Politics & Government

Hateful Letter Attacks Attleboro Mayor Days Before Election

A letter with several allegations against Mayor Kevin Dumas is circulating through the city just days before the November election.

A letter loaded with negative statements attributed to Attleboro Mayor Kevin Dumas about employees at and his friends has circulated throughout the city. More than 30 people are mentioned in the letter, including this writer.

"He thinks that Patty Resendez from the Attleboro Patch is a poor reporter that lies about things she has reported," the letter states. "He has actually had people follow her to try and get something on her to use against her."

Asked about the statement made in the letter, Dumas said: "Patricia, you should know me better than that. It's just not true."

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One of the letters, which have a Boston postmark and are addressed to people by their legal names, was also mailed to Dumas on Thursday.

In response to the letter, Dumas provided this written statement:

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"There has been a very hateful and spiteful letter that has been mailed and distributed around the city claiming to be an old friend of mine named Jonn Wright. To begin with, there is no such person that I know named Jonn Wright.  This individual claims that I have said mean and spiteful things about friends, colleagues and even individuals that are no longer with us.

"When I opened this letter, it broke my heart. I can say with almost 100 percent surety that I know the identification of the disturbed individuals who are responsible for writing and distributing this hateful letter. This information has been turned over to the police department. 

"There is no place in politics or this city for such a destructive piece of hate mail. This has been an abnormally negative campaign season. The City of Attleboro deserves better than this."

Dumas would not disclose the names of the people, but he did forward them to the Attleboro police chief.


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