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Daydreambeliever – great description on your mind set. Here are the real facts

It was my legislation that eliminated lifetime healthcare for Warwick politicians after serving only 6 years in office. I led by example choosing not take the gold-plated healthcare coverage provided to each council member since my full time employer provided coverage.

I led the effort to eliminate family plan health care to crossing guards who work 1 hour a day saving the city hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Maybe you will also realize that school teacher in that contract received about 18% in pay raises while on the city side received over 21%. The Mayor wanted the school committee to give the teachers the same lifetime healthcare benefits as the city workers currently get. Imagine we did that? The unfunded liability for that benefit on the city side is $246 million while on the school side its $39 million.

And for the first time in the history of Warwick contract negotiations, retired school employee pay a co-pay on healthcare. The mayor has never been able to get a concession like that and every year taxpayers contribute $8 million toward free lifetime healthcare.

Maybe if the Mayor could negotiate as well as I did we would have some money to buy new firefighting equipment or repair our pot holed streets.

Get your facts straight instead of dreaming up your misinformation on my record.

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