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Dear Cat2222,

You say that you "hate to be that person", but be honest. You LOVE being that person.

You can't understand how IF I rallied the "80,000 taxpayers that are paying the tab", why I didn't get 80,000 votes? Are you kidding? Not everyone votes Cat2222! I DID receive a very respectful 14,000+ votes when my critics only predicted 3,000, and if everyone votes in the Democratic Primary I will be elected easily, but you know as well as I do, primary elections are not as heavily attended as regular elections. As far as the City Council, they ALL speak highly of me but they are ALL Democrats and Joe Solomon is the Endorsed Democrat so naturally they need to openly support him but Cat2222, when a voter goes into the voting booth it's just the voter and his/her God. No party loyalty there. If the voter wants taxes to go up Solomon will get the vote. If not, Corrente will. We used to be a society of Democrats and Republicans. We are now evolving into a society of "taxpayers" and "political insiders". I'll bet you are in that second group, aren't you.

The fact is...I campaigned for 700 days in a row. The fact is... I spent over $40,000 of my own money. The fact is...I rallied the 80,000 taxpayers who are paying the tab, and they spoke LOUDLY to their City Council members, and when Avedisian tried to slap the taxpayers with 29 new taxes, the courageous City Council told him "NO!!". I did that. You don't have to give me credit for it. You can call it just one big massive coincidence that hadn't happened ONCE THIS CENTURY but my taxpayers know better. They credit me EVERY DAY. I DID THAT. I see them everywhere I go. Parking lots, supermarkets, intersections, etc. and they are constantly calling out to me "You got MY vote!". I'm convinced that if every voter came out, I will be the next Mayor. Sadly, not every voter comes out for the primary. We'll see.

As far as that juvenile comparison to "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", it was just that, juvenile, but I did enjoy that movie and Gene Wilder was fantastic in the part. Thanks for bringing back that pleasant memory.

Happy August everyone.

Rick Corrente

The Taxpayers Mayor