Stacy Gray For Board Of Education

Two sick children, Halloween and Election Day approaching and now a LAWSUIT!!!????  Yes, you read that correctly…..Deptford’s school board president is suing me!  He is claiming that I fabricated the incident that occurred last week at the gentleman’s home.  He also claims that he has contacted me in writing and asked me to retract and I have refused.  The only contact I have had with said board president is via text message on my husband’s phone (don’t even know how he got his number) in which we sent condolences and prayer on the passing of his mother and then again a text after he apologized to the man he had the confrontation with.  In that text he simply said that the man gave Joe permission to put his sign next to mine.  I felt that was the most shallow apology ever.  Can you imagine, Hey, I’m sorry about last night, can I put a sign on your lawn?  This is THE ONLY correspondence we have had with him.  PERIOD!  No letters, no emails, no other calls or texts!  I wish I was able to conjure up a story of this magnitude, I’d be an Oscar winning screenwriter!!!!  All sarcasm aside, this has gone too far.  In my opinion this is nothing more than a last ditch effort to get votes.  They will call me a liar in the paper….yep they called the GT Times before I was even served and told the reporter “they’re onto something”. I am a person of high integrity and moral character.  I am a role model for my children and the children I teach.  I made the incident public as it was reported to me because it was a prime example of the escalating, abuse of power and bullying tactics that you’ve all read about by my opponent. I have plenty of support, why would I perjure myself???   Notice, I have not written about the other 2 candidates?  That is because they haven’t had political connections threaten and intimidate people that support me.  They haven’t approached groups I belong to or put up signs next to mine.  I am so furious it’s hard to write this post so pardon me if I’m all over the place….I guess I am even more disappointed at the lack of integrity of some people today.  I would NEVER make up something like this and as you have all consistently seen, I only write about what I know as fact or what has been told to me by a first party.  If I am wrong or asked to retract due to someone asking I have….ie Mr. Ross’s salary and Mr. Berglund in Jericho.  As you can see, the chaos post is still there and every word of it is true as reported to me by the family involved.  I kept their name private out of respect.  However, many people who were present that night did tell others.  There are witnesses and documentation.  I am a woman of my word, I am not a liar!!!  We will be in contact with our own legal counsel tomorrow.  If asked to discontinue this blog by the attorney, I will.  But, I felt this post was relevant in order to alert those reading that an article will run in the paper, I am aware and I fully stand by everything that I have said.  The suit that I was served today (brought to my door by Mr. Altamauro esq., the Washington Twp. school board president) is filled with mistruths. I did not ruin his character, his actions did!!!   If you don’t see new posts it’s not for any other reason than I was advised not to.  I will not allow anyone to disgrace my name and reputation with lies!  Who ever knew this BOE seat would be the beginning of all of this emotional distress at the hands of my opponent?  Why can’t he just run on his record…that should be enough, right?  Unbelievable!!!  The only victim here was that poor man and a friend who likes what I stand for.  I will not be a casualty and fall from grace for anyone.  From my lips to God’s ears, the truth will prevail! I have nothing to hide!

Anguished, emotionally spent, astonished and still determined,

Stacy