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Dear Cat,

C'mon Cat. Didn't you read the part that said "Maybe I'm wrong. It's just my opinion." I know you did.

You also said "If you did a survey of 100 homes..."

CAT! I am a mortgage banker with over 41 years of experience analyzing literally thousands of R. I. appraisals and the homes they are compared to. That's a helluva lot more than 100 homes. I look at the values of over a hundred homes every month!

Cat! I know what I'm talking about. Joe Solomon owns a car dealership at 1129 West Shore Rd. that is tax assessed today for LESS THAN HE PAID FOR IT 29 YEARS AGO! And his residence at 21 Crawford (on Narragansett Bay!) tax assessed for a paltry increase of $4,400 over the last two years, while, at the same time, his across-the-street neighbor, Former Mayor Joe Walsh at 26 Crawford, had his tax assessed value increase over $61,000!! (and he's NOT waterfront!). Same two-year period. Same Vision Technologies appraisal. No major changes in either home. Ask your favorite Realtor. Look at EPPRAISAL or ZILLOW. Do your own comparisons. Their values CAN'T be real in my honest and very experienced (41 years!) OPINION. And no one in City Hall wants the public to see what Vision Technologies appraised those properties for, except ME! How do you explain that Cat? I don't think you can. I believe those numbers were politically-altered. It's the only explanation I can think of.

I've done a fair and honest comparison of every City Council member and a dozen other well known names in Warwick politics. Except for Mayor Solomon, Mark Carruolo, and a couple of other political insiders, the numbers are EXACTLY similar to the comparable surrounding properties. Doesn't that tell you something?

Happy 2019 Cat.

Happy 2019 everyone.

Rick Corrente

The Taxpayers Mayor