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The two-time election loser once again humiliates himself through his willing and repeated false statements.

His first three points are meant to establish a premise that is fundamentally untrue.

More than 90 percent of the school budget is spent on salaries and benefits for teachers and other staff; the actual number of teachers has not "decreased significantly," as the recent program audit accurately reports -- and in addition, a majority of the remaining teachers are at the top step in salary, meaning there has been no decrease in "money spent" after the recent school consolidation.

"Logic dictates that there should be millions left over."

Ignoring the factual and objective information provided in the recent program audit is not logical, nor are the conclusions that the two-time election reject is suggesting.

"No INDEPENDENT audit was made."

The school department is audited by the same independent third-party firm that reviews the city's books, and the results are published every year on the school department website.

The two-time election reject is also willingly confusing the annual fiscal audit with the recent program audit, which was conducted under state law according to educational standards.

Ignoring this information and insisting that the program audit was not "independent" because the two-time election reject does not like the results is not logical.

"I openly accuse the School Committee of blackmail/extortion. They keep giving MORE money to the school administration and LESS money to the teachers, students, and buildings."

This is a lie. The recent teacher contract added several million to the school budget over three years, with $5 million of this year's $8.1 million increase represented by teacher salaries.

That is not "less money to the teachers."

"A person would have to be 'mentally or emotionally disturbed' to believe otherwise."

It is too much to hope that the two-time election reject is finally admitting why he so willingly ignores objective and verifiable facts that prove every one of his statements wrong, and continues to repeat those statements -- but that statement could very easily be applied to him because of his behavior.

Honest, taxpaying voters are having a happy autumn knowing we were 100% justified in rejecting his candidacy again on Sept. 12 and further proving why his make-believe title is only one example of his complete unfitness for any office.