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Dear CrickeeRaven,

I explained that one before. In fact, I've explained it several times. Maybe you didn't read it. OK I'll do it one more time, just for you. My lender broke the law. Got that? They broke the law! So I, and 1,000 other plaintiffs sued them in Federal Court and we won! The judgement came down that the lenders were to pay all real estate taxes even though the bill came out in my (and the other plaintiffs) name. They did pay but they didn't pay on time. Clay Shackleton bought the tax bill at a tax sale and my lender, by law, had one year to redeem. While they were doing this they were court-ordered to negotiate "in good faith" with me. I contend that they did not but I can't comment further because that part of the lawsuit is still on-going. In either event, all taxes were paid on that property and the City of Warwick even got more money because of the late fees.

As for my car taxes, I paid the current bill weeks before the deadline but learned that I was in arrears of my previous bill and I was not allowed to register my car "until all taxes in arrears were paid". I went to the tax collector to apologize and make amends for my unintentional mistake. I learned, at that time, that my "taxes in arrears" came to a whopping total of ONE PENNY! I'm sure that there wasn't any politics being played there and I have a copy of the bill and the cancelled check if you would like to see it. Call me at 338-9900. Please don't believe Rob Cote. He lied about it saying I was late for the current bill as well as "the penny" but the bill and the receipt proves otherwise. All other real estate and car taxes have been paid on time (or close to it) for decades. In all, the great city of Warwick has received over $100,000 of my hard-earned money and almost all of it was on time. I have owned 29 properties in many areas of Rhode Island and Florida. Every penny of taxes have been paid-in-full and about 99% of the time it was "on-time", but not 100%.

One question:

How is answering EVERY ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS considered "bullying" or "condescending". I'm not using 38-word sentences to attack you. You, on the other hand, are! You don't even identify yourself. Why are you hiding behind a fake name? I don't. What are you afraid of CR? You didn't even bother to congratulate the students mentioned above. Shouldn't your comments start there? Mine did. Maybe you should even wish me a Happy Summer like I always do to you.

Happy Summer Honor-status students.

Happy Summer CrickeeRaven.

Rick Corrente

The Taxpayers Mayor