Projo Biz Blog

Newest comments on Projo Biz Blog

July 7, 2011

• 9:25 PM frank on Update: RI pays out more than 26,000 pensions

  Let us see the General Assembly cut the Judges pensions...ha ha too many lawyers in the GA. How about the spouses of judges who collect the pensions,,when the judges did not put a dime in?? FAT CHANCE

  
  

  June 28, 2011

• 11:55 AM Village Resident on Wickford Marketplace closes

  I completely agree with the comments above. It's hard to imagine how the town and state's refusal to bend the rules about outside tables really made much difference to their business. The merchandise was a revolving mixture of odds and ends. You couldn't count on finding anything in particular there, and the food items that they did offer were already available at other shops in Wickford. Many people I have spoken to went in to Wickford Marketplace once after it opened, and never returned. The Job Lot folks could still be successful with a store, but they need to do some realistic market research about what residents and visitors want.

  
  

  June 28, 2011

• 11:54 AM Village Resident on Wickford Marketplace closes

  I completely agree with the comments above. It's hard to imagine how the town and state's refusal to bend the rules about outside tables really made much difference to their business. The merchandise was a revolving mixture of odds and ends. You couldn't count on finding anything in particular there, and the food items that they did offer were already available at other shops in Wickford. Many people I have spoken to went in to Wickford Marketplace once after it opened, and never returned. The Job Lot folks could still be successful with a store, but they need to do some realistic market research about what residents and visitors want.

  
  

  June 26, 2011

• 1:47 PM catchall2007 on CVS to pay $38.5M to settle consumer complaints

  Is caremark killing people by forcing them to get three month supplies of insulin and use it after the leave it on your porch, for hours, in 98 degree temperatures nestled in a bag of hot water which at one time must have been ice. UPS is putting their drives in danger by having them deliver three months of drugs to customers and leave it on their porch. Every drug user/dealer is probably following all the UPS trucks! is caremark insane.

  
  

  June 24, 2011

• 8:37 AM Geoff on Channel 10 owner orders furlough program

  someone has to pay for the HD :)

  
  

  June 24, 2011

• 8:36 AM Geoff on Channel 10 owner orders furlough program

  someone has to pay for the HD :)

  
  

  June 22, 2011

• 10:09 PM irish guy on CVS Caremark wins California pension pharmacy contract

  Do members of California's pension have the adress of Canadian Pharmacies

  
  

  June 20, 2011

• 11:28 AM leopard lady on Wickford Marketplace closes

  Donna, I highly doubt that the closing of this odd store will cause such a catastrophic ripple effect to Wickford Village as you so state in paragraphs #3 & 4. Let's keep things in perspective.

  
  

  June 19, 2011

• 12:19 PM Jackie on R.I. Bar Association elects new president

  I only read this article (doesn't really interest me)because I wanted to see the name of the new president just to make sure it couldn't be any of the 3 (three)lawyers whose work for me was so dissatisfactory, that I was pretty sure it could NEVER be any of them but in this state, one never knows. I didn't know when the first 2 (two) did bad work that I had a way to fight or make known their bad work but this 3rd (third) one just made my legal matters so far behind my intentional meanings of when I started the work I had hired that lawyer for that I was so grateful to learn that there is an organization in Providence that takes one's complaints and if the complaint is well-justified, it is looked into and the matters are taken care of if need be. But aside from my thoughts on the matter and none of the bad names I've had to deal with is the one named as the new president of the bar association but isn't Delaney one of the criminal thorns on the Hill? There are so many stories of so many bad thorns on the Hill that I could be mistaken but the name Delaney just struck a chord. Someone out there, enlighten me, is Delaney a good witch or a bad witch?

  
  

  June 19, 2011

• 12:19 PM Jackie on R.I. Bar Association elects new president

  I only read this article (doesn't really interest me)because I wanted to see the name of the new president just to make sure it couldn't be any of the 3 (three)lawyers whose work for me was so dissatisfactory, that I was pretty sure it could NEVER be any of them but in this state, one never knows. I didn't know when the first 2 (two) did bad work that I had a way to fight or make known their bad work but this 3rd (third) one just made my legal matters so far behind my intentional meanings of when I started the work I had hired that lawyer for that I was so grateful to learn that there is an organization in Providence that takes one's complaints and if the complaint is well-justified, it is looked into and the matters are taken care of if need be. But aside from my thoughts on the matter and none of the bad names I've had to deal with is the one named as the new president of the bar association but isn't Delaney one of the criminal thorns on the Hill? There are so many stories of so many bad thorns on the Hill that I could be mistaken but the name Delaney just struck a chord. Someone out there, enlighten me, is Delaney a good witch or a bad witch?

  
  

  June 17, 2011

• 1:19 PM Donna on Wickford Marketplace closes

  The Marketplace should have hired someone who knew what people wanted - a VERMONT-like General Store. It was great that JobLot bought the village icon but they didn't understand what visitors and local people wanted/needed. It seemed like they didn't try to even find out. The closing of the Wickford Market Place will ripple down the street and force others to close and more jobs to be lost. The gas stations will sell less gas, the liquor stores will sell less beer, the marinas will rent out fewer slips, the gift stores will sell less merchandise, the clothing stores will see fewer customers and there will be less tax paid to the state! Wickford is suffering because the rents for the stores are simply TOO HIGH so the merchants come and go...and the jobs with them.

  
  

  June 17, 2011

• 10:18 AM NKGOP on Wickford Marketplace closes

  Maybe the NK republicans and friends like dolan and pastore and hueston et al can put a 40 storey windmill there!

  
  

  June 16, 2011

• 5:22 PM Liberal formerly a Democrat on Wickford Marketplace closes

  I'm sorry to hear this, but this was a strange store, an offshoot of JobLot. So it wasn't the kind of store you could go into and buy various things, you had to be looking for odd stuff. I don't know what they were thinking.

  
  

  June 16, 2011

• 6:53 AM Steve on Chafee explores leasing former Rte. 195 land in Providence

  good idea

  
  

  June 16, 2011

• 4:23 AM Gary P. Evans on Fall River plans to buy land that had been set aside for LNG plant

  Hi Guys, interesting reading! I always enjoy seeing the varied opinions from other people. I also cannot believe how many topics you can find in Blogs and websites. The willingness for people to be open and frank; sharing their thoughts makes the world a better place.

  
  

  June 12, 2011

• 10:32 AM Anonymous on Chafee nominates 5 to RI Convention Center Authority

  Same old Nee. Getting his pro union, anti capitalism nose again in a position where thinking creatively and outside the box are needed. His tired old philosophy of "da woikers first" isn't going to be of any benefit to the authority!

  
  

  June 10, 2011

• 12:35 PM jai on RI, Mass. real estate firms merge

  I like RI....

  
  

  June 8, 2011

• 1:20 PM B. on Supermarket chain has job openings

  Do you have an editor? You might want to start by hiring "good" managers. Major typo.

  
  

  June 6, 2011

• 12:39 AM Anthony Ciccarone on Chafee appoints 5 to RIPTA board

  Are these positions that really have to be filled ? how much do they pay ? I thought we were broke? Do we need this kind of public transportation? Where is the money going to come from to pay them?

  
  

  June 4, 2011

• 9:35 AM Betclic on Newport Chamber opposes LNG proposal

  In my opinion is great that has voted against building in the Mount Hope Bay a Liquefied Natural Gas berth. Basically if the decision was positive could have a major negative impact over the economy in the Newport county.