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Lloyd stooping to this level, clearly demonstrated that he didn't have the intestinal fortitude or intelligence to articulate facts related to the pension issue.

Instead like many of his colleagues who work for the city, Lloyd resorts to this cowardly, bullisitic behavior since he had a crowd behind him or in this case can hide anonymously behind a key board, instead of debating the issues man to man and face to face.

Excerpts from article on the Lloyd issue.

[CVS Health has found no wrongdoing on the part of one of its employees, former Ward 1 councilman and former chairman of the Warwick School Committee Robert Cushman, in response to demands by the president of the Warwick Firefighters Union.

The union’s president, William Lloyd, threatened a statewide – followed by a national – boycott of the pharmacy chain because of Cushman, a full-time business analyst with the company.

In an interview yesterday, Lloyd said the letter that was addressed to DeAngelis never called for Cushman’s dismissal, but that because Cushman is an employee “we would not be using CVS anymore.”

“I never made a threat against his job,” Lloyd said. “I never said anything about getting Bob Cushman fired.”

Lloyd said a boycott was not a singular decision, and that the union unanimously voted for it.

“A vote taken by all members, it wasn’t me just spouting off,” he said. (In reality only 25 firefighter attended the meeting and 13 voted to send the letter)

Throughout his presentation, there were whistles from an audience comprised largely of firefighters and municipal employees. During his presentation, Lloyd stood only feet behind Cushman with his arms folded across this chest. Lloyd’s conduct was not questioned by City Council President Donna Travis, or by police who were on duty for the meeting.

http://warwickonline.com/stories/cvs-answers-firefighters-boycott-over-cushman,101865?