QUESTION: Gov. Lincoln Almond just signed into law a state budget for next
year that calls for an increase in spending of nearly 10 percent, well above the
national average, and one in which he predicts the state will face a deficit.
Do you believe Gov. Almond and the legislature were fiscally responsible in their
approach to the state budget?
Yes: 5%
No: 74%
Don’t know: 21%
QUESTION: The legislative session has ended. If you were to grade the session
as it relates to the business community, how would it rate?
A: 5%
B: 26%
C: 37%
D: 16%
F: 0%
Incomplete:16%
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QUESTION: Do you agree with the decision to release the so-called Quonset Port
“white paper” that was developed by the Economic Development Corporation?
Yes: 90%
No: 5%
Don’t know: 5%
QUESTION: Given all that has happened, including the controversy over EDC’s
Quonset Port “white paper,” do you believe that a container port will ever be
built at Quonset Point?
Yes: 21%
No: 53%
Don’t know: 26%
The Providence Business News/Johnson & Wales executive poll is a weekly survey of 70 top business leaders throughout the state, representing small and large companies in a variety of industries and businesses. All questions are chosen exclusively by the editor of the Providence Business News.
