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Warwick is toast. I just don't see revenues keeping pace with

The Evergreen Contracts law is going to prevent the city from ever getting concessions from the unions. Cutting municipal employees will be the tool at the cities disposal (aside from tax increases which are coming for the foreseeable future). Rhode Island may already be in a recession according to a URI economist. What happens when state aid is cut & city revenues decline?

The firefighter OT bill is going to crush the city. Maybe a Chief from outside the department will be able to control it better than in the past.

With the recovery in home prices there has been a huge increase in the number of sales in my neighborhood. Informed neighbors are selling to uninformed buyers. I think homeowners have been underwater on homes bought prior to 2008 & are finally seeing an opportunity to get out.

We have 1/2 the student population we once had. The school population is in continued decline. Of course school spending shouldn't grow at the same rate as the general economy.

Unless there is a massive influx of business investment in Warwick & Rhode Island, Warwick's bankruptcy seems inevitable. Would you start or grow a business in Rhode Island?