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Here is the link to the adopted FY18 budget for Warwick: https://www.warwickri.gov/sites/warwickri/files/pages/adopted_fy18_general_fund_budget.pdf

On page 11 of the PDF, the total expenditures for the current fiscal year are $305,271,737, a $6,543,618 increase from the adopted FY17 budget.

Revenues from property taxes for FY18 are $230,264,242, an increase over the FY17 adopted budget of $3,657,290.

Thus, the 29 amendments made to the proposed budget by the council did not cut taxes or spending from fiscal 2017 levels. The fake "mayor's" failed 2016 campaign had nothing to do with the council's decisions, nor did it result in a reduction in either tax revenue or spending.

Last year, the tax rate went down, which the fake "mayor" still claims was an increase -- yet this year, when the rate stayed the same, he calls it a cut.

Happy 284 days until tens of thousands of honest, taxpaying voters in Warwick again prove that they will not be fooled by the fake "mayor" and reject his candidacy.