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"The Truth Will Out" is a quote from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. The lie Sam Adams made and later covered up speaks volumes about the distrust Sam Adams had of the voting populace to make up their own minds about whether or not he was a worthy candidate for mayor given all the facts about his life, his service, his qualifications. By his actions, he negated what we are trying to teach all our kids....if you lie, you will be caught. The truth will come out, now or later. If we can't trust our elected officials who are responsible for mentoring the youth of today by their example, then who can we trust? We look to our government to lead by example and I am totally disappointed in Sam Adams, and feel betrayed by his poor choices./

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