Believe it or not, there are still people in this country who hold their elected officials accountable for the statements they make.

Chris Wisher, candidate for GSB president, recently sent a letter to nearly every student living in the residence halls. In this letter, Wisher made some pretty lofty promises.

Unfortunately for Wisher, and even more unfortunately for the students who read the letter, many of these statements were not entirely true. As was revealed Tuesday, the statements Wisher made about the proposed 7.5 percent room and board increase were not based on facts.

For instance, Wisher said the proposal would place all of the cost of the Maple Hall renovation on next year’s room and board. But, if you look at the numbers, this is just not true.

According to the Department of Residence web site, there are about 10,000 students living in residence halls. If each of those residents paid their $300 room and board increase, that’s only $3 million. The renovations for Maple Hall will cost $13.9 million, according to articles that appeared in the Daily on Nov. 20 and 21.

Even if all 25,000 students lived in the residence halls and paid room and board, the proposed increase would only earn an extra $7.5 million.

Also, Wisher claims that if he is GSB president, he will fight this increase. At ISU, there is an organization, the Inter-Residence Hall Association, that was created to look out for the well-being of residence hall students.

GSB does not get involved in residence hall issues unless they are asked to — it seems Wisher is running for the wrong office.

But perhaps the greatest revelation was that Wisher pledged to fight the increase at the state Board of Regents meeting.

Because the GSB inauguration is not until April 20, five days after the regents are slated to approve the increase, Wisher has no real power over the situation.

It is unfortunate that ISU students were given such blatantly false propaganda by someone who wants to be the voice of the student body.

It is unfortunate that Wisher used such tactics to gain student votes.

It is unfortunate that the games taking place in state and national politics are now seeping onto our campus.

Today is the last day to vote. Get out there and elect someone who truly cares about the student body.