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Has
Anyone Seen Bill Kelly?
(05/07/07)
Anybody seen Bill Kelly? You know, the Bill Kelly that
ran for School Committee back in 2004 and 2005? He’s
been missing for two years now and his family and friends in the community are
very concerned. The picture on the nearby card is the
last known likeness we have of him. Keep in mind, though,
that the picture shown is two years old and must be age
adjusted.
Bill Kelly is approximately six feet tall, grayish hair,
speaks in long, drawn-out sentences and was last seen
living on Rea Street. Just before his disappearance on
Election Day 2005, he was running for North Andover
School Committee as an agent of change. He was concerned
that the School Committee was focusing too much on money
and not enough on academics. He wanted to change that
with some fresh ideas and creative thinking.
He portrayed himself as a fiscal conservative with
traditional values and high standards. His campaign
literature clearly stated: “If elected to the School
Com-mittee, I will pursue these goals: Fiscal
Responsibility - Budget realistically to known available
funds.” The impression he gave voters was that he
would not support school budgets beyond the town’s
ability to pay for them. Pretty clear and
straightforward, don’t you think?
Bill Kelly also promised unequivocally that he “Will
not accept the $2000 annual stipend paid each board
member.” Most people would read that to mean, “I
ain’t taking the money if you elect me.” Any
question in anybody’s mind what this means?
The name Bill Kelly was synonymous with “Fiscal
Responsibility.”
Just weeks before Election Day, Bill Kelly actually
changed his political registration from unenrolled to
Republican. One would gather from this that he enshrined
the traditional Republican principles of low taxes and
limited government. At least that was what many voters
were led to believe. They went to the polls with this in
mind.
Now the case of the missing Bill Kelly becomes really
bizarre. The day after that Election Day when Bill Kelly
vanished, an imposter and charlatan suddenly appeared.
His physical features resembled those of the missing
Kelly, but he had none of the defining attributes of the
original. Although he had the same gray hair and was of
similar height, this imitator was missing all of the
other characteristics touted by the lost Bill Kelly.
Amazingly, this phony also went by the name of Kelly.
That’s how incredibly weird this case has become.
And it gets even stranger. Kelly’s imposter ended up
being elected to the School Committee. His very first act
of any consequence was to cast the deciding vote in favor
of a teachers contract that was well beyond what the town
could afford … even after being warned in advance of
the dire consequences. The missing Bill Kelly would never
have considered such a thing. The millions more the
contract would eventually cost the district led to dozens
of teachers losing their jobs and put the entire school
system in a financial bind that it still struggles to
overcome today.
Was this guy a fraud? Webster’s Dictionary, in-part,
defines fraud: “a person who deceives or is not what
he pretends to be…” Should we call this guy
Fraud Kelly? Whatever we call him, he has directly caused
the disappearance of much of the arts and music in our
schools.
But the Kelly fake wasn’t finished. In 2006 he went
on to support the disastrous “To Be Balanced Budget”
with the infamous Trash Tax that would have cost the town’s
citizens millions more in taxes/fees. Do you remember the
Town Meeting last summer where 3000 angry voters turned
out to say “No Way”? We were lucky we didn’t
have any medical emergencies with the elderly who were
forced to come out on that oppressively hot July night to
protect their retirement money. The Kelly imposter backed
the whole futile effort behind that Trash Tax.
More recently, this fake Kelly has endorsed a new school
budget that is – not surprisingly – millions
more than the town can afford. And the charlatan Kelly
has also come out as the lead proponent of a
multi-million-dollar Proposition 2 ½ Tax Override to pay
for it all! Incredible, just incredible!
Oh, did we mention that in 2006 the Kelly imposter took
the $2,000 stipend that the missing Kelly refused to
accept? This year the charlatan Kelly is taking in $2300
as chair of the committee. We don’t know what will
happen in the future, but we do hope that the Bill Kelly
of 2005 we all respected and voted for will be located
soon and found to be of sound mind and body. At this
point we have no clues as to his whereabouts, other than
that he was last seen in North Andover on Election Day
2005, waving the flag of fiscal responsibility.
If you have any information regarding the missing Bill
Kelly, please call either the America’s Most Wanted
hotline or the North Andover Police Department. In the
meantime, for updates on the status of the investigation,
check out the back of the milk cartons in your local
grocery store when shopping.
*Send your questions comments to ValleyPatriot@aol.com
The MAY 2007 Edition of
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