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Thank you for the kind words, Crickee. As frustrating as it is trying to have a serious discussion with the "Tax Delinquents mayor", I think this election is too important to simply ignore him and let him rant. I'm sure many readers roll their eyes when they read some of my comments, and some I'll admit can be repetitive. However, I feel it is important to expose Rick Corrente for the fraud candidate he is at each and every opportunity. If any new readers were ever to log on and read the fiction Corrente spews, I'd hate to think any of them would actually believe it (especially after we have factually picked apart every facet of the "Corrente plan"). Most of the time I'm happy to have detailed policy discussions with anyone on this website. It is Rick Corrente who is incapable of having that kind of discussion at anytime in this campaign. Once any idea of his is looked at with any kind of scrutiny, the "Corrente plan" is exposed as a bunch of empty words.

I have often said imagine if Corrente owned up to his tax delinquency in the 2016 election? (much the same way I believe Sue Stenhouse should take the "elderly dress up" issue head on this election) It would immediately take the air out of the topic as a campaign issue. Much like every other piece of his campaign we've exposed, Rick Corrente ignores his tax delinquency amongst many other things and pretends these things can't be easily researched and confirmed.

-His plan of "buy a house, get a check" has been exposed as nothing more than a giveaway, chasing money thats already being collected by the city. How much would each homebuyer be paid in rebate checks? (keep in mind property taxes are being paid regardless of whether a home is sold or not)

-Let me ask voters another question: Have you ever stopped putting that new shed in your backyard, or that new bathroom in your home because the price of building permit fees was too high? If you were putting a $10,000 bathroom in your house, would you really balk at the idea of paying the building permit fees? Once again, another Corrente plan that isn't serious. The words sound great and Rick usually throws in something like "TTR" (total tax revenue) to try and convince voters he has any clue how the city budget works.

-The voluntary pension buyout he speaks out will easily cost taxpayers well over $200,000 PER CITY EMPLOYEE. In order to "buyout" the remaining salary/benefits per employee pension, think about that upfront cost PER EMPLOYEE. Assuming benefits alone are $30,000 PER YEAR/PER EMPLOYEE (low estimate), How much upfront money would it cost for someone making $40,000 a year off their pension to opt out? By simply doing nothing in 10 years (without reductions) that retiree will have made $400,000 IN PENSION PAYMENTS ALONE. How much would you offer that person to opt out of those payments Rick? Again THE MATH DOESN'T WORK!!!!! You say "what if one person takes it?" Well then the city will have spent over 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS ON ONE EMPLOYEE. Again, Rick Corrente is either woefully ignorant, or one of the most unqualified candidate to EVER seek elected office in the City of Warwick.

There are things about each candidate in the Democratic Primary I find flaws with. The ONLY candidate who I have EVER questioned the integriry and character of is Rick Corrente. So while I understand readers might be frustrated by some of my comments from time to time, I hope that they atleast realize the comments are always well intentioned. I refuse to allow a deadbeat like Rick Corrente to parade around the city of Warwick acting like a serious candidate for Mayor, when he couldn't even bother to contribute to this city by paying his fair share of taxes. Karma as well as the facts will continue to sink Mr Correntes campaign.