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WwkVoter and Scal:

Thanks for again exposing the make-believe mayor's lies -- or, more accurately, proving his inability to restrain himself from willingly repeating his lies to readers of this website.

But for the benefit of any new readers, let's review how blatantly he is lying to them.

- Taxes were not cut in FY18.

The tax rate stayed level from FY17 to FY18. A level tax rate is not a cut. The council tried to cover for this by anticipating an unreasonable 99-percent collection rate.

"Who would YOU give credit to, for those 29 tax cuts?"

Since there were not "29 tax cuts," there is no one to credit for them.

- Spending was not cut in FY18.

Spending went up in FY19 by $6.5 million. The 29 budget amendments were proposed and passed by the city council to reduce the budget by $750,000, from the original $7.25 million proposed increase.

The real, factual result of FY18 budget -- which the make-believe mayor repeatedly supported, although he continues to lie about the specifics -- left a $4.2 million deficit that the FY19 budget had to cover, and required the maximum tax increase allowed by state law.

If the make-believe mayor wants to claim credit for the FY18 budget, then, he should also be blamed for the FY19 budget, since -- though it remains only a figment of his imagination -- he claims his failed, money-wasting campaign in 2016 led directly to the decisions in FY18 that resulted in the tax increase in FY19.

"Bizarre" is a good word for the make-believe mayor's candidacy, WwkVoter. It's the only way to describe a campaign based on such blatant and repeated lies, delusional beliefs, and juvenile name-calling.

His efforts to willingly and publicly humiliate himself on this website will be rewarded, though, with another overwhelming rejection by honest, taxpaying voters on Sept. 12.