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Steve I’m asking rhetorical questions. I know it’s not up to you personally to ask the retirees to step up to the plate and I appreciate you blogging your thoughts. At least I can get one prospective from a Warwick employee.

Ms. Bouchard says the municipal employees are worried but sadly I think she is taking the wrong approach thinking that one plan doesn’t affect every other in the city.

I would presume that if the rank and file firefighters started to make noise that the union leadership who represent you would do something to address their conerns. Maybe they have and I should keep my mouth shut. But I just see this "We trust Scott Avedisian mentality".

The Providence firefighter union President, I think his name is Paul Doughty, told the retirees they need to make concessions. That was a huge risk on his part. But it led to negotiations with the mayor and I believe the courts rules that the COLA payments can be reduced and suspended until the plans meet certain funding levels. I think it preserved jobs along with strengthing the pension system in Providence.

I don't see that happening in Warwick when in fact it is one of the things that needs to occur.

But what do your colleagues think about the situation?

It’s seems they view me and many of the others as the enemy when in fact what we are doing by questioning all these assumptions is a benefit to every Warwick employee.

Are they all content with just believing the MAYOR?

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