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HELLLLLOOOOO? Can we get back on message? The headline of this article is..."Mayor touts city's financial position"...The questions should be very simple, especially for so called journalists doing their job, asking the tough questions...

1. Do you believe the Mayor, the Council, and the various department heads and do you believe that statement?

2. What about the auditor general, the bond rating agencies, the general treasurer, the actuaries, and any large accounting agency compiling this stuff? Perhaps you forgot the credit union fiasco, and how at the end of the day, Ernst & Young had to pay a $101M settlement to RI? Liars figure and figures lie...

3. We recently had former Mayor, mini-me of Providence, now Congressman mini-me tell everybody upon leaving office that Providence was in "great financial shape"...Enter Angel Tavaras and he declares its a category 5 disaster...Whom do you believe?

4. Here's a question, as long as we are going to go the long way around the barn on the retirement system..."In the last 20 years, what percentage of retirees from the City of Warwick, all departments, retired on a tax free disability pension?" Then, break it down by agency...Teacher, public works, fire & police department, civil servants, etc.?? ( Providence Fire was near 70% several years ago..it has since gone down)..Mr. Dempsey is more qualified to answer this than me, but it seems like we have set ourselves up to be paying 3 retirement systems...Obligations for current employees, obligations for regular retired employees, and then those that retire on a full disability, hence, a de facto 3 tier system...DO you still believe the story coming out of city hall, or do you believe your own eyes and gut feeling based on some of the numbers presented here, That we are following the course of Providence, and other communities, headed for very serious trouble...?

5. Look at the latest census data...who is leaving, and who is moving in. Middle to upper middle class folks are retiring to Florida or other more tax friendly places, taking their disposable income with them...Look at what is moving in...Now, look at the property around the airport that has already or will come off the tax rolls, DO THE MATH ON THE FUTURE REVENUE SIDE...Less taxable property with lower median income by city census...Houston, do you see a problem? Stop kicking the can down the road, start telling the truth, which would be refreshing, and deal with this very serious problem...Calamari as a state dish helps NOTHING!

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