The State Auditor candidates debate hosted on Tuesday (12 Oct) by the Rappaport Center and State House News Service at Suffolk University Law School hasn’t generated much press coverage, but it should! You can find a link to a full length video  of the debate here on the Rappaport Center home page (requires Windows Media Player): http://www.rappaportcenter.org/

I obviously hope that if you watch the full debate then  you will find yourself convinced you should vote for me,  but I would appreciate any feedback you have on the arguments put forward by my opponents and me in either case.

One small exception to the coverage focus on what Bump said about Connaughton (and what Connaughton did or didn’t say about Bump) are the following two paragraphs from Matt Murphy of State House News Service in the extended text. Note that I only got a couple of paragraphs of coverage, but these were two good paragraphs to get! http://ow.ly/2Szw0

Welcome!  I’m Nat Fortune, and I’m the Massachusetts Green- Rainbow Party candidate for state auditor. I teach physics and environmental science and policy at Smith College in Northampton, and I’m chair of the school committee for my town of Whately. I’ve been on the committee for the past 7 years. My wife Joyce serves on the town select board, and our two children, having graduated from Whately Elementary, now attend Frontier Regional High School.

I understand how hard it is for our towns to pay for the schools and services we need and deserve.  I want ensure that we have a government worth paying for, at a price we can afford to pay.

So why auditor?

Because the state auditor’s job is to make sure that you are getting your money’s worth from your taxes, and that those taxes are being spent where they’re needed most. The state auditor’s job is to be your fiscal watchdog.

I think it’s time we have a watchdog that barks.