{"id":1578,"date":"2017-04-17T15:23:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T20:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/?page_id=1578"},"modified":"2017-04-18T13:46:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T18:46:36","slug":"1578-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/?page_id=1578","title":{"rendered":"Remember Last Year\u2019s Supposedly \u201cUnsolicited\u201d Letter Encouraging Votes for Meier\u2019s Candidates? He\u2019s Back\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember Last Year\u2019s Supposedly \u201cUnsolicited\u201d Letter<\/strong>
\nEncouraging Votes for Meier\u2019s Candidates? He\u2019s Back\u2026<\/strong>
\nAs a Paid Political Consultant to Blake Clemens<\/strong>
\nBy Susan M. Halpern<\/strong>
\nFormer Addison Councilmember (1992-1999)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I have a long memory. You should too.\u00a0 Sometimes it provides you with an opportunity to judge credibility.\u00a0 We have just such an opportunity now.<\/p>\n

Some brief background is necessary. Last year, a Meier supporter started sending emails out, purportedly containing a \u201cnewsletter.\u201d\u00a0 You might remember, these are the people that accused the non-Meier approved candidates of putting dog poop on someone\u2019s porch, an utterly false allegation made with no basis whatsoever. Beyond \u201cPoopgate,\u201d they always attack Councilmembers Walden, Duffy and Angell no matter what they do, twisting events and generally adopting Meier\u2019s fundamental premise that if it isn\u2019t Meier\u2019s idea, it must be bad.\u00a0 The facts haven\u2019t seemed to matter much to these folks.<\/p>\n

In any event, during last year\u2019s election, these folks claimed that someone identified only as \u201cwe\u201d had received an unsolicited letter. They purported to quote the letter, which basically repeated Meier\u2019s attacks on former City Manager Ron Whitehead, while encouraging voters to reelect the incumbents Meier was supporting.\u00a0 Then these facts-don\u2019t-matter folks provided the author\u2019s supposed background, describing him as a non-resident with ties to Kentucky and North Carolina.\u00a0 I guess the idea was to \u201cwow\u201d Addison\u2019s voters with the notion that some supposedly disinterested political big wig from the East Coast thought Meier and his cadre were so swell that he just had to write about it.<\/p>\n

I smelled a rat right away, and did some basic internet research. I very quickly discovered that Mr. East Coast was actually Mr. Frisco Texas, and was linked to one of Meier\u2019s incumbent candidates on LinkedIn.\u00a0 I have to say, I was pretty outraged, and I wrote three different articles about the deceptive nature of the whole thing, including the fact that Mr. Frisco\u2019s letter was not labeled as \u201cpolitical advertising.\u201d\u00a0 You can read my three articles here:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cWe\u201d received an \u201cunsolicited\u201d letter? I Smell Another Rat\u2026\u201d\u00a0 (http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/?page_id=1076<\/u><\/a>);<\/li>\n
  2. The Deception of the \u201cunsolicited\u201d letter: I Smell Another Rat\u2026 Part 2(http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/?page_id=1087<\/u><\/a>); and<\/li>\n
  3. The \u201cUnsolicited\u201d Letter, Part 3, The Final Chapter: I STILL Smell A Rat(http:\/\/truthinaddison.com\/?page_id=1125<\/u><\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So, why does this matter now? Because the author of last year\u2019s supposedly \u201cunsolicited\u201d letter attacking Ron Whitehead and encouraging votes for Meier\u2019s candidates has now been paid $1,000 by Blake Clemens for work performed as Clemens\u2019 political consultant, as reflected in Clemens\u2019 most recent campaign finance report.<\/p>\n

    That\u2019s right, the whole thing has now come full circle. And we have more confirmation of all that I wrote last year regarding the ruse pulled by the facts-don\u2019t-matter folks in an effort to mislead Addison\u2019s voters.<\/p>\n

    So much for \u201cunsolicited\u201d letters by East Coast political big wigs.<\/p>\n

    Don\u2019t be fooled, Addison.<\/p>\n

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