They haven’t paid us yet
In Rhode Island, the local chapter of the F.O.P. in Providence is continuing to battle the city on issuing festival permits to groups with outstanding detail debts, this time taking the administration to task for a communication providing for the Department of Tourism to issue permits. An email sent on August 4 from city solicitor Jeff Padwa to members of the administration and community outlined the process by which the Department of Tourism can issue permits to groups who are past due over 60 days on outstanding detail debts — which union head Taft Manzotti with the Fraternal Order of Police and City Councilor Michael Correia say is in direct violation of city ordinance.
“This is the complete opposite of what this ordinance is supposed to be about,” said Manzotti of the city ordinance that states that permits can be denied to organizations for not being fully paid for past events. “They’re playing games.