This is pathetic. This guy got a free pass with his withdrawal from the Council race, citing family as the cause, then he runs for the School Board - suddenly his family is ok I guess. Then he resigns from the Republican Party because of Hughes in what stinks of opportunism (in this case lost opportunity, not running for Council no need to be a Republican). But this, this is priceless. This dude says that in "a moment of weakness" he exaggerated "a tad" about his qualifications. We're talking about claiming a PhD not being a few courses short of your Associates Degree. If he wants to be accountable, as he self righteously claims, then he should acknowledge that he's a liar, and at the risk of seeming hyperbolic a seemingly pathological one, he should withdraw again - this time from the Board race. Outrageous.

Great news! Another political 'wannabe', who bails from the Alexandria Republican City Committee (which was probably a good move for him, considering how weak the ARCC is in the city) and now Scott Gordon admits to foolishly lying about having a PhD? Scott Gordon lies about something that can be so easily checked? I actually lost all interest in this 'loser', Scott Gordon, after he endorsed Sean Holihan's candicacy for Alexandria City Council. We all know what a negative and deceitful candidate Sean Holihan was, too, and thankfully, Sean lost in the Alexandria Democratic Primary, last month! Scott Gordon seemed more interested in promoting himself, and his Mutual Of Omaha insurance business, than to truly run as someone who cared about working for everyone in his community. With Scott Gordon's silly antics and bizarre histrionic behavior at public events, it's good that he actually outed himself by lying about him having a PhD. Another 'Republican' in Alexandria bites the dust, so to speak. Alexandria politics. It just doesn't get any better than this!

Oh, ya. This is normal.

I'm glad he's not running for city council any longer. You're done in this city Scott.

I hope the general public hears about this: there's nothing more ironic than someone getting on the school board who can't tell the difference between receiving a Ph.D and planning on pursuing one someday. I plan on getting into the Chicago Symphony some day: maybe I will go ahead and put that on my resume now.

Wow, are you kidding me? This guy lied about his education (a PhD no less), while running for SCHOOL BOARD - the top education decision making body in Alexandria! Talk about unfit for office, this guy should be as far away from elected office in this city as possible.

And it looks like the other two schools he supposedly got degrees from are private schools. I did hear he went to private school for high school...so all that coupled with his lying make it totally normal for him to run for Alexandria PUBLIC City School Board. Yea right, buh bye now.

I certainly hope that the "Alexandria Political Action Committee for Education", whoever they are, rescinds their endorsement.

This is certainly strange, but he's still got nothing on Alicia Hughes in the lying department. Oh well, at least Alexandria politics remain entertaining.

Sad.

I think he meant he needs a psychologist - what a creep. He and Alicia deserve each other. In their collective minds, their inflated egos loom grand, yet in reality they are charlatans, posing as upstanding citizens. Come on folks, let's get some clean candidates in office, and driven the Englin/Holihan/Barefoot/Hughes/Gordon posse out of town - good riddance!

Hats off to The Patch for this reporting. A "moment of weakness?" Yeah, right. It is called a lie, it is what liars do. Good riddance.

Scott Gordon didn't just lie about this - he repeatedly lied about this, and perhaps other matters. His "office" at "suite 745" is a UPS drop-box. On his campaign site, at www.votescottgordon.com/a-pace-endorsement-questionnaire/ , as of 6/20 (a week before the story indicates that he talked to the Patch reporter), he explicitly claimed in writing to hold a PhD, so he lied both in writing and to the reporter -- that is, he knowingly lied to both public and press. His rambling letters to the editors of various local papers reveal an exceptional arrogance, and he's obviously not fit for public office.

What a loser.

Wow. When I say that the laundry is done, yet still have one more pile to toss in sitting by the washer, that is a "tad" of an overstatement. After all, am I finishing this week's laundry or getting a jump on next week's?

Lying about one's credentials is grounds for dismissal. That is neither an oversight or a tad of a misrepresentation.

He plans on pursuing a PhD. I plan on being President someday. Can I use AirForce One now? I'd like to go to medical school. Anyone want to come over to my house for open heart surgery? I'll clean the kitchen first. My bartender will serve as your anesthesiologist.

Last week, Scott tweeted that he was a psychologist. I wondered about it, so I forwarded the tweet to someone else, who doubted it as well. Turns our we were right. Scott, if you're reading, I do think you should drop out of the school board race. This cannot be covered up.

This is another case of where the "coverup" is worse than the initial crime. In this 'ol Democrat's mind, if Mr. Gordon had come clean and said "yes, I lied, and it was wrong," I'd at least give him some credit for taking responsibility (not enough credit that I'd vote for him, mind you -- the lie was still rather serious). But to say he misrepresented himself "a tad" only makes it worse -- either he doesn't understand the gravity of what he did or he doesn't care. I agree with many who have written in on this that saying you have a PhD when you don't is far more than a mere exaggeration.

The right thing for him to do -- to save himself further embarrassment -- is to quietly withdraw from the school board race. He may be able to run again in the future if he confronts this issue head-on and openly. It's my experience that Alexandrians are a forgiving lot if you come clean, explain you messed up, and ask for another chance. Perhaps there's a note of advice there for a certain candidate for Mayor.

I echo the point supra about the Patch's reporting on this -- I had my doubts initially about the viability of this site as a news source, but more and more I learn things about Alexandria news here before I see them in the local "papers," if they ever cover them at all. The waterfront coverage and primary coverage are good examples.

I'm happy with being anesthetized by KM's bartender, but will pass on the open-heart surgery.

Regards, etc.,

E. Warfield

Well Edgar, he withdrew but not sure about the whole quietly thing.

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