East Providence City Hall — Local services in East Providence

As others have mentioned, East Providence has cameras all over to generate revenue in yet another mis managed city. Probably to pay back the almost $1,000,000 lawsuit they had to pay to a former city employee. I went to the town hall to appeal the ticket and was told by a rent a cop that you can't really contest it for reasons such as good driving record even though I hadn't had a ticket in almost 30 years. I asked if I could pay the ticket with debit and the rent a cop said no there is an ATM right there, $3 surcharge later and I learn from the condescending female clerk that you can't pay cash. I told her the rent a cop told me cash not card and she claims she overheard the conversation and that isn't what he said. Apparently, I just wanted to use the ATM for a $3 charge. Anyway, typical BS you find with most...

Hey, just wanted to thank you for being opened for only 2 hours and not posting it anywhere on your website, despite it stating City Hall would be open all day for regular hours today. Glad you guys increase taxes, yet decrease services. When I arrived, there were roughly 15 other citizens leaving disgruntled after also discovering they were closed early through a note posted on the door, while others were also still arriving as I was leaving. This would lead me to believe that the city of east providence has yet again failed it's citizens to provide service or at the least keep them informed. It is a shame that our exorbitant taxes in this city seemingly just fly out the window while we the citizens are left questioning what is the city doing with our money as services are cut and the roads are still in...

Like most cities controlled by incompetent leaders, I'm sure the City of East Providence is broke. Why else would they have to resort to income-generating automated school zone speed enforcement schemes? I have a problem when such schemes do not clearly post the speed limit or the fact that one is in a school zone. The posted speed limit (immediately adjacent to the school) is also higher than the speed used on citations.

Sham on the mayor to resorting to such state-sponsored income-generating schemes. Sham on the police for enforcing such corrupt and...