Republican 112th Assembly District candidate Tony Jordan is accusing Democrat Ian McGaughey of Wilton of lying in his radio commercials about his town tax record.

Jordan said in a prepared statement that McGaughey claimed he didn't just "cut taxes, he eliminated them."

Jordan wants his opponent to pull the ad from the radio because, Jordan claims, the town of Wilton created its no tax town budget in 1982 for the 1983 budget year, when McGaughey didn't even live in Wilton.

McGaughey responded by saying that the Town Board must create and approve a town budget each year that has no town general fund or highway fund taxes.

McGaughey, who is serving his second term as a town councilman, has voted "year after year" to keep the town a "no tax" town.

"I stand by my record," McGaughey said. "I'm proud of that." He has no plans on pulling his radio ad.

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