Williamson (center, at microphones).

Tim Williamson Sucks .com

This page is a non-commercial webpage to offer citizen criticism for Rhode Island Rep. Timothy Williamson (D- West Warwick).

What's my beef with Williamson?

Well, Williamson seems to be using his elected position to benefit the casino special interests, when he should be doing the business of the entire electorate. He seems to really love the camera.

Tim Williamson is a state representative, and he is also the solicitor for the town of West Warwick, and Harrah's reimburses the town of West Warwick for legal billings, and Williamson is one of the main legislative proponents for a casino in West Warwick.

So, who does Williamson represent? It's a very good question!

MAYBE:

The town of West Warwick? He is their solicitor.

The people of the State of Rhode Island? Well, he does sit in the RI General Assembly, and I think they all take oaths to serve the public.

Harrah's? They reimburse legal fees to the town of West Warwick and appear to be the main funding source for the casino proposal. Their executive sits on the far left in the above picture with Williamson. If you "follow the money" in this proposal, most of it leads to them.

The Narragansett Indians? They are also one of the players in the casino, or maybe the principal "do nothing" beneficiary. Their chief sits on the far right in the above picture.

Why do I care, and what right do I have to be saying this?

Well, as a (now former) citizen of Rhode Island, this that means Williamson (and every other elected official) works for me.

Frankly, I wish I could fire Williamson, because I don't like the job he is doing. I don't think Williamson is sensitive to the conflict of interest issue, which in my opinion is the #1 problem with government in this state, but that is just my personal opinion. My personal opinion is that Williamson SUCKS as an elected official.

What do you think, gentle reader? Is this guy working for you --or is he working for the fat cats?

News Articles about Williamson and/ or the casino

Officials refusing to release pension documents --March 1, 2007. From the Kent County Times.
Editorial: What's the holdup? --March 1, 2007. From the Kent County Times.
FBI Gets West Warwick papers --October 23, 2006. From The Providence Journal.
FBI grabs Montalbano records in W.W. --October 20, 2006. From the Kent County Times. Possible conflict of interest of elected official.
Make Up Your Mind --February 21, 2006. Letter to the editor of the Warwick Beacon.
Let People Decide the issue of casino --February 16, 2006. Letter to the editior of the Warwick Beacon. Williamson wastes more time tilting at windmills. The excuse is now that the people want it. And now, he is denying that he is driving the casino issue? Is this guy full of it, or what?
Masquerade party on Smith Hill --February 9, 2006. Letter to the editor of the Warwick Beacon. "Rep. Williamson has donned the hat of chief shill for Harrah's while maintaining that amending the Constitution for them is a neat idea. Amending city or town charters to create spot zoning is bad enough, but this idea needs to wither on the vine. Calling a casino economic development is like calling Jeffrey Dahmer a food critic."
Harrah's hires historian in quest for casino vote --January 12, 2006. Letter to the editor of the Warwick Beacon. Is Pat Conley, Buddy Cianci's old business partner, really an impartial voice?
Government invisible and unaccountable to Rhode Islanders --January 29, 2006. Letter to the editor in The Providence Journal.
Edward Achorn: Harrah's takes aim at separation of powers --January 24, 2006. From The Providence Journal. "With stunning indifference to the good of the Ocean State, Harrah's last week backed a plan by Rep. Timothy Williamson (D.-West Warwick) that would undermine the landmark reform known as separation of powers, passed just two years ago by more than 78 percent of Rhode Island voters."
Constitutional change to allow casino no sure bet --January 22, 2006. From The Providence Journal.
Some lawmakers appear wary of casino constitutional amendment --January 22, 2006. From Boston.com
Williamson targeted by "Citizen Critic" --November 22, 2005. From The Kent County Times. Citizen Critic makes the newspapers. "A local representative is the latest to draw fire from the Webmaster known as "Citizen Critic."
Casino Bill Puts New Spin On Disclosure --May 4, 2005. From The Providence Journal. "This governor basically accused me of being corrupt," Williamson said. Well, Tim, if the shoe fits.. ..."In other words, Representative Williamson has repeatedly introduced legislation designed to benefit his employer," Neal said. "If a legislator who happened to be a CVS employee introduced legislation designed to help CVS, that would be called a conflict of interest, so the governor stands by his statement."

News Articles about corruption, conflicts of interest, and legislative abuse in Rhode Island

Roger Williams Medical Center indicted in corruption case --January 6, 2006. From The Providence Journal.
Park pair head to jail today --November 25, 2005. From The Providence Journal. Former Lincoln Park and Wembley executives report to jail for their conviction for trying to bribe former RI Speaker of the House, John Harwood. Hmmm, a powerful state leader, wealthy gambling interests, conflicts of interest... does that plot sound familiar?
Speaker remains 'disappointed' in House Member --October 20, 2005. From the Providence Journal. Rep. Peter G. Palumbo, D-Cranston, admits to voting fraud in the legislature, but virtually nothing is done about it by the leadership.
Senator Celona is Indicted --April 19, 2005. From the Providence Journal. For doing the bidding of special interests, Celona is indicted. Celona's alleged activities are indicative of the problems in the General Assembly, and show that legislators don't always have the citizens interests at heart. Nor do the legislators do much to police their own body.
Senate President Irons quits in flap over clients --January 1, 2004. From the Providence Journal. "The East Providence Democrat resigns amid the "swirl of innuendo," surrounding his refusal to name the clients of his private insurance business and, more specifically, to say whether CVS is one of those clients."

Letters To TimWilliamsonSucks.com

Tiburon replies to Kelly --November 23, 2005. From West Warwick. "He [Williamson] has wasted enough time and tax dollars pursuing this pipedream.."
Meyer replies to "N" --November 22, 2005. From Rhode Island. "..anything that can strive to be truthful and shake up an apathetic public is near remarkable."
Vote him out --November 22, 2005. From Rhode Island. "N' writes: "If this provincial view permeates the legislature, small wonder we have the never ending conflict of interest problems from our state senators and representatives."
Get off your soapbox.. --November 22, 2005. From West Warwick. Jack Kelly writes in that we shouldn't criticize Williamson. Huh?

Tim Williamson Links

Representative Tim Williamson --Senior Deputy Majority Leader. This is Tim Williamson's official web page.

News Articles about The Town of West Warwick

Corruption Allegations place town under thick cloud --November 7, 2005. From the Providence Journal.

Web Sites About the proposed casino

Narragansett Indian Casino -Citizen Critic webpage is critical of the casino proposal.

Other SUCKS webpages

Alves Sucks .com --Another one of the West Warwick boys.
Frank Williams Sucks .com --Conflicted RI Chief Justice with a massive ego.
Patrick Lynch Sucks .com --Conflicted Attorney General sides with the powerful, not the people.
Langevin Sucks .com --"Friendly" politician is skinning the taxpayers alive.
Patrick Kennedy Sucks .com --Puts his party and the special interests first.
Jack Reed Sucks .com --AKA Jerk Reed. Clinton lapdog.
Sheldon Whitehouse Sucks -Another Clinton cronie.

Domain Free Speech Links

ChillingEffects.org -- "Chilling Effects aims to help you understand the protections that the First Amendment and intellectual property laws give to your online activities."
EFF.org -The Electronic Frontier Foundation
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend loses second WIPO case -Public officials sometimes try to make bogus trademark claims to grab domains and avoid citizen/ constituent criticism
Maryland Politician Loses Domain Case -Kathleen Kennedy Townsend loses domain dispute. Public officials are fair game for criticism.
DorsetPolice.Com/ .Net Precedent -Actual decision text stating that descriptive domain names are allowed in government free speech situations. The finding was "there is a general, legitimate interest in allowing citizens to use descriptive domain names to publish criticism about their government."

Cop's Critic Can Keep Domains -News story on the Dorset case.

I wish Williamson would put as much effort into cleaning up the real problems of the state of Rhode Island.. as he put into his efforts to ram the Narragansett Indian casino down our throats.

Comments and suggestions are invited.

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