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Scal, as I've mentioned, the only thing that the make-believe mayor seems to be good at is humiliating himself through his false statements -- like these:

- "He became Mayor and lowered taxes."

This is false.

Here are the tax rates for Cranston since Allan Fung was elected mayor in 2008, found in under two minutes at the following links:

FY2010: $19.11 http://www.municipalfinance.ri.gov/documents/data/taxrates/2009.pdf

FY2011: $19.56 http://www.municipalfinance.ri.gov/documents/data/taxrates/2010.pdf

FY2012: $20.26 http://www.municipalfinance.ri.gov/documents/data/taxrates/2011.pdf

FY2013: $22.84 http://www.municipalfinance.ri.gov/documents/data/taxrates/2012.pdf

FY2014: $22.84 http://www.municipalfinance.ri.gov/documents/data/taxrates/2013.pdf

FY2015: $22.84 http://www.municipalfinance.ri.gov/documents/data/taxrates/2014-Tax-Rates-12-31-13-FINAL.pdf

FY2016: $22.45 [due to revaluation] http://www.municipalfinance.ri.gov/documents/data/taxrates/2015-Tax-Rates-12-31-14-FINAL.pdf

FY2017: $22.45 hhttp://www.municipalfinance.ri.gov/documents/data/taxrates/2016-Tax-Rates-12-31-15-FINAL.pdf

FY2018: $22.94 http://www.municipalfinance.ri.gov/documents/data/taxrates/2017-Tax-Rates-12-31-16-FINAL.pdf

And before the make-believe mayor tries to claim that the 2016 tax rate reduction was a "tax cut," Mayor Fung said at the time that the revaluation would result in 2.1% higher tax revenue, meaning the new tax rate was effectively an increase: http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20150401/NEWS/150409863

Mayor Fung did not "lower taxes," as the make-believe mayor claims. Level tax rates are not "lowered taxes."

- His claim of "5,800 taxpayers" leaving is also false.

The following link shows U.S. Census data for 2010 through 2017, and shows a reduction from 82,670 to 81,579, or 1,091 -- not 5,800.

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/warwickcityrhodeisland/PST045216

By comparison, Cranston's population has increased from 80,387 in 2010 to 81,034 in 2016 -- a change of 647, according to the Census: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cranstoncityrhodeisland/PST045217

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So, the make-believe mayor is claiming that Cranston lowered taxes [when it didn't], that Warwick's population crashed [when it didn't], that Cranston's population increased significantly by comparison [when it didn't], and that the additional population in Cranston increased tax revenue [when it didn't].

You're right, Scal, the make-believe mayor even fails at lying.