This mailer is filled with misleading statements, inaccuracies, missing information, and frankly outright lies.

For example, my opponent claims the President of the Village can spend money independently of the Board. This is patently false.
Every budget we implement and every dollar we spend is voted on each month by the entire Board of Trustees.

Over the last four years my opponent has approved every dollar we have spent and has approved every budget the Village has implemented.
If my opponent was unhappy about any expenditure, he could have voted against it.

These monthly votes are documented in the official Village records and many of you have actually witnessed this voting when you attended Village Board meetings.
I am disappointed that Mr. Schueppert has run his campaign with a ‘do-anything, say-anything’ strategy to get elected.

They never bothered to show you the data BEFORE I was President.

The only time it was as high as shown in their graph was WHILE I was President.

The Village approved target value is $1.2M. In the Finance Committee meeting on November 15, 2006,
Schueppert and Smith and I voted to LOWER the running cash balance of the Village in order to maintain an appropriate
level of cash on hand. Remember, it’s our money and the government should not be holding on to excess cash.

BTW – the current cash balance of the Village is currently over $1.25M and will exceed $1.8M by this summer.
As we discussed the financial health of the Village is much more than the cash balance, no different than comparing your
checking account to your family’s financial health.