Saturday, January 13, 2007

LETTERS - The Void in Rhode Island's Leadership (Treasure island)

I couldn't help shaking my head as I read the Jan. 2 article "R.I. Exodus: Losing the young, ambitious." As a Classical High School and Providence College graduate, I love Rhode Island and would love nothing more than to settle here permanently and start my own family.
In a meeting today with HHS Deputy Secretary Alex Azar, leading Rhode Island employers committed to a national initiative aimed at improving health care quality, information and cost-effectiveness for employees and their families. Governor Donald L. Carcieri joined the meeting to express his support.
A solar power plant on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion has become France's biggest such installation - and an important step towards the island's goal of energy self-sufficiency by 2025.