Tim Russo: 'HeightsMom Didn't 'Reveal' Anything...'
Cleveland Blogger Tim Russo e-mailed me June 7, 2006 in response to a June 6, 2006 Blogging Journalist post about him headlined "Cleveland's Tim Russo Stops Blogging: Why? "
I wrote, in part: "I received an e-mail this morning from George Nemeth of Cleveland, who blogs at Brewed Fresh Daily, alerting me to a Cleveland Plain Dealer commentary on some members of the increasingly influential political blogosphere in Ohio. One of the consequences of that piece is that Cleveland blogger Tim Russo is closing his blog, Democracy Guy."
"So what do you blog about when the local paper reduces your net worth to the worst mistake you've ever made in your entire life?" Russo said in a June 6, 2006 post announcing a "requiem for his blog. "Hmmm...well...good question," he added.. "I'll leave that for others to decide, because I think I'm done blogging for a while. A long while."
In an article headlined "From the left or from the right: a look at Ohio's political bloggers," the Plain Dealer drew the following conclusion about Russo:
"Net worth: Clever and insightful, but has the sharpest tongue in the blogosphere; trying to rebuild credibility lost when he was convicted of importuning in an Internet sex sting."
Russo asked that I not publish the entire contents of his e-mail, and I will respect that. However, I am publishing his response to the section of the June 6 post that told readers:
"Also see the National Review Online's Media Blog post headlined Blogger Quits After Newspaper Report. NRO said, "Apparently, Russo's history was first uncovered in February by fellow Ohio political blogger Heights Mom, who wrote about it here. Russo's case file is here."
Russo said "HeightsMom didn't 'reveal' anything....this situation has been public since the day of the arrest almost 5 years ago. she was emailed the court record by someone, probably sherrod brown's campaign. she is not some sleuth."
I checked HeightsMom to see whether she had written about Russo lately. I didn't find anything.
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It is a very long story, involving "COP and DRUGS"
CORRUPTION, and the Use of "Private Pilots/citizens"
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Because I am unable to figure out how to send my
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all the little "steps, and how to do it" I'm going to
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the DEATAILS of this "HORRIFIC NIGHTMARE" I've been
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learned about the USE of our SMALL AIRPORTS and OUR
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My case involves the MURDER of LISA MARIE LUKAS, who
was the wife, of a Carson City Pawn Shop owner back
in 1997'. He died in his plane, with two other men.
On October 26th.1997'. She has never been found!
It is Case No. 97-14-26/97-14-27/97-14-28/97-1429
ALPINE COUNTY CA. MARKLEEVILLE-JUST OUTSIDE NEVADA.
A 50 MIN. DRIVE FROM CARSON CITY NEVADA.
THE PILOT WAS TRAFFICKING IN DRUGS WITH DIRTY COPS
FROM CARSON CITY, DOUGLAS CO. NV. AND THE SHERIFFS
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REPORT! THOSE SAME COPS WERE IN BUSINESS WITH CARSON
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FROM 1993' UNTIL LISA'S DEATH IN OCT.1097'!
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call Lisa's sister, Lois Musser 1-610 489-0426 H.
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and committing crimes within the airports" by being
UNETHICAL CRIMINAL LAW OFFICIALS!
Our Current Sheriff Kenny Furlong, Knows everything!
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"INVESTIGATION INTO THE LAST {INVOLVED}SHERIF from
CARSON CITY NEVADA-ROD BANISTER, who ret. 2003'!
The Conduct with Officer Bill Abbott of the TRI-NET
DRUG TASK FORCE and others, has gone on for over 17
years! Call me! Thank you very much. Patty Pruett
Dayton Nevada.
Posted by: Patty Pruett Carson City Nevada 1-775/256-9339 H. cell 1-775/750-7703 | Saturday, June 10, 2006 at 11:50 AM
Although it is public record - I was not emailed anything. It was pretty easy to figure out he had a past by his interactions with others. Even so, I never expected to find that he was arrested for soliciting sex from a minor.
Mr. Russo was blogging about anonymous bloggers coming clean and he stated that the "blog police" (him and a few others) needed to know the "background" of certain bloggers to establish credibility in the blogosphere. I just wanted to write a diary that said "See look - background doesn't change anything - and people should be allowed to remain anonymous" also "that noone has the right to be the blog police" Unfortunately, Mr Russos past threw me for a loop - I was shocked.
It is a fact that Mr. Russo has a criminal record, it is a pure lie that I was "contacted". If anything, I was inspired by Mr. Russo and others, who used similiar searches on an anoymous blogger to "out" his identity the previous week. Mr. Russos record is public - it is not rocket science to search the criminal court docket. That is why it is there.
Posted by: Cindy Zawadzki | Friday, June 09, 2006 at 02:02 PM