On this feast day of my hero, Pope Saint John Paul II, I’m reminded how his intercession saved my life and soul in Washington DC last year on a pilgrimage. Pope Saint John Paul II, pray for us !

I'm loving today's headlines printed in the paper. I also made page 26 with a special someone. Fantastic newspaper all around this week!

I feel like John James is speaking to me in this video ngl 😂

Doors! Doors! Doors! 13 days until Election Day!

20+ new yard sign requests fulfilled before 7am✅

Happy Birthday to one of my favorite people ever, Deborah Hayman Pettway. She came into my life when I needed her most and taught me so much. We've had so much fun together, and she's worth celebrating every single day. Happy Birthday, Deb!

Another great day knocking doors! Met Ken, a 93-year-old General Motors retiree who's voting for me. We talked about the election, his favorite President growing up (FDR), skilled trades, and how his own father served two terms on the Davison school board decades ago.

Stop Corporate Greed!

Last week's paper was interesting to say the least. But this week? We bounced back. True dedication, heart, and passion outshine dirty politics every time. * Alexa, play “Bounce Back” by Big Sean*

NEW VIDEO AD: When it mattered most, Matthew Smith stood with our teachers. The only board member who voted NO on teacher layoffs. If elected to another six year term, I'll keep being the loudest voice in the boardroom for our staff.

My campaign is focused on student success. I will not stop until every student finds their own destination in life. Each student has their own story, needs, and potential. I want to make sure their story is told, needs are met and potential is unleashed. It starts with a quality education.

I said this years ago and I stand by it now more than ever: Davison Schools means the world to me. Getting a second chance to serve on this board, I'll give it everything I've got for the students. This second term won't just be good. It'll be the best term yet.

I don't know how they run things in your town, but around here? We vote the straight Matthew ticket. All Matthew, all the way down.

Pray for the Pope!

Let's keep in mind this is the same clerk clown I exposed with a video of him hitting 175,000 views. I had signs in my yard opposing him and his voting record. Despite this. He still cannot abuse his office against me. Especially when it comes to voter data. Crooked!

When Code Enforcement leaves your signs up for a full month with zero issues, then suddenly pulls them down right before voting starts, that's not enforcement. That's interference. There are seven municipalities in the Davison School District. Davison City is one. This city manager is also the city clerk in a dual role (conflict?) and is a known hater. No surprise she pulls this shady ass shit. Signs are back up!

Agreed. I absolutely love my new glasses.

For everyone who says I'm exaggerating, that people aren't really coming after me, consider this: an editor of a local newspaper writing a letter to the editor to himself under a fake name, bashing me, and strategically placing it in the paper to weaponize the press over a personal vendetta. In other words, my local editor wrote a letter to himself bashing me and ran it in the paper posing as an old lady just to hurt me. This is so crooked and wrong! When I tried exposing corruption on the local School Board, he refused to run my response in the paper or even listen to me. He dismissed my claims. He told me if I wanted to get my side out, I'd have to buy my own mailers or take it to social media. I did exactly that. The editor got my flyer in the mail like the rest of the voters since he was on the active voter list. I kept it separate from the paper like he requested. Then he used the paper to rebut my mailers, placing his rebuttal under a fake name in a special edition distributed to every voter during Pumpkin Fest. Slimy and coordinated!? This is the same editor that has covered this story wrongfully for years. He tried to stop me from becoming Township Clerk and ran stories the Supervisor wanted on me to make me look stupid as deputy clerk. He was behind the efforts to defame me as Deputy Clerk because they were scared that I was going to get experience to become Clerk. So he ran hit pieces on me and the board cut my pay from $50,000 to $100 a month to force me to quit. Then the same editor was laughing, telling people I didn’t have a job. Then why are you impacting my job and salary with negative PR? He ran the dog story weekly. It was all lies. Now in this campaign, he impersonated a woman and lied to me over email. He changed his letter to the editor policy because of me and then broke his own policy by allowing this topic to be brought up when it was NOT an article. “Letters must be related to published articles in the last two weeks.” This was a private mailing. The letter writer (which is fake and was the editor himself) claimed to be Connie MacFarland. And “she” claims in the letter to have received one of my cards. I have checked with my team multiple times and that name is not on the list or even a registered voter in this community. He abused his position and own policy to get back at me with the voters. This editor has me twisted and listens to the wrong people and finally got burned on his bias and unethical behavior toward me and my candidacy. This needs investigated! That same editor is working with my opponents, township officials, blocking my growth while telling people I'm not growing. He doesn’t know my story. Just like the rest of these clowns. Trying to punish me for things I didn’t do. It's a coordinated effort to use a community newspaper as a weapon, just like every other wrongful attack thrown my way. This reminds me of what happened with our local ABC12 affiliate, where an executive producer was fired for using her position against me wrongfully. And people wonder why my reputation is the way it is. People wonder why we can’t let old stories go. The people in power are using their organizations to stop me. I must be really effective. The attacks on me need to stop. It’s always like this. Everyone gangs up on me. Everyone election. This editor had a health scare years ago and God gave him a new lease on life. He had the chance to start fresh. Why is he blocking others new lease? He knows the dog story and plea was bullshit but it’s all they have to run with. When the person controlling what you read is also the person attacking you, that's not journalism. That’s propaganda. When every agency, municipality, media outlet, special interest group, code enforcement officer and petty clique comes after the same person, you know they must be doing something right. You know they're effective. I am a good person. I love this community. I will not tolerate this bullshit anymore. Back to knocking doors!

In just hours, my statement on Facebook reached 10,000+ voters. No ads. Why is this important? That's the same reach as the fake letter to the editor that ran against me. I might not have the print power of the biased paper, but I have the truth and the eyes of the community.