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First to address a related topic that is not in the budget. Gene Nadeau is 100% right when he comments about the interest on the 2006 bond. Any money BORROWED by the City, should be PAID by the City. This should be cleared up for any new bond issue as well and I don't think it is. This will continue to be a growing problem until it is resolved.

As to the School Committee (SC):

How could you lay off 72 MORE teachers and close 9 MORE schools AND need $8 million MORE in your budget. Didn't you just cut expenses by more than the $8 million?? Didn't you make allowances in past budgets for teachers raises?? And you don't want to be audited??!! I can see why! I sincerely hope the $16,000 that acting Mayor Solomon is spending to receive an audit of Warwicks' entire $300+ million dollar budget exposes the clear overspending on the part of the School Committee (SC). I bet it will! The SC MUST be overspending on administration. They MUST be, and the public is watching them. Why else would they hire a PR firm if they weren't receiving such distrust from the 80,000 taxpayers that are paying the tab? They MUST be overspending on themselves and it MUST STOP! Now, the SC is threatening to sue the City? Hey SC; be careful what you ask (or threaten) for. A lawsuit will most probably reveal where ALL your money is going. ALL of it! Extortion is a deadly game and I honestly can't see how you can win it. Remember; burden of proof is upon the plaintiff. To prove your claim against the City, you would have to show the judge just what you did with ONE AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS OF TAXPAYERS MONEY SINCE 2009! I for one don't think you can. (Remember the Ragosta Report? You went to court on that one too. How did that work out for you? (Any reader can search The Ragosta Report in The Warwick Beacon, on line)

Now finally, as to Scal1024, who calls me a fake when he doesn't even use a real name. What's my solution Scal? I have answered this question dozens of times before. Did I type it too fast for you? Add taxpayers! That's the solution Scal. Get back some of the 5,800 taxpayers that have left Warwick in the last ten years. The Corrente Plan, if you ever read it, shows "rebate checks" to new homebuyers and new business owners that come from other cities and towns, a "2 year moratorium on building permits", "promotion of Warwick, and especially its' beaches" to other cities and towns to attract new residents, "voluntary pension buyouts" to lower pension costs, and a "hiring freeze", to insure that our present employees are taken care of while attrition lowers their numbers and ultimately their cost. Scal wants me to say what "one item I will cut" so he can attack me on it. He isn't too bright. He acts like he/she doesn't realize that if you increase population, you increase the NUMBER of taxpayers thus allowing Warwick to "Cut-Taxes" on each individual.

New taxpayers increase total tax revenue (TTR). If we increase TTR, we don't need to cut budgets in order to "Cut Taxes - Cut Spending". I've been saying that now for years. Everyone I meet understands it. So does Scal. He's not that stupid. He just wants to con the reader to believe I cannot be trusted. He is obviously a henchman for the political insiders. My plan is transparent and has been on line for years. (correnteformayor.com) Has Scal, or anyone else asked Joe Solomon what HIS plan is?

Whatever his/her real name is, Scal is the fake. Not me. You can agree with The Corrente Plan or disagree with it. That's OK with me. But to say that I don't have a plan? That I don't have a "solution to the budget"? That is just a lie from someone who isn't honest enough to give a real name.

Fake News. Fake sources. Fake people. Fake names.

Congratulations and gratitude to all members of the City Council on their enormous effort.

Happy Summer everyone.

Rick Corrente

The Taxpayers Mayor