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Council President Solomon is quoted in an article posted today blaming the school committee for missing the deadline to get the retro pay vote on the council docket for the Dec. 21 council meeting -- but he seems to have the same questionable grasp of facts as the fake "mayor."

https://warwickpost.com/council-president-schools-requesting-december-docket-item-releasing-3-million-for-wtu-contract-unrealistic/

According to the article, the school committee approved the contract on Nov. 15 and the WTU approved the contract on Nov. 21. How, exactly, is it the school committee's fault that the union did not approve the contract in time to get the matter on the council docket?

Given the urgency and importance of the contract, it's also hard to believe that the council president would not take additional steps to add the matter to the agenda for Dec. 21.

This appears to be another attempt at deflection by the fake "mayor's" party for withholding the school contract funding and requiring an additional request for the money to be spent.

An earlier article shows that Councilman Ladouceur made the motion to withhold the money that would have funded the contract upon its approval by both parties: https://warwickpost.com/warwick-city-council-oks-305-million-budget-no-tax-increase-seven-firefighter-jobs-in-doubt/

And now, as we've learned, the figure may be as much as $4.5 million, which may require the council to transfer the money from other areas in the city budget unless they plan to issue a supplemental tax bill.

Had the contract funding been left intact in July, the teachers would now have their retro pay.