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Is this really where members of the WFD want to take this debate? When you start combing through live streams looking for offensive words you can time stamp, that seems a little desperate and away from the original point. If you guys really believe you are on the right side of this argument, stick to the facts! Present your case to the public and win the argument on those terms. When you start picking through others words looking for something to say "gotcha", that is moving away from the debate that we SHOULD be having.

This to me, seems more like something the Stacia/Cote crowd would do to public employees, and I would gladly call them out if they did. Are Cushman and Cote guilty of having a "fake tough guy" moment caught on a hot mic? Yes, absolutely. However, that is not grounds for ending this debate and passing the contract as is.

There are good people who really do support the WFD, they just happen to have legitimate concerns about certain parts of this deal. I've even praised parts of this deal as a great first step in the right direction. Don't let your hatred of Cote, Cushman and Stacia allow you to paint all taxpayers with that same brush. I'm sure most members of the WFD pay taxes in Warwick one way or another, just like we all do, so we're all pretty much in the same boat. Nobody wants to see maximum tax increases for life and nobody wants to see a pension system that can't meet it's obligations to life long employees. The difference of opinion is how do we get there? That is where this conversation should be heading. We won't get there calling one another thugs, or making baseless claims about one another.