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Mr. Corrente, It's time to get down to some brass tacks.

1. Warwick's current tax rate on residential property is $20.24 per $1000 of assessed value, and $30.36 on commercial property. In terms of "cutting taxes", how much would you reduce these rates.

2. Warwick currently spends about $18,000 per student in public education. Would you support a plan by which high school-aged students were given a voucher valued at the current tuition of whatever public, private, or parochial school would accept the student? Under the plan, if a student chose to attend, say, LaSalle Academy ($14,500), the city would retain the $3500 difference. Anything more than the $18k would be on the parent. This would force local public schools to compete for top students (enhancing quality), while simultaneously forcing them to keep an eye on spending.

3. Employees in the private sector are paid commensurate to their value in their organization. Would you endorse merit pay for teachers, whereby evaluations and classroom effectiveness would play a part in compensation?

4. Which specific regulations in the city would you revise or eliminate to make the city more receptive to business?

Warwick citizens have a multitude of additional questions, but this is a start.