Who wrote the Yellow Flyer??

In recent days a yellow flyer was sent via first class mail to many voters in Moultonboro. The content of the flyer was clearly anti SB2 and contained many gross inaccuracies and misrepresentations of facts meant solely as a scare tactic to sway voters against this voting initiative. It ends with an undignified jab at the Moultonboro Citizens Alliance (MCA).

Now, as a member of the MCA I have heard and read many inappropriate comments made toward our group. As a duly registered non- profit corporation dedicated to pubic involvement in town government, we are involved in many local issues ... issues that matter to a great many voters and taxpayers. We have sent out mailings in the past and always indicate clearly who created and paid for the mailing or handout. We even do the same (although not necessary) on all videos broadcast through our website.

Not so with the yellow anti SB2 flyer. The folded, first class stamped paper I received was signed by a twice elected official currently up for re-election. There is no mention however of the group behind it or who paid for it. No mention of whether it was sent as part of a re-election campaign or just a personal campaign against SB2 and the MCA.

When questioned by email on the content and purpose of the flyer, the elected official who signed the flyer stated that the "flyer was created by a group of people who are opposed to SB2 and then made available to use as a mailer. Believe it or not, I don't know who the final author was — it was a group effort. I didn't participate in its development."

Yet she did sign it ( in red no less). We have to accept that she agrees with its content in its entirety.

Now, the MCA has been accused of not being transparent, although most in public government know who we are. We sign our letters as Moultonboro Citizens Alliance; our articles of incorporation have been in the public venue since inception and have made presentations in public forums as the MCA. In our recent SB2 presentation, all our data was credited to the appropriate source so people could go look it up for themselves.

Contrast that to the unknown authors and funding behind this grossly misleading, inflammatory and yes, very poorly written flyer. The unknown "group of people" who drafted the flyer ask the question "who elected the Moultonboro Citizens Alliance"? I ask the question: who elected the unknown authors of this flyer?

Vote Yes for SB2 on March 10, 2009.

Paul Punturieri
Moultonboro Citizens Alliance
Moultonborough