“Elect leaders who are kind and respect others.”
Paul A. Roselli
Candidate for RI House
A Candidate who Gets Things Done
As your Representative, I will be your independent voice at the State House. I will always work towards women's health care services and never use out of state extreme undemocratic policy creating organizations to tell me what to do and what legislation to support. Affordable quality health care, clean water, breathable air, conserved land, the end of fossil fules for the production of electricity and a healthy environment are issues that I have championed for over 30 years. I am running for state Representative and I'm running for you.
Community Action
Our Sense of Place is Important.
Volunteer, educator, activist, independent, father of two, small business owner, environmental and social justice advocate, Paul Roselli values the ideas, thoughts, emotions and passion of all those in our community
The photos here are from my volunteer work, small business meetings, teaching contractors about the hazards of lead paint, working in projects on health care, agriculture, the impact of social services and training a new crop of clinicians and therapists. In working in these areas I have helped to change the way we think about these issues.
I have devoted my adult life to resolving issues with a new perspective. Carefully looking at all available research and talking with individuals attempting to help find solutions.
Issues PAUL IS ADDRESSING
Social Justice
The EC4 needs to take charge of climate change
Paul A. Roselli, standing, of the Burrillville Land Trust reads a letter to Janet Coit, far right, chair of the RI Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council, during the council’s June 24, 2019 meeting. Roselli - president of the Burrillville Land Trust (Secretary for the Civic Alliance for a Cooler Rhode Island) and a key figure in the power-plant opposition movement, wants the science advisory committee within the state Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council (EC4) to review DEM’s air-pollution permit process. Roselli said the Science and Technical Advisory Board (STAB) has the latest information on greenhouse-gas emissions from the Clear River Energy Center (CREC) and how it would impact state climate emission reduction goals and mitigation efforts.” With this review, the EC4/STAB can establish a working model for all major source emissions productions, now and in the future,” Roselli said. - (Photo and story by Tim Faulkner/ecoRI News)
CACRI editor’s note: Roselli’s RIDEM request used Title 42 Chapter 42-6.2 Section 42-6.2-2 number (1) to “assess, integrate, and coordinate climate change efforts throughout state agencies to reduce emissions” using CREC as a model. Terry Gray from RIDEM responded in a written letter, writing that time was up for a review of CREC’s emissions before the RIDEM Air Permit was finalized. There was no mention in Gray’s letter regarding using STAB to evaluate all state air permits to reduce emissions.
Jobs
Transitioning to a cleaner economy
Energy efficiency jobs, health care, technology, wind and solar projects, updating our electric grid, new controlling software for driverless vehicles are the fastest growing sectors for job creation. Education is key. There is no substitute. Job skills are changing rapidly. To keep up, mentorship programs must be encouraged, retraining workers to be owners, entrepreneurs and business leaders is a must, reducing state sales tax, reducing incorporation fees and making it easier to form cooperatives are essential for a healthy and productive economy. No one should be left behind in education or training for a skill or job of the 21st century.
Environment
Stewardship as a way of life
I have volunteered and worked tirelessly for nearly 30 years in protecting our natural resources, in land use policy, water quality, land conservation, biodiversity and saving our sense of place. For nearly five years I helped lead a statewide opposition to the fracked gas power plant proposed for the middle of the woods by Chicago based Invenergy. Rhode Islanders love their special places. We are all environmentalists. I know this from past voter approval for Open Space, Agricultural and Recreation bond referendums. We can't be timid any longer when it comes to the climate crisis. Incrementalism and business as usual is no longer an option.
Energy
Energy efficiency starts here
Rhode Islanders spend roughly $3Billion dollars each and every year in fossil fuel energy use. Every time we fill up the gas tank, or the oil tank, we are sending our hard earned money out of Rhode Island and in many cases out of the United States. We can change that. First, we must recognize that Rhode Island can be an energy leader - a model for all the other states. Solar canopies on retail spaces, large expansive parking lots on school grounds, brown fields and other disturbed lands can provide energy for thousands of homes efficiently and cheaply. Jobs are created to install and maintain those facilities. And those businesses who make the switch reap the financial rewards of producing their own energy. It takes a leader to make this a reality. Our current leadership does little to make this happen in Rhode Island. They are more inclined to keep business as usual and to keep you in the dark.
Covid-19
Why a new normal is a must
Since February 2020, many of us have learned about the inadequacies of the current health and social systems set up long ago. We should look to the past to help us in this present danger. But we should also think anew about what can be done to avoid its pitfalls. I volunteer for the Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team - Medical Reserve Corps in-order to understand how the health care system works. As a documentary film maker who has spent decades studying and creating stories about the health care system, I needed to know more. What I found is a dedicated group of folks bent on helping out. Putting their lives at risk to help others. Perhaps that is the new normal. It has become the new normal for me.Why a new normal is a must
Since February 2020, many of us have learned about the inadequacies of the current health and social systems set up long ago. We should look to the past to help us in this present danger. But we should also think anew about what can be done to avoid its pitfalls. I volunteer for the Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team - Medical Reserve Corps in-order to understand how the health care system works. As a documentary film maker who has spent decades studying and creating stories about the health care system, I needed to know more. What I found is a dedicated group of folks bent on helping out. Putting their lives at risk to help others. Perhaps that is the new normal. It has become the new normal for me.
Dr. Michael Fine says, Roselli,
"can't be bossed or bought."
Our current Representative in the RI legislature has done little these past four years.
Burrillville and Glocester deserve better. Women's health care, energy efficiency, good paying jobs, workforce development, preserving our independent rural character are all issues that I care deeply about. The reason I'm running for office is because our current Representative is costing us, you and I, money and refused to support a State budget that funds Zambarano Hospital. After four years of inaction, I have had enough. I need your support. Please talk to your friends, your family, those you care about and ask them to get out and vote, and help us win in November.
It takes a leader with vision, a leader who has a calm voice, who is able to work with others to take Burrillville and Glocester into a better future. I'm that leader. I will be your voice to get things done. And I will never yell.