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Scal, I really do think we are witnessing, in real-time, the complete unraveling of a campaign.

"You have tortured me... for the sole purpose of causing harm."

I know you've tried to explain to the make-believe mayor that he is a candidate for office, and through his repeated and willing use of this website for free political advertising, has opened himself to replies and criticism for his statements.

As you rightly point out, he could have been conducting himself as a legitimate candidate but instead shrunk his entire campaign to the comment pages of the Beacon and continued to believe that he doesn't deserve the scrutiny that came with it.

I would say his complaint about being held accountable for his actions and words as a candidate is a new low for him, but then we know he will soon provide an even worse example.

As for "causing harm," I don't take credit for anything except presenting the factual information about his tax delinquencies, false statements, and ethically questionable campaign finance activities.

If honest, taxpaying voters have seen that information and reject his candidacy for a second time in 2018 based on it, then the city has actually been spared the harm of having the make-believe mayor in office.

As for his demand that I put a number on how few votes he will get on Sept. 12, I can't think of a more pathetic way for a candidate to try and make some kind of point.

For you and me, as observers of this election, it's an interesting exercise to think about how this primary will end. But the make-believe mayor seems to be using it to question my credibility [or something], as if it would nullify three years of presenting factual, verifiable, and public information about him.

[He's also wrong that I haven't answered the question, since there's another article where you and I discussed this very topic. I will not enable his laziness by linking to it here.]

So I think your statement explains how he concludes that he has any support from the readers of this website, just as it's a mystery how he thinks he represents anyone, never mind 80,000 people or even the 14,000 people who voted for him in 2014 -- we are watching a soon-to-fail candidate realize how badly he is about to lose and behave even more erratically as a candidate as his campaign collapses.

I'm sure we can expect that, after reading this comment, the make-believe mayor will again willingly humiliate himself by claiming he has somehow "won" an argument.

As usual, he's wrong.