{"id":73002,"date":"2017-06-24T10:30:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T14:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=73002"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:48:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:48:01","slug":"eric-nelson-valor-thief-blames-machinations-by-political-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=73002","title":{"rendered":"Eric Nelson, valor thief blames “machinations by political opponents”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last year we wrote about Eric Nelson<\/a>, a member of the Aurora, Colorado school board who pretended to be an Air Force officer during his campaign for office. His actual service in the Air Force was April – June 1998…he spent more time at MEPS than he spent on active duty.<\/p>\n

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In addition to his false military claims were demonstrably false academic claims.<\/p>\n

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You might be surprised to learn that, not only is he still in that office, he’s now planning to run for reelection. The Aurora Sentinel <\/a>interviews him;<\/p>\n

During an interview with The Aurora Sentinel this week about a re-election campaign for the November APS school board race, Nelson said the controversy surrounding his resume was a result of machinations by political opponents. Nelson was running for the Democratic nomination in House District 42 last year when revelations about his falsified resume came to light.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy information has been public record. This was an attack, a political smearing by political opponents,\u201d Nelson said. \u201cThe (APS) board members always knew what my background was.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess his political opponents dressed him up in that costume above, took his picture and posted it on his campaign website. Crafty bunch that they are.<\/p>\n

The APS board had directed Munn to remove Nelson\u2019s information from the website on Aug. 2 during a school board meeting. After Nelson\u2019s embellished resume came to light, he refused repeated calls from the board last year for him to resign. As a result of his refusal to step down, the board stripped Nelson of his position as Secretary of the Board and his ability to pay for expenses related to his work on the board with a district credit card. It also officially censured him on Aug. 16, with only Board Director Barbara Yamrick voting with Nelson against the move.<\/p>\n

School board officials have pointed out that they cannot remove Nelson from the APS board because he\u2019s an elected official. Only voters can remove Nelson, and no recall campaign was ever begun.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well, I have no faith in the voters to remove him, but I guess we’ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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