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But, WwkVoter! The two-time election reject spent money on two disastrous losing campaigns!

And you use a screen name! So clearly, you're the one who's wrong.

[That's sarcasm, for anyone who missed it.]

Actually, your point is 100% correct, that business owners consider many factors in whether they will locate in one community or another -- and taxes are near the bottom of the list.

From reading the article [something the two-time election reject clearly didn't do], we see that Christopher's Landing suffered from an inability to put up appropriate signage -- not taxes.

Remington House closed because the owners are "moving on to other endeavors" -- not taxes.

Even his anonymous "man" said that Legal Sea Foods moved because of "better location, better, newer building, lower overhead" -- not taxes.

But don't take my word for that -- let's look at the actual data and verifiable information about the former location of Legal Sea Foods. Here's the link to the property listing on the city tax assessor website: http://gis.vgsi.com/warwickri/Parcel.aspx?Pid=32427

And here's what an honest review of the facts shows:

- The property at 2099 Post Road was purchased in March of this year by PHM Providence LLC, meaning Legal Sea Foods did not own the building [and thus didn't pay property taxes].

- It was previously owned by Johnson & Wales -- here's the link to the property listing on the city tax assessor website: http://gis.vgsi.com/warwickri/Parcel.aspx?Pid=32427

- The taxes have gone down on that property.

The next two links, respectively, show the tax rates in effect for FY18 and FY15 for all Rhode Island communities:

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

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

The FY18 tax bill, based on the 2017 assessment of $2,040,000 and FY18 tax rate of $30.36, is $61,934. In 2015, the assessment on the property was $2,154,800 and the tax rate was $30.09, for a tax bill of $64,837. [That's $2,903 less.]

In FY15, the same property would have had a tax bill of almost $74,000 in Cranston, where the commercial tax rate was $34.26. The FY18 tax bill would be $70,200 based on Cranston's $34.41 tax rate -- meaning the taxes in Warwick are $8,266 less than in Cranston for a similar property in FY18.

Let me repeat that: The taxes in Warwick are less -- not more.

So, WwkVoter, let's review the two-time election reject's claim: Higher taxes drove Legal Sea Foods out of Warwick. As is so typical for him, it's a lie.

Taxes on a similarly-assessed property in Warwick are less than in Cranston. Legal Sea Foods moved to have a new building in a new location -- not to reduce its tax bill.

Based on this and all of his other claims that have fallen apart under scrutiny, it's no surprise that, as you correctly note, an overwhelming majority of honest, taxpaying voters rejected the two-time election loser's empty slogans and delusional ideas -- twice -- as a direct result of his defects as a candidate.