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RedditSkippy OP t1_jdvbpal wrote

Reply to comment by arocco5 in What’s Up With The FU Portsmouth Guy? by RedditSkippy

Of the towns on Aquidneck, it’s the only one where I would consider living. Newport is too extra. Middletown is too sprawly. Portsmouth is just right, IMO. Like Goldilocks.

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SmargelingArgarfsner t1_jdvdii3 wrote

The fact that there are 3 towns on that island is baffling. Combined they are barely the size/population of warwick

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sporkemon t1_jdvia6q wrote

and they have three separate school districts! I know middletown tried to join newport's relatively recently (last year?) but while middletown voters were in favor of it, newport voters were not. womp womp.

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SmargelingArgarfsner t1_jdvil8x wrote

Three Superintendents, 3 city managers, 3 police chiefs, 3 fire chiefs, plus all the departments and department heads, and on and on. The potential for savings by eliminating these redundancies is enormous.

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Familiar-Ending t1_jdxq930 wrote

It’s a pension factory. Your taxes are paying pensions to these people

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SmargelingArgarfsner t1_jdxt5eo wrote

I’m actually planning to collect one if I don’t croak first. The problem isn’t the cops, firefighters and teachers, it’s the bloat at the top.

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Familiar-Ending t1_jdxugxd wrote

With out a doubt ! All the workers aren’t redundant. But all that management in all those town certainly is.

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