City gains another building Superintendent Philip Thornton handed the keys to John Wickes Elementary School over to Mayor Joseph Solomon last week, pictured here. Wickes was one of two elementary schools to close down for good this past summer, along
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Superintendent Philip Thornton handed the keys to John Wickes Elementary School over to Mayor Joseph Solomon last week, pictured here. Wickes was one of two elementary schools to close down for good this past summer, along with Randall Holden Elementary. When asked if Solomon had any preliminary plans for the building now that it’s back in the city’s control, press secretary Courtney Marciano said in a statement: “As he does with all City assets, the Mayor will conduct a full review of the current condition of the building, as well as the grounds to determine a dollar figure for structural and fire code improvements. Once those figures are determined, he’ll balance those facts and costs with community need for the building both within the short term and long term, as well as considering the highest and best use for the property and taxpayers.” (Submitted photo)
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richardcorrente
Taxes keep going up. Population keeps going down. Schools keep closing. If this trend doesn't reverse, Warwick will be a ghost town. Our leaders NEED to stop this trend.
Happy Autumn everyone.
Rick Corrente
Friday, September 28, 2018 Report this
Justanidiot
tank goodness eye gots the plywood concessions wit da cities. eyes is cleaning up. soons eyes can take alls my money and movies to florida
Friday, September 28, 2018 Report this
CrickeeRaven
The twice-failed candidate needs to stop the trend of predicting doom and gloom for Warwick.
It didn't get him elected and only proves how correct thousands of honest, taxpaying voters were in overwhelmingly rejecting his candidacy again on Sept. 12.
Sunday, September 30, 2018 Report this
FASTFREDWARD4
Hope Joey took a walk first before the keys was turn over. just hope there nothing bad in side like mold.
Monday, October 1, 2018 Report this
richardcorrente
Hey CrickeeRaven,
The City is over a BILLION dollars in debt!
Open your eyes!
Rick Corrente
Monday, October 1, 2018 Report this
CrickeeRaven
Apparently two straight election losses have taught the two-time failed candidate nothing -- including how to stop spreading falsehoods.
"The City is over a BILLION dollars in debt!"
This is a lie. The two-time loser adds himself to the small group of people, which includes the losing 2014 mayoral candidate, who seek to mislead Warwick voters with this claim.
What they are doing is adding all of the bonded debt held by the city and the sewer and water departments, along with the unfunded pension liabilities.
There are two obvious problems with this:
First, the sewer and water departments run their own budgets and raise revenue through user fees, not property taxes. The debt of these two departments is NOT directly owed or managed by the city.
Second, the unfunded pension liabilities are being paid on a year-to-year basis under the city's existing three payment programs. They are NOT immediately due, nor are they going unpaid.
"Open your eyes!"
Honest, taxpaying voters had their eyes open and clearly saw the multiple defects in the two-time loser's candidacy, resulting in a second humiliating loss on Sept. 12. His inability to restrain himself from making false statements is further proof that we were 100% correct to reject his candidacy.
Monday, October 1, 2018 Report this
Scal1024
Crickee, the folks who pass on this $1 billion in debt theory are not only bundling all the cities debts together, aren't they also assuming that the money is due immediately all at once? I have heard it explained as such...what these "$1 billion debt" people are doing for example is essentially looking at a 30 year mortgage, and 5 years into the mortgage they are assuming that the rest of the $ is all due at once. This is obviously not the case but it doesn't stop them from spinning that yarn anyways. I used to think the 2014 fairy tale candidate Stacia Petri was the biggest embarrassment to enter local politics. Rick Corrente has lapped her 100x around the track already.
Monday, October 1, 2018 Report this
CrickeeRaven
Yes, Scal, that is more or less what they're doing -- they're making it seem like the city is, right now, on the hook for $1 billion. It isn't.
Your analogy is correct, this claim is based on ignoring how the city will actually address the debt in the future.
As far as the two-time loser, we've already seen that there is no standard too low that he won't find a way to go even lower.
Monday, October 1, 2018 Report this
richardcorrente
Dear Scal1024 and CrickeeRaven,
Yes, of course I am "bundling" all of the City debt. Yes, I know it is not all due today. No one said otherwise. Are you still truing to con the readers? Bottom line: The City is ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT! Taxpayers keep moving out! Schools keep closing. That's bad! Warwick IS ON THE HOOK for over a billion! Stop lying!
Are we clear?
You anonymous cowards of critics.
Happy Autumn everyone.
Rick Corrente
The Taxpayers Mayor
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 Report this
CrickeeRaven
Scal, I think we're witnessing the two-time loser arguing with himself:
"Bottom line: The City is ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT!"
"Stop lying!"
The city is not $1 billion in debt. It simply is not, for the reasons explained above.
"Are we clear?:
Yes, it is clear that the two-time loser is also revising the fake title that he gave himself with no apparent reason except his intention to make a complete fool of himself.
He will undoubtedly continue to prove why thousands of honest, taxpaying voters were correct to overwhelmingly reject his candidacy again on Sept. 12.
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 Report this
ThatGuyInRI
IF only Corrente had a clue as to what he was talking about.
If only Corrente listened to the tax payers who have rejected his hyperbole yet again.
If only Corrente would listen to the commenters here who continually tell him to stop commenting on every story
If only.
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 Report this
CrickeeRaven
ThatGuy, the two-time failure has proven that he has no plans to change any of his lies, or stop using this site to make his uninformed claims.
It's really a mystery why -- because it's certainly not for the reasons he's claimed.
He has claimed it's because he represents taxpayers -- but he clearly doesn't, since they've rejected his candidacy twice.
He has claimed it's because he knows better than other commenters -- but he clearly doesn't, because he has repeatedly ignored the factual information that has proves his statements to be false.
He has claimed it's because he wants to cut taxes and spending -- but he clearly doesn't, because he supported the council's FY18 budget that raised taxes and spending and still left a $4.2 million deficit, which led directly to this year's maximum tax increase.
Any of these would be legitimate reasons to keep commenting on this website -- if they were true.
But they're not.
About the only explanation I can offer is that he's just being oppositional, trying to show other people that he can do something just because he wants to. That's not the behavior of a mature person or a serious candidate, and our honest, taxpaying neighbors clearly understand that.
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 Report this