Corley Hopes to Apply Zoning, Legal Experience Representing Ward 1 on City Council

I intend to provide Ward 1 with a stronger advocate on the Warwick City Council. My background as an attorney and as a member of the Warwick Zoning Board for the past 8 Years has allowed me to use my legal background to elevate the decisions that have been made in the past.

I intend to bring this skill set to the Warwick City Council on behalf of Ward 1. I intend to advocate for better services for all of our citizens and to provide those services without raising the cost of the tax burden on our constituents. I will answer and respond to any phone calls that I receive from residents as soon as possible. When my employer is asking for information I intend to respond as soon as possible.

I am not interested in using Routine Arguments on the City Council and I certainly do not want to speak for the Mayor of Warwick concerning the Warwick city budget concerning road repairs. I will review the entire budget for the City of Warwick and use my independent judgment concerning all spending in our city budget. I intend to review all of the spending that is funded by the taxpayers. All of the money that goes into the Warwick city budget belongs to the Warwick taxpayers. As a Warwick City Council representative I will never forget my position is to be a public servant for the constituents that I serve. The residents of Ward 1 will be my boss and my employer. I will be working for them.

I do not believe that the voters should have to wait to view documents such as the Ragosta Report. If I thought a document needed to be made known to the voters, I would not hesitate to institute a legal challenge to the suggested confidentiality of the report.

I have read the report. It is my opinion that the entire investigation and fiasco was bungled by the Warwick School Administration. I agree with the report that the legal counsel, Rosemary Healey did not use sound legal reasoning, in her response to the allegations made in the report.

I do not understand why she was transferred to a different position in the city of Warwick, or placed on a paid leave. As a result of her handling of the legal factual investigation of the underlying incidents contained in the report, and legal research did not rise to the level of legal representation I would have employed. Her services to the city of Warwick should have been terminated immediately without a paid leave of absence. A paid vacation funded by the taxpayers is not consistent with my opinion on how the matter should have been resolved. My opinion is, that was a waste of taxpayer money.

I do not think it is appropriate to publicly comment on the tragic death of 6 year old Jamil Stewar as a political issue. It is my opinion that all of our recreation areas should be staffed appropriately by workers that have been properly trained. The family of the 6-year-old child that tragically died does not deserve to have their child’s death used as a political soapbox. It is not dignified to engage in that kind of rhetoric. Common decency may not be so common today. However, it is something that I will attempt to bring to all of my public service.

Ward 1 is directly affected by the placement of the airport and the landing and takeoff runways. I have met many future constituents that have not received the soundproofing that they should be entitled to, due to the location of their homes in relation to the airport. The airport is an economic engine that generates a great deal of income for the City of Warwick and for the companies which profit from the Warwick airport. The taxpayers that suffer the consequences of living in that area should receive more support from the RIAC to maintain their quality of life in their homes.