Who is Jon Pulino, Bill Perkins, and what is wrong?

Jon Pulino is  running for re-election to the Board of Education. Bill Perkins is running for a first term on the Board of Education. Both Republicans recently used social media to exploit students in our schools for their own political gain, posting on Facebook videos of students who were subject to discipline. This fits into a pattern of behavior for both. Perkins has in the past used a fake identity to attack others, and Pulino has used a stolen identity to do the same. 

Pulino used a stolen identity to praise himself
when he was running for City Treasurer.

Pulino's history of deceitful attacks is long. One of Jon Pulino's high school classmates described him to
me this week as a "total liar", "a dirty trickster", "even in high school he always said that he would do anything to win." Our conversation was about the problem of identity theft and the integrity of elected officials. 

I was reminded that in 2011, Pulino participated in a scheme to create a Facebook profile and on-line persona of a Wesleyan student, stealing the name and photograph of an innocent student from out of state. This stolen identity was then used to attack Democratic officials in our city, and to praise Jon Pulino (see full story). 

Perkins began his deceitful attacks in the last municipal election, using Facebook. Hiding his identity behind a "Bill Berger", he falsely and wildly accused a Democratic candidate of hiring a criminal as a campaign worker.  In addition, Perkins has used "Bill Berger" to repeatedly post attacks on decency and respect around the issue of racism. Note: Perkins now acknowledges he is "Berger", and he has deleted  posts since becoming a candidate. The Eye has seen screenshots and will not further spread his attacks on decency and respect for others by reproducing them. 

Wilson's personal attacks were in response to
statements like this.

The Republican Party of Middletown has not expressed any concern about these lies and deception and attacks. To the contrary, the leader of the party went along with Pulino's identity theft, endorsed the exploitation of students for political gain, and himself attacked those who have called for decency and respect. Bill Wilson was involved in using a fake student to attack Democratic elected officials. Bill Wilson recently sent a letter to Mayor Florsheim attacking an elected Democratic councilman and multiple civic-minded and appointed volunteers, solely because they expressed concern over the exploitation of students for political gain. 

Not only that, Wilson attacked at least one of these volunteers at her workplace, suggesting that she be fired,  her call for decency and respect for students' privacy was simply too much for Wilson to handle. 

What is wrong, Republicans?
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The author is not affiliated with either the Republican or Democratic party, he is running for re-election to the Planning and Zoning Commission as a petitioning candidate (row C).