I’ve brought up the current saga of the Rhode Island Film Tax Credit more than once and now it’s time to link yet another Projo Article and link to a retort to said article from 94 HJY’s DJ, Jeff Charles.
First things is first, the link to 94 HJY will probably change once a new rant is posted since, for whatever mind boggling reason, 94 HJY cannot seem to get on the bandwagon like all us other Word Press users and actually use Word Press for Jeff Charles’s Diary of a Psychotic.
But, that’s neither here nor there.
The real problem I have is with The Providence Journal.
I’ve mentioned before how many portions of these Film Tax Credit articles was cut and pasted from previous articles. So much so that if you read them long enough you know about the lengthy ongoing legal shenanigans that dragged on for many a month between The Providence Journal and the Rhode Island Film and Television Office to have the RI Film and TV Office release their records.
The current article that showed up two days ago is part of these shenanigans and I must say: Projo could please stop banging the “Woe is us, Woe is us, we’re in a finacial trouble in the Ocean State.” drum. If you continue to pull these shenanigans I’ll be forced to send you to your room without desert.
We all know the Ocean State budget is in trouble, we all know the Gov’ment is looking to tighten it’s purse strings. But, the Rhode Island Film and Television Office should not be the one to lose out because some fat cat wants his raise for doing next to nothing.
Some of us enjoy being extras, sitting around for 5 hours, networking aka shooting the shit, being fed and then being told we won’t be needed and still getting paid for 8 hours.
Do you seriously want all the films to go to Mass or CT? Do you seriously want the proposed Film Studio down in Hopkinton to become just that: proposed? Because it sure and heeeeccckkkk sounds like you do.
So, pipe down and go find some other human interest story to do.
It should be noted that this post has absolutely nothing to do with the $50 check I received for networking for 5 hours, getting fed and not getting called to do extra work on Tell Tale in Providence two weeks ago.
Nothing at all.
