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Dear John,

Once again I find it interesting that you reprimand me and tell me i am insulting because I commented on your grammar. If I read your original post and understand it clearly, isn't that what you did with your first comment on the word "loosing"? So you fired the first shot and you continue by assuming that I was someone that I am not, second shot.

If you want to have viable discussion about waste in this city, if you have not seen any of my solutions that I have pointed out on numerous occasions, I can only assume that you do not follow city politics and finances very closely. Your comments, in particular those about the Non-Taxpayer Mayor, also lead me to believe that in fact, you have never looked at or interpreted a city of Warwick budget document. If you had done that, I would think that you would also be able to render some legitimate answers to some of the problems.

The fact of the matter is that the teachers are overpaid for the results of their work, and also by the fact that the tax base does not support any further compensation. That goes for the firefighters as well. The typical union mentality is one that does not analyze finances, but only calls for additional compensation with no regard for where that compensation will come from, and at what cost. Hence, as exhibit 1, I refer to the Warwick Budget documents and the forecasted actuarial report.

Let me quote Councilman Merolla at the last budget hearings when speaking to the city's actuarial firm.

Question - "Mr. Newton, looking forward into the city's finances and ability to pay our pension obligations, will there come a time that the city will not be able to make these payments going forward?"

Answer from Joe Newton - " Mr. Merolla, that point that you speak of was 5 years ago".

But you would know these facts if you had attended the hearings.