NAVIGATING SHORTAGES: R.I. environmental police officer Jacob Malone, left, checks the size of striped bass caught by two unidentified fishermen in Narragansett Bay. The R.I. Department of Environmental Management says staff shortages have made it difficult to schedule such law enforcement operations. PBN PHOTO/ DAVID HANSEN
Stacy Smith says the job for “front-line” workers at the R.I. Department of Human Services isn’t easy in normal times, but the labor market is making it even more difficult. There are too few workers to properly deal with the flood of social services cases the department is receiving, Smith told a state legislative committee…
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Apparently, none of these jobs are necessary and, therefore, they should all be eliminated.