In his column “The charter school bargain’’ (Opinion, Sept. 9), Scot Lehigh cited the urgings of Boston Municipal Research Bureau president Sam Tyler on charter schools, but Lehigh neglected to note that Mayor Marty Walsh, a charter school advocate, strongly opposes Question 2, and has stated that the move to lift the cap on charter schools would “wreak havoc’’ on the finances of the Boston Public Schools.

This ballot question would expand publicly funded, privately run charter schools by up to 12 per year in perpetuity and allow schools to be established in any community, with or without the approval of local residents and their elected leaders. Among others, the Boston City Council, the Massachusetts Municipal Association, the NAACP’s New England Area Conference, and more than 90 school committees have come out against Question 2.

Lehigh disputes the $400 million that “anti-charter forces proclaim’’ is drained from our district public schools by charters. That number comes from the state, and the loss has grown to $450 million this year. Places such as Amherst, Barnstable, Framingham, Lynn, and Malden could explain to him how this loss of funds is adversely affecting the students who attend the truly public schools — the schools that provide services to all students, regardless of need or ability.

Bill Dooling

Holliston