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Hello DannyHall:

Thank you for so effectively and succinctly proving the make-believe mayor's claims to be, at best, delusional.

You correctly point out that Cranston has more area to develop, where Warwick is essentially at capacity in terms of residential development, and that the majority of the city budget goes toward employee costs -- and thus you are right to question the make-believe mayor's ability to negotiate affordable contracts, since he has not explained how he would fund his giveaway schemes to new homebuyers, commercial property developers, and municipal employees who are nearing retirement.

And you correctly identify the major defect in his call for a hiring freeze -- he has clearly not considered the consequences of failing to replace retiring police officers and firefighters.

I would only offer one correction to your comment -- here are the changes in the tax rate since Allan Fung was elected mayor:

FY2010: $19.11 http://www.municipalfinance.ri.gov/documents/data/taxrates/2009.pdf

FY2011: $19.56 http://www.municipalfinance.ri.gov/documents/data/taxrates/2010.pdf

FY2012: $20.26 http://www.municipalfinance.ri.gov/documents/data/taxrates/2011.pdf

FY2013: $22.84 http://www.municipalfinance.ri.gov/documents/data/taxrates/2012.pdf

FY2014: $22.84 http://www.municipalfinance.ri.gov/documents/data/taxrates/2013.pdf

FY2015: $22.84 http://www.municipalfinance.ri.gov/documents/data/taxrates/2014-Tax-Rates-12-31-13-FINAL.pdf

FY2016: $22.45 [due to revaluation] http://www.municipalfinance.ri.gov/documents/data/taxrates/2015-Tax-Rates-12-31-14-FINAL.pdf

FY2017: $22.45 hhttp://www.municipalfinance.ri.gov/documents/data/taxrates/2016-Tax-Rates-12-31-15-FINAL.pdf

FY2018: $22.94 http://www.municipalfinance.ri.gov/documents/data/taxrates/2017-Tax-Rates-12-31-16-FINAL.pdf

The FY16 tax rate is the result of a property revaluation and a spending increase of about 2.1%, which means that in real dollars, taxes went up that year in Cranston.

So, essentially, the tax rate increased in five out of the last nine fiscal years under Mayor Fung -- quite contrary to the make-believe mayor's repeated claims that Cranston "cut taxes."

Thank you for showing the make-believe mayor that Warwick voters are far too intelligent to fall for his false statements, delusional conspiracy theories, and impractical proposals.