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It would appear that Mr. Cote's fact-based analysis has some rather angry. Many personal attacks, but little to nothing in the way of disputing his data. Warwick taxpayers should look at their tax bill and loudly question whether they are receiving city services proportional to what they are paying. If you have a child in public school, the answer is a resounding "Yes". Per pupil expenditures in Warwick (yes, I'll say it again) are $19,000 per student. That's the input. So if your kid is in public school and unless you're paying over $19k in property taxes you're getting a bargain. That said, I'll leave it up to taxpayers to determine the quality of the output, or rather the "investment". Hint: Fewer than 1 in 4 Warwick high school kids is deemed to be competent in Math. As for the firefighters, my experience is that ANY question pertaining to salary, benefits, and schedule is deemed to be "bashing" and met with 'how dare you' vitriol. That said, I wade in gently to some simple questions of the department:
How many fires were put out in 2018 by the WFD?
What, specifically, is the contracted schedule of WFD members? Is it 4 on 1 off...? 3 on 1 off? I really don't know.
How many years on the job does a firefighter need to accrue in order to receive full pension benefits?
How is the pension calculated? Again, don't know.
How many active firefighters are there in the WFD? How does this compare, as a percent of the city's population, to other areas of the country? And has this number remained steady or decreased as the city's population has decreased?
What percent of the rank and file are EMT's?
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