[Boston-editorial] should we feature this?

[Jonathan D. Proulx]

On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 03:33:32PM -0400, Matthew Williams wrote:
:Ah, I didn't see all the PDFs on the union's page when I looked at it 
:the first time. So, yeah, there's some information on it besides 
:Gould's article, but the unions fliers really don't have that much 
:information. -- Matt

Oh well. the second union link has a few bullet points about some
Carcieri's related proposals though it doesn't say which have bene
enacted.

The Bill itself has some interesting findings presented, for example:

1-15     (3) A report published by Bryant University and funded by the department of human

1-16 services documents that child care subsidies are an economic development investment that pays

1-17	 for itself in real dollars, returned to the government through taxes on earnings, employment, and

1-18	 the child care industry, such that every dollar invested in child care provides one dollar and

2-1 	seventy-five cents ($1.75) to the economy.


Here's another small story from the right wing:
http://www.anchorrising.com/barnacles/002003.html

Here's a full Providence journal article (requires registration, but I
have a txt copy if you want): 
http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20050324_24child.2533d4a.html

from the ProJo article:

      Last April, the state Labor Relations Board touched off a
      political firestorm when it ruled that the women were so heavily
      regulated that they were state employees, with the right to
      unionize and demand state benefits.

There's also a Providence Phoenix article from February:
ttp://www.providencephoenix.com/features/other_stories/multi_1/documents/03599593.asp

I think this could be a stronger article, but his facts seem to check,
and as we've seen noone else is covering it.

relevent google searches;
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Family+Child+care+Providers+Business+Opportunity+Act%22++of++2005+Rhode+Island&spell=1

http://www.google.com/search?biw=1912&hl=en&q=Day+Care+Justice+Co-Op+rhode+island&btnG=Google+Search


I think we should work toward centering it, anyone have a graphic?

-Jon