I went to my town council's meeting last night. One of the main reasons I went was because of the casino and I wanted to get my vote in that it shouldn't be there. First of all there would be much more traffic and the crime rate would increase...yea that's cool..not. Anyway they didn't even get to that issue. The main issue that was talked about for two hours was the raise in the budget for the school department next year. I technically live in West Warwick but im also on the borderline of East Greenwich. Actually my neighborhood asked to be annexed into East Greenwich but that got declines...whatever that's not the point. The point is that West Wariwick has the highest taxes and most of the money paid to taxes goes to the teachers in the West Warwick school department. The West Warwick School teachers get paid more money than any other school in Rhode Island and that excluding benefits. Of all the people in West Warwick 355 people attended that were registered to vote. Out of the 355 people 207 approved the increase of 2 million dollars bringing the grand total to 43 million dollars to fund the West Warwick schools. Now I looked around the auditorium and saw who was favoring it...most of those people were teachers. I think it's really sad, not to mention stupid, when people of your own friggin community doesnt go to a meeting where they can change something.
In my own opinion this just proves that your vote doesnt count at all