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Originally Posted by mp775
And those executives could make orders of magnitude more in the for-profit world. Even non-profits have to compensate competitively to attract good people to work for them.
Yawn. That's such a tired argument. Could make orders of magnitude more? If wishes were horses then beggars would ride.
We're not talking about large multinational operations here. And anyway, there are lots of for-profit companies out there with annual revenues larger than that of Crossroads RI, where the C-suite pulls down compensation of the same order of magnitude as the C-suite of Crossroads. I've even known a CEO and a couple of CFOs who fit this criteria. One would shock you, because the company is a well known multinational.
I'm not going to get into the many other criticisms of Crossroads. But I will say that here in Rhode Island, there is a bewildering number of nonprofits with competing missions vying for those nonprofit dollars, which suggests redundancy.
It's easy to dismiss criticisms when they come from the indigent. But that doesn't mean those criticisms aren't valid.
And those executives could make orders of magnitude more in the for-profit world. Even non-profits have to compensate competitively to attract good people to work for them.
With a $13m budget (2017) & lots of moving parts, non-profit or for profit, I'm not surprised at the compensation for success. Six figures are not uncommon.
Councilman Narducci's sudden concern for panhandler safety is interesting. Panhandlers have little political constituency in Providence, except perhaps the ACLU. Most homeless advocates understand panhandling to be largely a way for the enterprising homeless (and others) to get money for drugs and/or alcohol.
Most city residents would probably like to see panhandlers outlawed & just go away, but the ACLU & the Constitution always seem to get in the way. If well meaning drivers would just quit giving cash and give food instead, the problem & the panhandlers would likely disappear.
Councilman Narducci's sudden concern for panhandler safety is interesting. Panhandlers have little political constituency in Providence, except perhaps the ACLU. Most homeless advocates understand panhandling to be largely a way for the enterprising homeless (and others) to get money for drugs and/or alcohol.
Most city residents would probably like to see panhandlers outlawed & just go away, but the ACLU & the Constitution always seem to get in the way. If well meaning drivers would just quit giving cash and give food instead, the problem & the panhandlers would likely disappear.
Some communities have successfully outlawed vagrancy though, in spite of the ACLU.
Some communities have successfully outlawed vagrancy though, in spite of the ACLU.
The issue in Providence is the right to solicit on public streets. Few residents propose a law against homelessness (vagrancy). Providence isn't that kind of city.
The deadly shooting happened in broad daylight (7:30am) in a parking lot at the corner of Eddy Street and Porter Street in the Washington Park section of Providence.
The deadly shooting happened in broad daylight (7:30am) in a parking lot at the corner of Eddy Street and Porter Street in the Washington Park section of Providence.
Sketchy corridor there. I last drove down Eddy St. a couple years ago. There was a woman in the vehicle who had never really been to South Providence before, said it reminded her of the movie "8 Mile".
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