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Dear Mr. Carbone,

Welcome.

Your candidacy will only bring a better awareness to the issues facing our City. You said "Sometimes I really feel that that I am the only true Democrat in the primary race." I assure you, that is not the case. I consider myself a John Kennedy type of candidate for Mayor of Warwick. As you know he introduced the "Income Tax Reduction Act" in 1961 (or so) and the 60's were a great time of economic growth as a direct result. Although I don't have his fame or fortune, I learned a lot from him and others like him. That's why I am so committed to "Cut Taxes - Cut Spending" in Warwick. Cranston did it. Their population grew and as a direct result, so did Cranstons total tax revenue (TTR). Warwick did the opposite and their population shrank by 5,800 taxpayers in the last ten years (according to the U.S. Census)

I campaigned for 700 days in a row and spent over $40,000 of my own money to rally the 80,000 taxpayers that are paying the tab and together, we stopped Mayor Avedisian from passing 29 new tax increases!

JFK would have been proud.

Please call me at 401-338-9900. I'm sure we have a lot in common, and I would like to speak with you about the Warwick Schools as well. You said "If it was a choice between schools and asphalt, I would choose schools." I couldn't agree more but Mr. Carbone, those are not the 2 choices. It's a choice between giving $4 million dollars to the School Committee (SC) with absolutely NO accountability or spending it to improve our streets. They have received one and a half BILLION DOLLARS of taxpayers money since 2009 and they weren't accountable for that money. Now they want $40 million MORE and they have told me that they won't be accountable to the taxpayers for that money either. Their reputation has become so untrustworthy they hired a public relations firm to help them with their image. Even that measure didn't help their image. I have said that we should have an INDEPENDANT AUDIT before we give them another dime! I would like the opportunity to hear your thoughts on the matter. Please give me a call.

Thank you.

Rick Corrente

The Taxpayers Mayor