Raimondo vetoes 'continuing contracts,' charter schools bills + scorecard on other bills
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Governor Gina Raimondo has vetoed a union-backed bill that would have allowed municipal and teacher contracts to remain in effect indefinitely, after they have expired.
In a veto message that echoed the strenuous arguments raised by city and town leaders, Raimondo wrote: “Current Rhode Island law protects the taxpayers from being obligated indefinitely for contract provisions that, in the future, may not be affordable.
“The proposed legislation before me extinguishes this existing protection, hurting the public’s position in contract negotiations, and placing taxpayers at risk of being forever locked into contractual provisions they can no longer afford.”
But Raimondo allowed a disability-pension bill that was also championed by organized labor to become law without her signature.
Read more: http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20170719/raimondo-vetoes-continuing-contracts-charter-schools-bills--scorecard-on-other-bills