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Rick,

They are not part of my team, I do not trust them, and everyone does NOT accept them. Frankly Rick, with few exception, the council members are underachievers, not solution based individuals, and clearly are not capable of achievement that can be measured. Hence the city's overwhelming unfunded liabilities.

Now, of the matter at hand with Ulser and Travis. You can suck up and pander and attempt to be politically correct all you like in an effort to continue the democrat tradition of party before people, but lets not hallucinate. The fact of the matter is that Donna Travis is a functional idiot. She lacks elementary education, class, integrity, and frankly is a fiscal mess. She has been elected by the same group of people for 20 years and in that time, both she and that group represent the lowest socioeconomic group in the city of Warwick. In 20 years she has not been able to take 1 step up the food chain ladder, and by prima-facia evidence, neither has her neighborhood. In fact, the problems that plague her Ward have expanded and she has no realistic MEASURABLE results, other than a nice sign at the entrance to the arm pit of the city. Take a ride through the dump Rick, but wipe off your sunglasses first so that you can see reality. She is a laughing stock and her only articulation of the English language consists of Deezs, Demms, Doze, and Youz. (as she has often been heard at council meetings stating "youz people) In my opinion she is an embarrassment to public service and representative of exactly whats wrong in politics.

As for Usler, can you recall one word or thoughtful question that she posed during the budget hearings? Not a one! Why? The fact of the matter is that the woman is not an educated person, not a business person, not a solution based individual, and clearly is lacking the fundamental intelligence to understand the complex issues that are crippling this city. Has she articulated her concerns to anyone? If so, don't keep them a secret. Her only concern is to continue the union felatio in the hopes to get re-elected for doing not a damn thing. I have doubts that the woman knows how to read a balance sheet or balance a personal check book. Just my hunch. May be a nice person, but clearly out of her league when it comes to the simplest of finance or protocol issues.

With regard to this no confidence parade that the three Warwick Stoogettes have been on, the fact is that the residents should be holding a no confidence vote on the city council members. They have accomplished nothing, or as Travis would say, NUTTIN. Take a walk down memory lane Rick. Who circumvented city charter and hired a special interest individual as the city auditor? Travis and Wilkinson. What did the auditor do in 8 months? Nothing. The whole process was circumvented and wasted valuable time that solution based individuals never would tolerate. Where is the auditor now? Gone. Who orchestrated, and I quote the AG on the matter, "knowingly and willful violations of the OMA"? Travis and Wilkinson. Who derailed the school consolidation program last year by concocting false and slanderous statements about the volunteer study commission which caused a no vote on consolidation and another $300K expense to the city? Travis and Wilkinson. Who ignored the safety of the children of Warwick and were the key people to have a ball field built next to an active runway? Who sabotaged Bob Cushmans pension presentation to the council and openly lied about his credentials? Is that who you want to be in bed with? Do I need to go on and give more examples? You think they are intelligent? Wilkinson hires an outside firm to review the city healthcare plan. The cost of the consultant was $15K. All of the consultants recommendations were ignored by the Stoogettes. Rick, your a banker, why not hire Donna Travis to be your CFO, Wilkinson to be your PR representative, and Usler to be your office manager. How much sleep would you get? Wilkinson, head of finance, pull a Dunn & Bradstreet on her tell me if you think she has nay credentials to be head of the finance committee.

As for the rest of the council, there are members that have been involved in the council for almost 20 years. What happened during those 20 years? Its all right, say it out loud. They ratified contracts and benefits that this city could not and cannot afford and the escalation of those perks not only has caused the enormous unfunded liability problem, but also emboldened all of the unions to gouge us for even more, as they know the council is weak and relies on pandering. But neither you or any other person on the council or politician has the guts to say that in public for fear of retaliation by the union membership. But let me quote Mr. Gallucci. " We don't owe all of the money tomorrow" . Same quote he said almost 20 years ago. Smart people? You think so? Hire them, then you can take a long vacation as your business will no longer be a business with any of them at the wheel.

And again, as far as Ulser, Ward 7. Have you driven through Crappanaug lately? Do you think that the construction is to code? Do you think that anyone needs a CM degree from Wentworth to recognize the major code violations? Where is Usler? Its her neighborhood, she could care less as she is not intelligent enough to realize the urban decay that is taking place in her own neighborhood. She probably says to herself, "my neighborhood is not bad, compared to OAKLAND BEACH"!

C'mon buddy, clean out your refrigerator and throw away the kool aid. By the way, fishing is good!