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Does anyone else think it's curious that Merolla is crying 'wolf' after 20 years on the council? He and Solomon have had numerous chances to deal with this situation -- and they have both failed.

And now they're on opposite sides of this issue, with Merolla predicting financial collapse over OPEB (which the recent bond report says could be fully funded in 16 years at its current payment rate, but Merolla seems to ignore that part), and Solomon declaring there's no problem at all (after sounding the alarm just seven months ago when bashing his predecessor seemed like a good idea).

Here's an article that includes the bond rating report, including the note about Police I and Fire being funded 100% by 2035: https://warwickpost.com/city-bond-rating-stays-stable-new-bonds-given-aa-designation/

The city is meeting its obligations. It is not on the verge of fiscal collapse. Maintaining its status costs money.

Merolla should just come right out and say that he opposes paying union benefits that were negotiated in the past (by him, among others), and paying higher taxes to fund them, instead of misleading people.

And maybe people are moving out of the city because Merolla, Solomon, and their longtime council colleagues just imposed two huge tax increases in successive years and can't get their stories straight.