Ama Amponsah. Photo: FB City Council campaign
Pawtucket City Councilwoman Ama Amponsah has passed away.
Amponsah, who was the owner of Ama’s Variety and Mini Mart, represented the city’s 5th District, after being elected to office in 2020.
The seat had been previously held by Meghan Kallman, who ran for and was elected to the Rhode Island State Senate in 2020.
Community activist Khrystyne Bento shared the news on Monday.
“My sympathies to her family and the entire community our community has lost a superwoman,” said Bento. “I can’t believe I’m having to share this news.”
Councilwoman Melissa DaRosa said Amponsah was “beloved” in the community. “It didn’t matter the problem you had she would help you,” said Da Rosa. “If you didn’t know her, you missed out.
Staffers are coming and going and where it stops nobody knows.
One Job, Two People Combined Salary $319,162.63
Presently, the top position has two people serving Shekarchi’s new JCLS executive director Henry Kinch has come over from the judiciary where he was the clerk of the court for Providence County and, the executive director Frank Montanaro continues in his role. Montanaro continues to receive his salary but is only working on certain aspects of his job.
According to Shekarchi’s spokesman Larry Berman who was also spokesmen for former speakers Gordon Fox and Nick Mattiello told GoLocal is a statement, “Frank Montanaro has a temporary title of director of facilities, operations, and capital projects. He is helping in the transition in the short-term while finishing with various capital projects that he was previously overseeing.”
PROVIDENCE House Republican Leader Blake Filippi is seeking to revive his lawsuit challenging the way the Rhode Island legislature hires and fires and spends $46 million-a-year.
He is now suing the Democratic leaders of the General Assembly, his Republican Senate counterpart, Dennis Algiere, and others - including new JCLS executive director Henry Kinch - individually and in [their] official capacity.
Filippi, the Block Island Republican who leads the 10-member Republican bloc in the 75-member House, is seeking unspecified monetary damages. He is also asking the court to declare that Kinch was unlawfully hired and the position is vacant.
The lawsuit centered around the Joint Committee on Legislative Services, the five-member leadership committee that controls Assembly hiring and spending but has not met in more than a decade.