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Dear Mayor Avedisian,

You have lost 5,800 taxpayers and 4,666 businesses in Warwick over the last 10 years because you haven't done anything like this until now. You don't have any "Welcome to Warwick" signs. You don't have a "Welcome to Warwick" magazine. You don't allow Christmas decorations that we have is storage to be brought out and displayed. You don't even put some artificial flowers in the wrought iron flower boxes at City Hall. In short, you have done nothing to attract new taxpayers and raising taxes EVERY YEAR FOR 16 YEARS IN A ROW sure does make the remaining taxpayers want to leave.

In my administration we will have lots of events like this one. Warwick has a tourist department that costs the Taxpayers $750,000 a year for the 3 talented people that work in that department. I will make the most of their great talent. My plan is to "cut taxes - cut spending" and promote Warwick to the rest of Rhode Island with "attractions" like this one. You said you were "surprised at just how well it went". That's because you never did anything like this before. When you lost the tax revenue of thousands of taxpayers, your solution was to "just raise taxes" on those who remained. That caused even more to leave! I will cut taxes. Taxpayers will return and that will cause "total-tax-revenue" to increase. We will have a 2 year moratorium from building permit fees in order to stimulate construction. Warwick will lose a few dollars once and gain additional tax revenue from the improved real estate every year, FOREVER! Your plan to reduce permit fees by 1% has been a year-long laughing and colossal failure. A 1% savings is not going to stimulate ANYTHING!

When Citizens Bank relocated 1,000 employees from their Jefferson Blvd. offices you did absolutely NOTHING to stop them (and their money) from leaving.

In a way Scott, I don't blame you. You have never run a business, worked as an employee, or had to balance a budget with hard work. Whenever money got tight, you said "That's OK. We'll just raise taxes." You don't know what it is to struggle to "PAY" taxes. You have always been the person that "RECEIVES" taxes. Not a "working-man". More like a "tax-prince". Warwick is a City of working-people. Not an aristocracy. We can't just print more money. We have to get it the old fashioned way. We have to go out and earn it. You haven't earned the right to stay as our Mayor. 16 years of raising taxes EVERY YEAR is enough. It's time for a change Scott. I won't buy votes with political kick-back jobs (4 chiefs-of-staff in 14 months is extreme, even by your standards). I also won't buy votes by reducing real estate taxes on my home and the homes of my family and "insiders". Honestly, Scott. Did you NOT think anyone would notice? Did you think we wouldn't look up the tax assessors web site? Are you THAT arrogant? Or do you just not care?

The taxpayers deserve a full-time Mayor that doesn't go on vacation 5 times in one year or take on a conflicting full-time job with RIPTA like you did. I believe that Mayor is me.

If anyone wants more information please visit www.correntemayorwarwick or just call me at 338-9900. Unlike you Scott, I am available to the taxpayers.

Enjoy the warm Summer everyone.

Ridhard corrente

Endorsed Democrat for Mayor