These last minute attempts by the Spicer camp to fear-monger in the final days leading up to this election is reprehensible. This is a clear attempt to suggest to any democrat or unenrolled person, that they should consider Sisitsky a Republican. Republicans have the right to have an opinion, and the majority of Democrats, Republicans and Independent persons in this city, have chosen to back Charlie Sisitsky for Mayor… which is why… Republicans are backing Sisitsky.
Dear Voter,
Today it was reported that the Republican-led Massachusetts Majority PAC
has spent thousands of dollars in support of Charlie Sisitsky’s campaign to
unseat me. Two years ago, this super PAC invested nearly $25,000 to support
Janet Leombruno in a city council race she won by only 53 votes. Councilor
Janet Leombruno is an elected member of the Massachusetts Republican State
Committee, is one of the architects of Charlie Sisitsky’s campaign for
Mayor of Framingham, and is a high visibility Donald Trump supporter.
We should all be concerned that Republicans have invested dark money from
a Super PAC in support of my opponent’s campaign This is a continuation of
the GOP’s deliberate strategy to take over Framingham’s local government –
seat by seat. This is an aggressive attempt to chisel away at Framingham’s
progressive and inclusive values by seating Republican-leaning candidates
into office.
It’s time we call this out for what it is. Charlie Sisitsky’s campaign is
steered by a coalition of conservatives who have been campaigning to oust
me since the first day I took office. They want to take Framingham back to
a time when only the few and connected had the power to make decisions that
impact all of us. If turnout in Framingham’s election remains low next
week, they may very well succeed in electing their chosen candidate to lead
our city.
I have one message for Charlie Sisitsky and the Republican coalition he
has assembled – this takeover will not happen on my watch. We cannot let
the Republican Party pick our next Mayor or buy the Mayor’s office. Their
vision for Framingham is exclusionary, ineffective, and plain old
offensive. We must wake up, recognize the urgency of this moment, and stop
this from happening before it’s too late by turning out to vote on November
2.
Sincerely,
Mayor Yvonne Spicer
Charlie responded quickly to Spicer’s letter…
The following statement is a response from the Sisitsky Committee regarding Mayor Spicer’s accusations in her recent press release, “The Republican money for Charlie Sisitsky”:
The only PAC money that Charlie Sisitsky’s campaign has accepted in this election is from labor unions and notably, local ones. He has not sought, nor accepted support from any Super PAC – ever. What is concerning in this election cycle is the exorbitant amount of money raised by the incumbent mayor from sources outside Framingham.
Since January 2021, 78% of the money she has raised came from outside our community, and barely a third of her campaign contributors during that same time live in Framingham. This mayoral election is still a local, non-partisan race that will be decided by Framingham voters: people that live and work in Framingham, people that pay taxes here, people who send their children to school here and people who are concerned about municipal executive leadership that focuses on public education, the environment, our seniors, economic development and respectful, inclusive civic engagement – precisely the issues that Charlie Sisitsky’s campaign is focused on, and the very same issues that Charlie has spent decades advocating for in our community.
The incumbent’s desperate, last-minute effort at fear-mongering and misrepresenting that our campaign had anything to do with the entity in question is not surprising from someone who is unable to run on her own record because it so abysmal. It’s actually ironic that Mayor Spicer neglected to point out that one of her major campaign endorsers, Easthampton Mayor, Nicole LaChapelle, also received money from this Super PAC, and she’s also the treasurer of the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee.
To suggest this campaign was orchestrated by Republicans when it has been endorsed and supported and in no small part led by stalwart lifelong Democrats like Representative Jack Lewis, Representative Maria Robinson, and City Council Chair George King and School Committee Chair Adam Freudberg, is laughable. Charlie himself is a lifelong Democrat who has an enviable record of supporting women candidates including Deb Goldberg, Shannon O’Brien, Martha Coakley, Maura Healey, Katherine Clark and Karen Spilka to name a few. Once again, the incumbent ignores facts that don’t support her woefully false and fraudulent narrative.