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John S, retired public servant turned self anointed advocate of the taxpayers. Is there anything worse than a career public servant who, once they retire with their full pension in tact, turn their backs on the men and woman they served with? I guess the greed of public servants began the day after John collected his first pension check. Suddenly, they frame all public servants as greedy. John when will you be sending your pension check back to the City of Providence? I won't hold my breath. The language used here is absolutely disgusting. My first thought was the comments should be removed but you know what? Let the entire city know the type of language this guy thinks is acceptable. Total unfiltered garbage!

The Cote/Cushman video clip is a big swing and a miss in my opinion. As I've stated before, are they guilty of having a fake tough guy moment on a hot mic? 100% yes! Someone also asked what would happen if the situations were reversed? That is a fair point and Rob probably would try to embarrass the person who said it but I don't think he would refer it to the State Police, just my opinion as a frequent Cote critic. If time, money or resources are spent on this it feels like we're getting off track from where we need to be. If the contract is as good as promised, win the argument on those merits alone!

Whether intentional or unintentional the move to speed up the contract vote was just bad optics. The 5 Council members who called for the meeting cast doubt on the whole process, even for people like me who had very few objections to begin with. It just makes you stop and ask yourself why change the voting date? I also think its important to note that rank and file members of the WFD had no control over when the Council voted, retirees had no control over when the Council voted so laying blame at their feet for the dealings of the Council seems disingenuous to me as well.

Some of the language used on here by a very select few is nothing short of embarrassing. You can dislike someone/have disagreement without being lousy in the process. We are all guilty of it at one time or another. At the end of the day are interests should be aligned. When a new commenter comes in here and immediately uses foul language in support of their argument, their agenda is crystal clear. Both sides have been guilty of it, myself included. We should all think about being better! Don't let anonymity embolden you to say sh*tty things or in the case of John S, don't think just because its a comment section these things don't reflect poorly on you!