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Once again we can rely on John Stark for the production of fact and and data, unlike the Non-Taxpayer Mayor who relies purely on pandering and rhetoric. I would also like to add this piece of fact for the record. The derailment of the school consolidation process can be attributable directly to Vella Wilkinson and Karen Bachus. About 2 years ago (forgive me for not having the exact date), I attended the school committee meeting where they were voting on the consolidation and the recommendations from the 25 member volunteer committee. At this meeting, Wilkinson and Bachus decided that they would fabricate a story to derail the vote from the school committee. They met openly and Bachus revealed that she had just been given information from a council member who had received confidential information from an un-named member of the consolidation committee, who confided in her that, they, (the consolidation committee) in actuality, had not done the proper research into the consolidation process, had never met and had not done their due diligence. As a result, Bachus recommended not voting on the consolidation and having a third party report put forth. That report cost the taxpayers $350,000 to issue the same results as the report issued by the volunteer committee.

The reasoning behind this sabotage was that Wilkinson and Bachus, two union hacks, were aware that several teacher positions as well as maintenance personnel positions would be eliminated. The two, relying on union pandering, concocted this scheme simply to avoid any political fallout.

In fact, the entire school committee failed that evening by voting not to vote. How insane. They all knew that either way they voted there would be political ramifications. The committee took a cowardly stand and decided not to vote on the consolidation. These two individuals, Bachus and Wilkinson have been a detriment to Warwick for years, and they are the idol's of the fake mayor. They openly support perpetual contracts and binding arbitration, both of which will have an extreme detriment to the level of education and to the impact of taxes in this city.

As I said before and i'll say again, not another penny or benefit should be paid to the teachers until the proficiency scores of the students improve dramatically. Intelligent parents remove their kids from these shamble buildings and send them to schools that produce. Unlike the fake mayor, I and everyone else who pays their taxes realize that 52% of your property tax goes to the school system, even if you are not using it and paying for private school. I wonder how much thought Mayor Dumbness gave to that concept when he openly refused to pay property taxes for almost 4 years, yet still had his garbage picked up.