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"Warwick has 4,666 less businesses than it did ten years ago."

This is a lie -- as in, the number is a complete fabrication by the make-believe mayor.

"My critics will say that number isn't 100% accurate..."

No, a local news website reviewed the actual data and compared it correctly and found that the 4,666 number is factually incorrect: https://warwickpost.com/numbers-game-corrente-claims-of-lost-businesses-dont-add-up/

Here's one relevant quote from the article about the Census numbers that the make-believe mayor claims prove his point: "[W]hile the Census showed 8,410 firms in 2007 in Warwick, updated numbers from the U.S. Census showed 8,299 firms in the city as of 2012 — a difference of 111."

Here's another quote about what the accurate comparison of RI Secretary of State data shows: "[T]he Rhode Island Secretary of State reported 4,485 businesses in Warwick in an email to the city dated July 20, 2016 that she provided to the Post — a net increase of 735 since Corrente last gathered information from that department."

There is no data -- no information of any kind -- that proves the make-believe mayor's claim about businesses in Warwick. None.

It's not that his information is "not 100% accurate" -- it's that his claim is an outright lie.

As far as his giveaway scheme, the make-believe mayor ignores the fact that taxes are paid on every commercial address, whether or not an active business is there. His "plan" is to give away tax revenue to businesses that will relocate out of the city once the tax giveaway concludes -- it is nothing more than a temporary scheme that does not identify what part of the city budget would fund it.

"Fake News." The make-believe mayor still believes, despite factual and verifiable data, that Warwick lost thousands of businesses over the last 10 years.

"Fake Sourses." [sic] The make-believe mayor made a false comparison of federal and state data, so he is lying about what his sources ["The U.S. Census and the R.I. Secretary of State"] say.

"Fake People." The make-believe mayor is under the delusion that he has any support from honest, taxpaying voters.

"Fake names." The make-believe mayor has given himself a title that he did not earn and does not deserve.