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I campaigned for 700 days in a row spending over $40,000 of my own money to "Cut Taxes - Cut Spending".

It worked!

The 80,000 taxpayers that are paying the tab spoke LOUDLY to their City Council and 29 attempts from Mayor Avedisian to raise taxes were unanimously defeated!

It was the first time in 18 LONG years. I'm exceptionally proud of my campaign. We finally broke the routine of "tax-and-spend" year after year.

But that was then. This is now. Warwick has a new acting Mayor. He refused to take part in Mayor Avedisians' most recent budget. I disagree with his decision to do that. He is ultimately responsible for this new tax increase, a "max-tax-increase".

Whoever becomes our new Mayor needs to reverse this trend.

Here are some ways we can "Cut Taxes - Cut Spending"

1.Hire a Grant Writer. Central Falls did. It cost them $30,000 a year and made them over $600,000 in the first year alone.

2. Offer Rebate Checks to anyone who moves into Warwick and buys a home or starts a business. The rebate check will cost Warwick a fraction of the money the new taxpayer will bring in.

3. Have a 2 Year Moratorium on building permit fees. Warwick will lose the small dollars of the permit fee in return for large dollars in additional real estate taxes FOREVER!

4. Institute a Voluntary Pension-buyout plan. If the retiree wants it, Warwick will benefit as well.

5. Have a Hiring Freeze. It will protect Warwicks' present employees and attrition will reduce the future costs.

6. Re-negotiate the Airport Agreement. They got the tax revenue of over 100 houses. Warwick got water pollution, soil pollution, air pollution and noise pollution. The RIAC needs to pay their fair share.

7. Promote Warwick (and our beaches) to the rest of R.I. We need to attract new homebuyers and new businesses. The more taxpayers, the less tax-per-person.

My critics love to attack my ideas but not once have any of them suggested a better idea or any idea for that matter.

Challenge:

Dear critics,

Either offer a better idea or shut up! Fair enough?

Happy Summer everyone.

Rick Corrente

The Taxpayers Mayor