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With more coastline than Cranston could dream of having Warwick should easily be ahead of our connecting city. Instead we rank 25th while Cranston is an enviable 4th place city.Cranston lowered taxes during the recession while Warwick increased them...a lot. I believe that is the main reason so many people moved out of Warwick and into Cranston. When taxes get cut, the number of taxpayers increase and total-tax-revenue increases as well. Cranston understands this. Warwick does not and we have paid the price for it. According to the U.S. Census Warwick lost 5,800 taxpayers in the last ten years. Our school population crashed from 17,000 to under 9,000 students. We HAVE to find a way to reverse this process. I have proposed tax rebate checks to attract new homebuyers and new businesses. I also propose a two year moratorium on building permits to stimulate construction. Both ideas will increase taxpayers and total-tax-revenue. If anyone else has a better idea let's hear it.

Happy Spring everyone.

Rick Corrente

The Taxpayers Mayor