Life outside the news bubble. Administrative fails, AG’s involvement grows – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Life outside the news bubble The sagas of 181 Cumberland St. in Woonsocket, Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, and the turmoil at DCYF threaten to expose the ongoing policy failures of the McKee administration – and the rise of AG Peter Neronha. At a special meeting of the Woonsocket City Council April 24th, an executive session discussed whether or not the city will exercise its “right of first refusal” to purchase the former state-owned property at 181 Cumberland St., which had been sold at auction on March 15 for $730,000. (Editor’s note: as we go to press, no results of this session are available). There are still many unanswered questions regarding the sale of the property, which used to be the home of Community Care Alliance – until the R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals had them evicted, on orders of the state’s Division of Capital Asset Management ...