Carefree Truth
Issue #656, June 14, 2018
Glenn Miller said he was on the Council for 10 years and had never seen anything like this, turning a Council meeting into political campaigning. He voted against term limits in 2011 because he felt that there weren't enough people in this small town to volunteer for no pay. But after the 2016 Presidential election, seeing how the Democrats and the Republicans acted, he now thinks term limits should apply everywhere. Because the majority voted for term limits, it's the law. He has always obeyed the law.
Mr. Miller accused Mayor Les Peterson and Vice Mayor John Crane of wanting to keep it quiet until after the election. He said he was ashamed of them and also a little ashamed of Councilman Mike Farrar.
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Vince D'Aliesio said he was speaking as a Carefree citizen, not to campaign. He supports an individual's right to run as many times as they want to run. It should be the will of the voters to decide if they want that person in office or not. "It's not a dictatorship. If we don't want them, we don't vote for them. I think that's what it comes down to. We talk about the will of the people."
There are a lot of good people on the Council and in the town. He's made many good friends since moving to Carefree. If he were wearing a hat, he would tip it to the Town staff, who are good people and who do a good job. As Gary Neiss said earlier, Carefree operates with a condensed staff compared to other comparable sized towns.
In the 1990s, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was voted down by the will of the people. When it came back, it was passed by the will of the people. So, Mr. D'Aliesio applauded the effort to challenge term limits, no matter what happened in the past. Now, it's up to the people to decide if they want John Crane. He will have to campaign, just like everyone else who is running. It is an insult to the people of the town not to be allowed to decide if they want this representation.
His concern was the mudslinging. He is younger than those on the Council, but his values are very old school. He's a Golden Rule, do it on a handshake kind of guy. "If you want respect from me, respect me as well." He is also a candidate. Moving forward, candidates must run on issues. Water for those on Cave Creek Water is an issue. Infrastructure, streets, marketing, supporting the downtown core, those are the issues, not the attacks. He took down a lewd comment above a picture of Mike Farrar in the Carefree Post Office. "It doesn't mean I'm going to vote for you. I took it down because what does it say for our town?" It's important to represent and brand ourselves as we have been doing.
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I then approached the podium and stated that I completely agreed with Mr. D'Aliesio. It should be above lies and mudslinging. I then turned to statements written John Traynor's May 31st newsletter that were referenced by Mike Farrar when he attacked me. "Odd, considering that the defendants were never served with particulars of the suit filed against them-at least not all received notice, one way or the other. Anyway, I hope to upload much of the relevant information, including a supporting brief filed by Lyn Hitchon, which is no surprise considering that she is spoon-fed information from the town administrator and then has her material edited by none other than the Plaintiff Vice Mayor Crane."
I have spent a lot of time and effort building credibility with Carefree Truth. My husband is here videotaping all of these meetings. My Carefree Truth issues, contrary to what Mr. Farrar and Mr. Traynor represent to you, come directly from those videos. Nobody edits them. Mr. Traynor has also repeatedly claimed the Gary Neiss writes them. This is trash talk. All anyone has to do is look at the videos to see that the text follows the videos. The videos are unedited and uncut. They are just divided into the various agenda items. Carefree Truth is not "ugly". I just report, backed up by videos.
John Traynor has a long history rife with constant accusations of wrongdoing, saying he will have "more on that later", such as writing, "I hope to upload much of the relevant information, including a supporting brief filed by Lyn Hitchon", (Lyn's note: a brief that does not exist). Later never comes. He makes up lies and plants those seeds in the minds of others. (Lyn's note: Mr. Farrar has taken a page out of Mr. Traynor's playbook, and in fact, Mr. Traynor's 5/31/18 newsletter was Mr. Farrar's Exhibit A in his Motion to Reconsider.) Please don't sit too close to Mr. Farrar. With all the swearing to God he was doing, the lightning bolt might miss him.
I am completely and utterly disgusted with the lies and dirty politicking. That is not Carefree. That is Mr. Farrar and Mr. Traynor. Everything in Carefree Truth is backed up by videos, and I write directly from those videos. I very much resent these two gentlemen trying to sully my reputation and the very good brand and reputation that Carefree Truth has built since 2009.
https://vimeo.com/273994010
Lyn Hitchon
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