Mayoral candidates bristle at Farkas' dirty tricks accusations

Farkas campaign chair claims fake polls, sign vandalism and misleading letters have been sent

“Desperate” opponents of mayoralty candidate Jeromy Farkas are engaging in “dirty tricks,” including fake polls and misleading letters to his supporters, says his campaign.

Farkas’ rivals ridiculed those accusations on Monday, but his campaign chair said those tactics are being used to undermine a candidate whom polls have repeatedly shown to be leading the pack.

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“This is what we hear when there’s nervousness in the other camps,” John Larsen said Monday, two weeks before voters head to the polls in provincewide municipal elections.

In an email sent to Farkas’ “grassroots supporters,” the campaign says their candidate has been wrongly associated with other political leaders