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Dear ThatGuyInRI,

You are right...again.

I don't have the final facts to form a final opinion. I was stating my opinion/grading (I'll bet you have one too) based on the events we know so far.

But I did want to comment on your question, What services would I cut? The answer is...none.

In Cranston, a community that is growing at about the same rate as Warwick is shrinking, their services haven't been cut either. Mayor Fung realizes that adding more taxpayers increases total tax revenue. Therefore he was able to reduce taxes per taxpayer WITHOUT cutting services. Sounds like a good idea to me. Maybe we should take a lesson from it. That's why I spent 700 days in a row promoting it. You should too. Avedisian raised taxes every year for 17 years in a row. Then I campaigned to "Cut Taxes - Cut Spending" and for the first time in 17 years we didn't have a tax increase. (You don't think that was a coincidence, do you?) That doesn't mean Scott didn't try. He introduced 29 amendments to the budget. Each one would have raised taxes, but all 9 members of the City Council, who had heard from their constituents, "Cut Taxes - Cut Spending" unanimously shot him down all 29 times! The big difference, I believe, was my 700 days-in-a-row campaign. I'm exceptionally proud that I had something to do with that movement and the effect it had on the City Council, and it continues today. Hey, why don't you join us!

Merry Christmas ThatGuyInRI.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Rick Corrente

The Taxpayers Mayor