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Anyone wonder why the city council President couldn't get the screen to come down so the presented material could be seen by the entire crowd? Could that have been planned.

The fact that 400 people showed up and packed the council chambers 10 days before Christmas shows, regardless of how some acting like a 2 year old, Mr. Cushman words carry weight in the city and the employees and public wanted to hear what he had to say. If the unions wanted to make a statement they should have stayed home and let Mr. Cushman present to an empty room.

However by bringing out the crowds I have to believe there were some level headed people listening and understanding how unfair the current system is to active employees. At one point in the presentation when he discussed the impact an employees you could hear a pin drop.

I believe a seed of discontent may have been planted by Mr. Cushman and it could start to grow into one ugly weed if Warwick employees start to demand a comprehensive study of the system and the future effect it will have on employees. That remains to be seen.

Consider all the opposition to try to stop this presentation and it still went on. Now we have the municipal pension charman coming in? Would that have happened if not for this presentation?

Mr. Cushman just opened up the pension pandora box in the city. Do you think Mayor Avedisian wanted that to happen? Do you think maybe employees may ask their union presidents if the infoormation presented is true? Can Mr. Small (municipal president) even answer a basic pension question without reading from a pre-written script? Is this who the municipal employees have chosen to represent them in negotiations? No wonder they have been getting screwed compared to the retirement benefits of police and fire. For god sakes get someone who can at least put two sentences on his own.

And speaking of negotiations do you think Avedisian is going to enjoy this topic when it come up in ongoing contract negotiations?

Regardless of what the "union thugs" think, Mr Cushman played a classic chess match and out foxed everyone. Bravo. He won. The talk at the cityhall water cooler and within the backrooms of union headquarters throughout the city is on the retirement system and the effect on active employees, exactly what he wanted.