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Decide 110\e VOU'll be gmenied Page 2 ol` <br /> years, but we could also reduce spending significantly if <br /> Newport chose to take the leadership role in meaningful <br /> island-wide planning. Even-year elections would encourage <br /> the process. <br /> 1-he f�m shouldn't be guarding the hen I t se 75UtM"AY-TMW1W&"y s.Wit <br /> FRiDAY4L4TtRDAY s-i i PM <br /> 8M OPEN UKM i2AM <br /> Rhode Island is ilie only state in the Union that allows its <br /> state senators and representatives to sit on boards and <br /> commissions which they themselves create. Further, those <br /> officials are empowered to decide how to spend the tax <br /> money they've appropriated for those boards and <br /> commissions. This practice gives a few members of the ;Woe"" <br /> legislation more power than t li e t:x e c u t i\t c branch of state <br /> , �. ,� . �, •.�..- �. . � <br /> govern iii e rl t: rim al all our country's founding fathers <br /> lead intended. '� a• 0.4 A <br /> t; ..���. er._1t-A. A....m ti:iA� aw Si.. a•_�.� w• <br /> Voting "yes" on gLIcstiuti 46 in ans tli�tt you want -t t 4 �4 : 1. t. I <br /> ('01Isti tutioiial Convention to decide i I' state govcminem <br /> 1.� �. .� � �. <br /> . 4 . A <br /> should consist of-separate and co-equal legislative, <br /> e Xec tI t i v e, and judicial branches similar to those est ab l i sli cd <br /> by the United States Constitution and the Constitutions of all �'� �:� . ` , � � � . �7 <br /> 49 other states. � , � � ,. 1 <br /> Who «V O LI I d rl't want to ask this question'! �.� ��'� ��',� ��'.� o- <br /> �.� ,:�w ,�1W 00 <br /> !• ! ! 1• t <br /> r� Llu"stI-i of�phorltt S • . <br /> An exainp le of the legi sl attire's unbridled power is the way <br /> it cannibalized the Open Space Bond referendum by slicing <br /> S2 5 million off of it allowing the Douse Finance Committee : <br /> to include its last-minute referendum to fund Providence's . . j. <br /> 0-'$.Kor A&%" <br /> Heritage Harbor Museum. Many residents rec o g��i z e that ; 4 1 1 # 4 4 4 wp V*942%f ! ! f 1-.. <br /> open space in this state is disappearing at an alarming rate. - l = <br /> and want to control that but the power vested in the .� <br /> l e g i s l a t e re allows it to choose its own priorities. !. <br /> If Rhode Islanders N�aii t to have a meaningful say in their <br /> state's future. as %�`eII as in their local cornTIRu111ties, e�te t _ <br /> fl rr <br /> o to r rii u s t at least .Ot e �,es SF on Question #6. A- reso uti d i ih, <br /> yes" for open space % o u l d reinforce that message and bring <br /> the legislature back to their constituents' reality. <br /> 1 4 0 <br /> BROADWAY <br /> littp: ;\N/% xx,.iiewpoz-ttliisweek.coiii/�News/200011 102/Editorialsl22.11t1111 4/1102 <br />