Source: Judith Paul
Status: False
Comment: This is my fourth campaign for public office in the past ten years, all in the Town of Davie. I've used dozens of mailers and handouts, and even a few cable TV ads, directed toward many thousands of Davie Residents. In all that time, the number of negative political advertisements I've used remains the same, at exactly zero. The closest I've come to saying anything remotely derogatory about an opponent are candidate "comparison" pieces which contrast candidate positions. My comparison pieces are thoroughly fact checked and confined to real substantive issues, relevant to the position being sought. I have seen negative campaign pieces sent by others. The two pieces I've seen directed against Judith Paul appear factually accurate, although I did not check the source cited. However, I did not send them, and did not see them before they appeared in my mailbox.

1. Pursuant to Florida Statutes, any campaign literature I send contains the words, "Political advertisement paid for and approved by Tom Truex for Mayor of Davie." If it doesn't say this, I didn't send it.
2. I hate to say something could never happen, but it is extremely unlikely that someone would falsely state that I published campaign material if I did not do so. The negative campaign literature which I've seen directed against my opponent indicates its source on the item.