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Dear Scal1024,

You didn't major in economics did you?

Let me explain. If you want to take notes please do. The research on the beach fees was done WELL BEFORE the bill was presented to the Warwick City Council. It showed that the beach fees would cost far less than revenue received. THEN revenue received would be spent ONLY to make the beach cleaner and more attractive. THEN we would attract new visitors some of which would become new homebuyers paying new taxes reducing the tax needs on the rest of us. All those questions were asked and answered BEFORE the bill was voted on and THEN the City Council including Council President Joe Solomon unanimously voted to approve it! That was only 5 months ago Scal.

For Joe to change his mind now is to be indecisive at best or dishonest at worst. The 80,000 taxpayers that are paying the tab have a right to know what their Mayor is doing and they don't. It's basic economics Scal. That bill created value for our beach. It would have made visitors respect our beach, just like the state beaches in southern R.I. and at a lower cost. It would make them more aware of Oakland Beach. It would make them want to visit Oakland Beach and perhaps want to live here in Warwick, and if only one family moved in, that would generate thousands of tax dollars that Warwick doesn't have today. I went to school Scal. I took economics in high school and also at Bryant College. It isn't me that needs to take notes.

I'll give you a couple of examples of how this works.

In Cranston, Mayor Fung lowered taxes and their population increased creating MORE total tax revenue due to the MORE taxpayers causing LESS need for taxes-per-person Here in Warwick, Mayor Avedisian raised taxes for 17 years in a row and 5,800 taxpayers moved out in the last ten years alone (according to the U.S, Census) creating MORE need for MORE taxes-per-person.

In Florida then Gov. Charlie Crist raised taxes (in 2006) by $500,000,000 and Florida lost 832,000 jobs (and the taxpayers that went with them). THEN Rick Scott became governor, LOWERED TAXES by $500,000,000 (same amount) and, are you getting this Scal, jobs INCREASED by 600,000. So did the number of taxpayers. So did total tax revenue. Think of it this way: If a store has a sale, they make less profit-per-item but they sell many more items so total profit goes UP!

So here is the economic lesson of the day. "Cut Taxes - Cut Spending". It worked in Cranston. It worked in Florida. It works for stores. It will work in Warwick.

Happy Spring Scal1024

Happy Spring everyone.

Rick Corrente

The Taxpayers Mayor