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Lifetime healthcare was given away by former Mayor Avedisian less than 20 years ago. Prior to that the municipal unions received the benefit. Since that time the unfunded liability has grown to $400 million. Contrast that to the school department unfunded healthcare liability of $50 million. The Warwick School Department retiree healthcare benefit structure should be the model used for all city employees.

With the new buzz word in Washington politics being Quid Pro Quo, Mayor Solomon has followed the Avedisian model of seeking a Quid Pro Quo from the Warwick unions by providing these million dollar retirement benefits in exchange for supporting his re-election. Take a look at who attended his last fund raiser for proof.

Word on the street is that Joe even used Quid Pro Quo when he promised some council members plum committee assignments and other perks for friend and family when he was acting mayor in exchange that in order to help him get the union support he needed to defeat Sue Steinhouse, those council members ratify the 2018 Police and municipal contracts. He also promised that he would re-open those contracts after he was elected to reform some of the benefits he knew were extreme. That never happened.

So is it any surprise that Joe is proposing this contract for the Firefighters. Too bad we didn't have a strong opposition party in charge of the council that would be willing to investigate are own Quid Pro Quo scandal in Warwick.