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VoWarwick2017,

OS Job Lot is the king of RI's "Junk Drawer" retailers; whatever seasonal items they don't sell (Xmas decorations, for example) go right back on a shelf in their monstrous Quonset Point warehouse until the next year.

The "Insanity" is certainly true of RI's political situation, as well...keep electing and re-electing the same old partisan cronies and expect the economic situation to improve.

The schools are a different situation, one driven by the unions to ensure that every one of its members keep their jobs regardless of the shrinking number of schools and students. Have you ever noticed that as soon as there's discussion of closing schools, the union begins bemoaning class sizes? "Gotta reduce those class sizes so every teacher stays employed"; if they had their way, every teacher would remain employed teaching classes of 5-10 students.

Benny's is a victim of change and an unwillingness (or apathy) to change; just because they didn't morph into something else or use their website for direct mail doesn't mean folks can't mourn the passing of a place that many grew up with for decades.

That being said, I won't be rushing in to buy a Benny's cap to place on my father's grave.