Hummel Report archive for April, 2010
Sink Your Teeth Into This One... 4.1.2010
Last summer a Central Falls City Council candidate - and political rival of the mayor - was campaigning door-to-door when an unlicensed pit bull darted out from the back yard of a house in his district and bit him twice. This week Jim Hummel tries to find out how the pit bull (the breed is banned by ordinance in the city) suddenly received a license from City Hall, who may have been behind it and why the police won't get involved.
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A Case of Contamination... 4.8.2010
Four years ago a Warwick businessman was poised to sell his mortgage-free property for $3 million to a developer and enjoy the retirement he'd been working toward for years. That is, until tests showed an adjacent gas station had contaminated his property, which scuttled the deal. This week Jim Hummel has the story of one man's fight to try and get his land cleaned up.
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Cashing In...4.14.2010
Retirement, as the saying goes, isn't always what it's cracked up to be. That's particularly true in the city of Central Falls. Last week, Jim Hummel called the police chief about a deal the chief made to ``retire'' and begin collecting a pension, while remaining on the job as chief, at a higher salary. Over the weekend, the chief put out a written press release reacting to our inquiry - but it didn't include all of the details. Now we have them, after Hummel sat down with Chief Moran for a wide-ranging interview about the deal and the public's perception of it.
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Security or Convenience?... 4.22.2010
Next time you visit the Rhode Island State House be sure and pack a pair of walking shoes. That's because two dozen metered parking spots for the public on Smith Street are now `reserved' - for people who work inside the building and are being displaced from parking in the circle adjacent to the front of the State House. This week Jim Hummel finds out why the state changed the parking - and he tries to determine who scored a select spot.
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Calling It a Career... 4.29.2010
For more than two decades the name Jeremiah S. Jeremiah Jr. has been synonymous with Rhode Island's Family Court. Jeremiah, the chief judge since 1987, has been the public face of a court where much of the action takes place out of public view. His tenure, though, has not been without controversy. This week Jim Hummel sits down for an extended interview with the judge - who is retiring in June - to talk about why he's leaving, and some of the changes he's seen during his tenure on the bench.
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