Posts Tagged ‘Aniece Germain’
Former Cranston City Councilor Aniece Germain: IRS reinstates Haiti nonprofit status, retroactively
Aniece Germain, the former Cranston City Councilor, who resigned this year, has informed RINewsToday that the nonprofit organization she founded, Hope and Change for Haiti, has had its IRS nonprofit status restored – and done so retroactively. Germain, who said she was asked to resign by fellow Democrat Council member, Council President Marino, and party…
Read MoreCranston City Council spars across party lines, refuses to accept RI ACLU’s concerns
The Cranston City Council has been embroiled in an issue before it regarding the resignation of one of its members, Aniece Germain. Germain felt pressured by some Council members and some in the local Democratic party to resign or be held to a public investigation regarding the nonprofit organization she founded, Hope and Change for…
Read MoreStrong words from ACLU to Cranston City Council. Overreach must be addressed. Meeting TODAY.
The Cranston City Council meeting set for TODAY, Tuesday, May 28th at 7pm will consider the matter of the resignation of Councilwoman Aniece Germain (and the appointment of Kristen Haroian to fill her position) and the process of how that resignation occurred. The item on the agenda is as follows: The full agenda is here…
Read MoreUpdate: Complaint spurs Cranston officials to call in RI State Police to investigate City Council issue
Updates in red Responding to an official complaint by the Collective Action Network RI, Cranston has asked the Rhode Island State Police to investigate the circumstances surrounding Cranston City Councilwoman’s sudden resignation from the Council and a planned appointment, tonight, of a person already announced to primary her in September, Kristen Haroian. UPDATE: Cranston City…
Read MoreCranston Councilor Germain’s resignation charges get swift response, call for investigation
UPDATE: The Cranston City Council has put on its agenda for its Monday, April 22nd meeting the replacement of Germain with Kristen Haroian: Friday, April 19th: Release from the Cranston Republican Committee: ___ In response to RINewsToday’s article on the sudden resignation of Cranston City Councilor Aniece Germain, and her accusations, the Cranston Republican Committee…
Read MoreFormer Cranston City Councilor Aniece Germain says let the “truth be told” on her resignation
Photo: Aniece Germain FB page Approximately a week ago, Cranston City Councilor, Aniece Germain abruptly resigned her position on the Democrat majority Council, citing both “Cranston politics” and issues with her non-profit, Hope and Change for Haiti. She posted several public statements regarding what she says led to her resignation. RINewsToday reached out to Germain…
Read MoreCranston City Councilor abruptly resigns, cites work with Haiti group and politics
Aniece Germain Resigns from Cranston City Council Effective Immediately Statement from Germain: I am regretfully tendering my resignation to the President of Cranston City Council effective immediately. It has become clear that the ongoing power dynamics at play in Cranston politics and recent challenges for our organization Hope and Change for Haiti prevent me from…
Read MoreThe trauma of Haiti – Aniece Germain offers hope for Haiti from Rhode Island
by Nancy Thomas – and Aniece Germain We asked Aniece Germain, a member of the Cranston City Council, and the Assistant Director of Hope and Change for Haiti, to tell us more about the terrible conflict happening in her home country of Haiti. “From a personal standpoint, it is heartbreaking for me when I look…
Read MoreUpdate: Cranston vote against pallet shelters a tie. Governor must meet with all mayors. Other…
PHOTO: Sample Pallet Shelter village in western US The Cranston City Council considered a resolution to request Governor McKee not locate pallet housing on the grounds of the city-located, state-owned Pastore Center. Amid some passionate testimony, the vote came down 4-4 which requires a moot result and the resolution did not pass. This does not…
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