I Will Vote With the People

To the Editor,

Gary Gilbert says it's a "partisan misrepresentation" to suggest my opponent hasn't stood with voters on the audit.  Here are the facts.

In 2024, about 72 percent of Massachusetts voters approved Question 1, giving the State  Auditor the authority to audit the Legislature.  It was a clear statement: open the books.

Instead of honoring that vote, the House passed H5469 in June, which rewrites and narrows what the audit can cover. Representative Dru Tarr voted for it.  Supporters call it a clarification.  I call it the Legislature deciding how much of itself the voters get to see.

Mr. Gilbert, whom my opponent has twice named in public as someone he works with, spends much of his letter arguing that the State Auditor asked for too much.  That tells you whose side they are on.  When 72 percent of voters say "audit the Legislature," the answer is not to explain why the voters didn't really mean it.  His own Planning Board colleagues removed him as chairman in 2008 after clashes over his leadership and how he handled a draft bylaw, so he is hardly the person to lecture anyone on process.

My position is simple.  When the people speak at the ballot box, I will vote with the people.

I won't reinterpret, delay, or limit what voters clearly asked for.  That is what accountability means, and it's why I'm running.

Two years later, there is still no audit.  On November 3, you can send someone to Beacon

Hill who will respect your vote.  I'm asking for yours.

Christina Delisio

Candidate for State Representative