Now that the mayoral primary election is over, I thought it would be a good time to respond to some of the questions -- and off-base rumors -- that have surfaced since we published the three-candidates-once-filed-for-bankruptcy story four days before the election.

Some have been raised in letters to the editor. Others have come in personal e-mails to the newsroom. Still others have been raised on our online forums under topics such as "Rootovich reaction to bankruptcy story," "Tuesday's election results in Nashua" and "Nashua city voters can make a difference Tuesday," among others.

But before I explain the sequence of events that led to the story, let me try to dispel one rumor that has been raised repeatedly in our forums despite the best efforts of Telegraph Managing Editor/Online Damon Kiesow to refute them: