So why would Thusu spread falsehoods about me?  I’m not in his head, so it is hard to tell with certainty.  But, I can assume it is because occasionally I speak up at Dinuba City Council meetings on topics of ethics and transparency.  This position doesn’t always mesh with Thusu’s interests or his carefully constructed narrative.

     When he was told to leave a closed-door session of the Dinuba City Council he shouldn’t have been in (an act witnessed by several attendees, including the press), it was because he had a conflict of interest.  When he was reminded that he could not be involved in a different Council discussion in which he had a different indirect economic interest, he took offense. 

     Thusu stated in the article above that Dinuba is “now” transparent.  There is still a long way to go, due to his deception and ongoing failure to accept responsibility for his actions.  Among quite a few examples, below are three that continue to cause concern.  Each of these statements can be proven via Thusu’s own public comments, as well as by examination of publicly available records.

1) Thusu continues to fantasize about being the prevailing party in the lawsuit he lost against Dinuba.  Both a Tulare County Superior Court jury and the subsequent Appellate Court said Thusu lost.  He now owes Dinuba $152,000 and counting. 

2) Thusu runs a business with negative net assets.  So say the Alta Family Health Clinic’s tax returns.  
 

3) Thusu has made public comments about coming to the Valley in 1998 (which is what is in his candidate statement), but also about coming here in 1996 (said at the recent Orosi candidates’ forum).  In 1997, he is supposed to have been in Buffalo, NY working on a thesis.  On top of the inconsistent dates, he wants to claim building and living in a million-dollar house in Clovis (Fresno County) was a mistake?  Amazing that he now wants decision-making authority over multi-million-dollar budgets!

     Defaming me may be an attempt on Thusu’s part to distract from his ethical failures.  Slandering me with intent to harm my reputation is wrong.  Maintaining that narrative even when informed of how illogical his statements are shows that Thusu has something very seriously wrong with himself.

I don’t know what to say about the lawyer your stepmother and father retained. It was quite a hellish ordeal to be put through and endure. At times life becomes a test of strength and I’m thinking that you and Joseph have become stronger in spite of it. Keep fighting the good fight and stay in the game as your readers need both of you now more than ever.