
providencejournal.com/story/opinion/…
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