Looks like the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantains may shrink by July 2009!
The State currently consists of 39 Cities and Towns but a new line of this years election ballot looks to change that. State Rep Nicholas Gorham (R) [Coventry] says that merging the communities of EXETER, FOSTER, GLOUCESTER, SCITUATE, W. COVENTRY, & W. GREENWICH into a new city; the City of Westconnaug will save the State money.
This will reduce the number of Cities and Towns in from 39 to 35.
Gorham believes that such a merger will save the State and the effected Communities in the long run. This will create a unified School district, Police, Fire, and City Government. Rather then the finical burden of 6 towns they will combined their resources in to a single entity.
What does this mean, it means a loss of jobs for many!
Right now there are 6 police Chiefs, Mayors or Town Managers, School Superintendents, Fire Chiefs etc. The unification of these towns would change that to 1 of each and each city or town will loose its core Governmental employee base.
A great number of people will be with out jobs within the inspectors, clerks, town employees.
Yes it's a good idea in theory but in practicality I'm not so sure!
