William Felkner - William Felkner first gained national attention as a conservative student in a progressive community organizing school and went on to become the founder of the Ocean State Policy Research Institute, Rhode Island's free market think tank. He is the chair of the Center-Right Coalition meeting held monthly by the Institute and president of the Rhode Island Association of Scholars. Mr. Felkner also helped created the online investigative news site, The Hummel Report. He was a board member for Heritage of Rhode Island, and member of the Chariho Regional School Committee and the Hopkinton Town Council.
What is the cost of corruption in government? For Rhode Island’s Central Falls, the smallest and most densely populated city in the nation, the cost of corruption was so great that it put the city into bankruptcy. And one reporter got it all on video. (more)
President Obama recently proposed spending $2 billion for the creation of 5100 green jobs. On government standards, that's a very thrifty $392,156 per job - a bargain compared to the $2.2 million being proposed in Rhode Island and other coastal states where the only windy, rent-free space to build windmills is on the ocean. (more)
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