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Dear Readers,

This is fun.

Anytime I have made a statement about the firefighters income I have always referred to the source of the information such as "according to Salary.com". I have never claimed the information to be my own. I have always said that the contracts were poorly written and blamed the Avedisian administration for it, NOT the firefighters!

I did say, and I will stand behind my comments:

1. I DID sue my lender in Federal Court and I DID WIN! Cote has seen these public documents. I showed them to him.

2. I DID campaign for 700 days in a row. (over 1,000 in total). No one else ever came close to that commitment.

3. I DID receive over 14,000 votes. That's more than ANY previous Avedisian opponent. Cote has never received one.

4. I DID receive a court-order directing my lender to pay my taxes and they DID pay them late so Warwick DID receive MORE tax revenue. I showed it to Cote at that time. He lies when he says I didn't.

5. I DID say (in 2014) that the unions would make concessions. Cote DID laugh at that time, and since then the unions HAVE made concessions! Cote doesn't give them credit for this but I DID. Several times.

6. I DID say that Donna (and Bill) Travis deserve a statue. Her list of credits are PAGES long! Almost as long as Cote's list of people who wish he would move out of Warwick. Please also read the article "Donna Travis Deserves a Statue". I was the author.

7. Cote DID say "Must I go on?". We all know he has the "right to remain silent" but we all know that he doesn't have the ability. Cote has NEVER had the guts to run for ANY office. Never. Not even for a Ward member. He doesn't have the courage, the stamina, the self-confidence, the intelligence, the ability, or the perseverance to do anything but cry, complain, criticize and condemn. He has NEVER done anything positive. Cote has lied, made up stories of me "driving an un-registered car FOR THREE YEARS", falsely accused me of not paying over $8,000 in real estate taxes on my 4-unit, (I was NEVER late), stolen my signs, failed in his business, been arrested for pouring gas down a drain, another time arrested for making harassment phone calls, not filed his corp. annual report to the Sec. of State resulting in ELEVEN notices of revocation, lied about moving out of Warwick in 2012, and he came to my office, flipped me off, and then he ran away. Cote is a piece of...(EVERYONE knows). And he thinks he can cast stones at me and MY record? There are at least 14,000 taxpayers/voters who disagree. Last night at the bar of Tullamore Tavern on West Shore Rd. I sat next to a guy that shook my hand. He said he was a Warwick Firefighter. He was one of the 14,000.

Happy St. Patricks everyone.

Rick Corrente

The Taxpayers Mayor