Candidate's Brother says Don't elect him

Well THIS should make conversation at Thanksgiving Dinner interesting!

story from the Cincinnati Enquirer

Brother buys ad to announce disapproval

You know it's not a good day when your own brother takes out an ad asking people not to vote for you.

That's what happened this week to Erik Rivera, a candidate in the heated Fairfield Board of Education race. His brother, Mark, paid for a quarter-page political ad in a local newspaper.

In a letter to "fellow citizens," Mark Rivera wrote: "Erik happens to be my brother, but I have no confidence in him holding this position."

Erik said he had no idea his brother, whom he hasn't spoken to in three years, was placing the ad until he opened the paper and saw it.

"It's clear to me he's been brainwashed by the pro-levy fanatics," Erik Rivera said. "It's further proof that a school board race has not only divided a community - it's divided a family. My brother is definitely crossed off my wedding list next fall."