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You raise important questions about Councilman Ladouceur, WwkVoter. He seems to have maneuvered himself into a position of having outsized influence on a number of city operations and policies.

For example, he proposed a majority of the 29 amendments to the FY18 budget that the fake "mayor" falsely attributes to Mayor Avedisian. As seen in this article, Ladouceur is also stalling needed upgrades, repairs, and replacement of aging city equipment in the name of savings -- when, in fact, delaying these items will only cost the city more and may have an impact on the schedule of a vital city service.

[Ladouceur contributed $150 to the fake "mayor" in his losing 2016 campaign.]

You may also recall that the 9-0 Democratic council passed a budget based on a 99-percent tax collection rate; this, too, was supported by Ladouceur even though the city finance director rightly said it was unrealistic. It's becoming clear that the city council is trying to paper over the potential deficit that failing to hit that target will create, as well as the $6.5 million increase in spending that the FY18 budget includes.

As for why the local Democratic party continues to support the fake "mayor," it's pretty clear from the list of losing candidates since 2002 that the party has given up on trying to win the mayor's office and instead has allowed losers like the fake "mayor" to fund their own campaigns in what the party knows to be a futile effort. The Democratic party in Warwick has also decided to focus its efforts on the city council, where it has held a majority for many years and approved all of the same tax-raising budgets that the fake "mayor" blames on Mayor Avedisian.

So, basically they're letting the fake "mayor" have his pathetic little fantasy, knowing he is going to lose, because they know the mayor's office will remain out of their reach for the foreseeable future.