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For the record, I have ALWAYS recommended an independent audit of the School Committee from an outside third-party source and have called for it in these comment sections dozens of times, as well as in person at School Committee meetings, in person at City Council meetings and in my "Corrente Plan" from my mayoral campaign. I have written dozens of articles and "Letters-to-the-Editor" about it. I have challenged each individual School Committee member to publically agree to it. None responded. I even met with the Finance Director, Anthony Ferrucci and strongly recommended it to him as a solution to the lack of trust the taxpayers have with the School Committee. I also stated it (again) in the first comment of this comment section.

Critics maybe didn't bother to read the part when I said "We need an independent audit from an outside third party." Maybe they didn't understand what that sentence meant.

Rob Cote (AKA Thecaptain) states that I "stood still" on this topic. That is a lie. The opposite is true and documented repeatedly.

He says that I "refused an audit". He is lying again. I demanded an audit then and still do today! The only way we can rebuild our schools is to rebuild faith in the people that are spending the $160,000,000+- that our taxpayers are giving the School Committee every year. The part of that money that is supposed to go to school renovations is NOT being spent that way. The 80,000 taxpayers that are paying the tab are demanding an audit and so am I!

Happy Valentines everyone.

Richard Corrente

The Taxpayers Mayor