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I guess what I have been saying for years and have been mocked for, is finally impacting the resident of Warwick.

This is why we have no tax dollars to repair roads or buy new fire equipment.

City Retired Employee Expense in 2004, $18,563,658. In 2014 $33,468,060. Increase of 80.2 percent

City Active Employee Expense in 2004 $54,267,721. In 2014 $67,583,478. Increase of 24.5 percent

City All other Expenses in 2004 $22,909,641 In 2014 $23,741,107. Increase of 3.6 percent.

Read that last line again. In 10 years spending for every other line item in the city budget combined increased less than a million dollars, while employee retired benefits increased by $15 million.

Keep in mind school budget has been practically level funded since 2008 so you can't blame them for taking more new tax dollars.

Conclusion: New tax dollars will continue to be poured into retireed employee costs at the expense of everything else in the city unless real reforms that cut retirement costs immediately occur.

Under Mayor Avedisian's leadership that will never happen and the city will continue to rack up more debt while roads, school building and public safety equipment fall apart.

Maggie123 if you want to learn more about what is causing the problems in Warwick, paste this link in your browser and watch the video.

http://youtu.be/fo09rhcIkjQ

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