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Noise Project Endorsements in the City Council Primary Election
The Noise Project sent surveys to ballot-qualified candidates for Providence offices including mayor and City Council, and has collated their responses to help voters make informed decisions on who to cast your ballot for. We did not survey independent candidates who don’t appear on the ballot in the primary election, but will do so in October for the general election in November.
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Our endorsements (and non-endorsements) are based on the candidates’ answers to our survey questions, any public statements they’ve made or direct communications they’ve had with our organization. Our analysis focuses solely on noise-related issues — we don’t consider their other political stances, or take positions on non-noise city policies or political issues. We just do noise.
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The Rhode Island Supreme Court recently ruled that the General Assembly cannot carve out special licensing exemptions for entertainment venues such as bars, clubs, and restaurants that face public opposition — potentially due to noise and other disruption in the areas around them.
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If you’ve had a nuisance venue foisted on your neighborhood over the objections of residents there, especially in the name of some sort of vague “economic development” — which the mayor has touted in his seemingly pre-determined and unconvincing “Life at Night” initiative — please contact us, and if possible include links to any media coverage of the venues or issues involved.
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We want to better understand how and where this has played out in Providence, especially with regard to the city’s “fox guarding the hen house” Board of Licenses under former chair Dylan Conley — a holdover Elorza appointee who was re-appointed twice by Mayor Smiley. Life at night, indeed.
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Thank you for your interest in the Providence Noise Project, and for supporting a
quieter, healthier, and more enjoyable Providence for all of its residents and visitors
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