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Thanks for the feedback to my letter. Todays media is great for the chance to have dialog through reader comments. I'm certain you didnt intend to put words in my mouth, but I feel as though you may have done just that. Fortunately, I can respond to some of your concerns right here Mr Bowles. I ALWAYS feel the public sector can do better. If you notice, I called out the car tax effort as a positive, which brought attention to the burden of increasing the car tax. My MAIN motivation with my opinion letter was to call out the positives in our city and its administration (do you feel there are really no positives?), bring the tax increase issues into perspective (Petri's own property tax has risen 1.7% per year since she moved here), and especially call out the lack of a realistic plan by Stacia Petri, in my opinion. She certainly seems well meaning, and I read her information and watched the entire debate. I just do NOT see Petri as offering a specific plan to bend the cost curve very much if at all regarding our future obligations, much of which (Police/Fire 1 pension) was in place prior to this mayor. We wont solve our problems with slogans and good intentions. Petri offers the idea that she will approach the retirees for concessions. How far do you think that can go? Also, she floated the possibility that municipal bankruptcy was a possibility(!), which speaks to her lack of a solid grasp on such matters, as Warwick is MUCH too financially sound to escape its obligations that way. If Petri had something more to offer I would have been all ears. As a voter, who DOES have high hopes for the future, and who DID acknowledge others with my support at the time for adjusting the car tax, I decided that Avedisian is the better choice, of the two. I respect other's opinions, of course. Finally, I do not know the mayor, nor Ms Petri, but I applaud both for caring enough to step up into the public sector arena.