Mike Stenhouse founded the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity in 2011 and currently serves as CEO. Stenhouse earned a Bachelors degree in Economics from Harvard University, where he was also a two-time All-America baseball selection. A Cranston native who attended Cranston East, Stenhouse also enjoyed an 8-year professional baseball career, playing in the major leagues with the Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins, and Boston Red Sox. Mike and his wife, Wendy, live in Cranston and have 3 sons.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT: December 11, 2014 (2:30 PM) Council Moves Controversial Plan Forward Despite Overwhelming Public Opposition Unanimous Vote Indicates RhodeMap RI was pre-Ordained Insider Deal Providence, RI – “Today we saw the danger of un-elected bureaucrats, accountable to no one, becoming involved in major public policy decisions,” said Mike Stenhouse, CEO for the Rhode Island Center […]
The controversial RhodeMap RI plan, in combination with a 2008 law that seemed pre-sage its creation, would appear to allow for almost unlimited government abuse of the worst kind … the power of governments to seize land from private citizens! [button url=”http://rifreedom.org/2014/12/rhodemap-ri-opens-door-for-eminent-domain/” target=”_blank” size=”medium”] Read the policy brief here[/button]
Go to Property Rights / RhodeMapRI home page … Our Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity, URI Professor Len Lardaro, the RI Public Expenditure Council, Mayor Allan Fung, and many other organizations have been critical of the proposed RhodeMap RI economic development plan for its fundamental lack of basic economics; that despite some worthwhile […]
AN OCEAN STATE DISGRACE. RhodeMapRI opponents, who questioned the plan’s economic viability and potential to infringe on individual property rights and the sovereignty of local governments were branded as “racists” and “Ku Klux Klan” by consortium members who designed the plan itself! This proves our Center’s contention that RhodeMapRI is not a serious economic development plan, […]
Following an OpEd battle in the Providence Journal, the Center calls for a rigorous debate on this highly controversial issue. Do Rhode Islanders want local housing and land-use decisions being made by un-elected bureaucrats in Washington, DC … or by locally-elected officials? [button url=”http://rifreedom.org/propertyrights/” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ] Read more here [/button]
See the results of our September poll about how Rhode Islanders feel about the state of their state; includes actual words from your neighbors. View All Poll Results
Originally published in the Providence Journal, October 20, 2014 – Read Governor Chafee’s OpEd Response – Center/Stenhouse Response – Related Media Release See public comment letter submitted by the Center The American Dream once meant ownership of land and a home, with a white picket fence around the yard, as a symbol of independence […]
How a Constitutional Convention might benefit the Ocean State! #ConConRI Will you vote “Yes” or “No” this November? [button url=”http://www.rifreedom.org/concon” target=”_self” size=”medium” style=”royalblue” ] ConCon RI Home Page [/button]
August, 2014 – We consistently hear Rhode Island lawmakers claim that citizens or the wealthy can “afford” some minor, new tax to pay for some new government project. That may be true in some cases. But what is also true, in almost all cases, is that OUR STATE’S ECONOMY CANNOT AFFORD THE TAX HIKES. A […]
Know as the “father of school choice”, Milton Friedman was feted on July 31 in Providence on what would have been his 102nd birthday! Because every child deserves a BRIGHT TODAY educational opportunity. [button url=”http://www.rifreedom.org/ABC” target=”_self” size=”medium” style=”royalblue” ] More on the event [/button]