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Dear ThatGuyInRI,

I agree with you in concept. Renters should not get a free ride. They should pay "something". Car taxes are a way to do that. Here is the problem. The tax varies way too much from one town/city to another. My car in Warwick is three times the car tax than it would be if it were registered in East Greenwich, where my mortgage office used to be. We should have a small car tax. It should vary a few dollars from place to place, but when Warwick is three times the cost of other places, taxpayers move to those other places. When taxpayers move out we all pay more to make up the loss.

Making the first $500 to $5,000 of value tax exempt is the issue. That causes a car valued at $6,000 to be taxed at $5,500 in some communities and $1,000 in others. Warwick is still one of the highest in total taxes because of the low tax exempt allowance which until recently was only $500.

By the way ..."incessantly"? I only ran for Mayor (or any political office) once.

Here's an offer for you. Call me at 401-338-9900. We can meet for a coffee and you can give me all your ideas. Maybe you have better ones than mine. I look forward to hearing them. I'll buy the coffee.

Happy Summer everyone.

Rick Corrente

The Taxpayers Mayor