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I'm going to be pro-active. Before Mark Carruolo chimes in with data to deceive you, I looked up the Honeydew Donut shop at 548 Reservoir Ave. near the Park Ave. intersection. MUCH better location. Much better traffic flow and speed-of-traffic. Plenty of parking. Taxes $9,531 a year. That's $12,237 LESS than this donut shop on Airport Rd. That, dear taxpayers, is a HUGE difference in the overhead. Warwick needs to "Cut Taxes - Cut Spending". This is a perfect example of why. There are two schools of thought. Raise taxes on the remaining taxpayers, which is why Warwick lost 5,800 taxpayers over the last 10 years (according to the U.S. Census) OR "Cut Taxes - Cut Spending" and attract some taxpayers BACK to Warwick (Legal Seafoods relocated to Cranston for the same reason) which will lower the tax needs on ALL Warwick taxpayers. It doesn't matter who said that, it makes sense. New Mayor Solomon needs to understand this. I think he does, at least better than his predecessor. Warwick needs more tax revenue. Increasing taxes every year hasn't worked this century. Increasing the number of taxpayers WILL.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Rick Corrente

The Taxpayers Mayor