700 views... will it make a difference?

In addition to his other skills, Jon Russell appears to be a coward.

He's been complaining to Facebook about my posts under his canned garbage that his people have been flooding your local media with over the past couple of weeks.  Facebook has removed some of them, even though they are true.

But cowardice and dishonesty is his meme.

Around 700 of you from the Culpeper area have visited this blog.  Will it make a difference?  I don't know.

But what I do know is that he is the worst that politics has to offer.  I've been involved in politics for the past 26 years, including holding down the seat of the Executive Director of the Washington State Republican Party in 2000.

And this guy represents the worst of the lot.

Read this blog.  Do it carefully.  See for yourself how he lies and uses others... just like he wants to use you as a stepping stone to higher office... just like he tried... and failed... to use the people and the town of Washougal in 2010.

Unfortunately, your town is no different.

Vote for him if you like.  But when he uses you... don't be surprised.

Please spread the word about this blog.

The election is over roughly 48 hours or so from now.  Jon Russell or his people are doing all they can to keep the word from getting out.

Copy this link http://jonrussellwatch.blogspot.com  and share with as many people you know to get the truth out about Russell.

He is not the best choice for city council or any other elective office  And this blog documents all of it.

Russell snivels again: Local police union endorses that moron, I call them on it: now I'm blocked from Facebook for 24 hours.

Look, I get that Russell hates his past.  It really does suck to be him.  It really does suck to have a history of using people and groups while you act like you really give a damn about them... when we know you don't.

Somehow, he scammed an endorsement from the local cop's union... not that he should want a union endorsement being a conservative and all.

But when I called him... and them... on endorsing someone like Russell, writing this:

Given the evidence against him and his history in Washougal, I'm surprised that anyone would endorse him. 

Http://jonrussellwatch.blogspot.com has the lowdown.

That may not have been it word-for-word, but it was something like this.

This was the second time I know of that our little weasel has whined about being confronted with the truth.

He should embrace it.  After all, I understand it will set you free.

Right , Jon?

Russell gets stung: had a facebook post of mine removed for "violating community standards." Here's my response.

This was posted on the article where Jon wrote a letter, had Sarah sign it and the newspaper printed it.

I responded with the truth, and Russell really isn't all that big on the truth.

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For whatever the reason, the following post was removed due to a claim it "violated community standards."

It doesn't, of course: first, it's true and second, I can document it.

Jon Russell has a history of using fake facebook accounts and identities to attack others politically..  Sarah Russell, his wife who now wants you to vote for this guy who has lived all of two years in your community and who, of course, inly wants to use this city council position as a stepping stone for higher office, sent me the following email

Sarah Russell said...

I'm sure no one will believe anything I have to say on the topic, but I promised someone that if I had the time and energy, I would jump on an refute any known fallacies on this blog. SO, Here's for one: Jon Russell may have used aliases and fake names in the past but has not commented, blogged or otherwise produced written material under any fake names for over 6 months. I personally have no idea who these fake names belong to, but I have to refute the false allegations. I know it must come as a shock to some that there might be other persons out their using fake names and disliking this or that political figure, but I'm breaking the news now: there must be! Thanks for letting me set the record straight.

Sarah Russell
August 17, 2011 11:28 PM

This does not "attack" anyone.  It's used as a fact: that Russell's own wife verifies that he uses fake names and identities, but in Sarah's mind, he had done that for 6 months... which, unfortunately, was not true.

Relaying this information, since it is absolutely true, doesn't violate anything.

Check it out:

 http://jonrussellwatch.blogspot.com/2011/08/sarah-russell-wife-of-jon-russell.html

Russell tries to run away from his past in Culpeper.

There are a variety of reasons Russell shouldn't be elected to anything.  Here are but a few.

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  David Marciniak · Top Commenter · Culpeper, Virginia

  So when a candidate is an unknown, I Google, and that has led to some troubling questions. First, does Jon view elected office as a commitment? Or will he quit before his term is up here too? And second, a couple of sites reference allegations that $100k went missing while Jon was chair of the finance council in Washougal. Can Jon provide an explanation for the allegations that this happened under his watch, and provide assurances that our hard-earned dollars that we pay in taxes will be safe? And third, will he promise to focus on town issues, and not just use this as a way to get noticed on the bigger stage?

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    Jon Russell · FollowFollowing · Top Commenter

    Hi David, Thanks for giving me a forum to answer your questions. I am always available to answer any question over the phone. You can find my number on my website at www.jonrussell.us Let me take your questions one at a time.
    
    1.) First, does Jon view elected office as a commitment? Or will he quit before his term is up here too?
    
    Answer: It most definitely is a commitment. I was twice elected to council and in the middle of my second term I was offered a job in Virginia. After 8 years in Washington this gave me an opportunity to be closer to my mom and dad so we took the opportunity. When there are children involved I think you can appreciate the need for them to know their grandparents. I was honored that my city gave me an award for 6 years of service upon my departure.
    
    2.) A couple of sites reference allegations that $1...00k went missing while Jon was chair of the finance council in Washougal. Can Jon provide an explanation for the allegations that this happened under his watch, and provide assurances that our hard-earned dollars that we pay in taxes will be safe?
    
    Answer: I think you are referring to blog sites set up by a political consultant of one of my former primary opponents. It's unfortunate that people have to resort to negative politics by establishing websites that spread personal anger through distortion. In regards to the 100k, you may want to reference my former colleagues letter to the editor in the Culpeper Times. Our former mayor was accused by state auditors of mishandling 100k in revenue generated from an event she put on in the city. When investigators could not find the money, I called for her resignation and she resigned.
    
    3.) And third, will he promise to focus on town issues, and not just use this as a way to get noticed on the bigger stage?
    
    Answer: As I stated in the Culpeper Chamber candidates forum. the town needs to focus on the things we have control over and not political issues on the state and federal level. When we get into those kinds of political issues, no one wins. I have been apart of bringing national issues on the local level, and I learned I was wrong in doing so.
    
    David, I am open to answer any questions, I have an open door for anyone who wants information. I hope this gives you the answers you need. See More

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Here was my response:

• K.j. Hinton · Top Commenter · I run the joint at Doin' Political Stuff.
  

  As much as I can appreciate Russell's responses here the facts speak for themselves.
  
  Russell's commitment is to himself. In 2010, he ran two campaigns for two different offices. When the congressional campaign fell apart, he then got clobbered running for state representative.
  
  Russell was using his city council seat as a launching pad for higher office. Fortunately for us all, his abysmal congressional campaign was a complete failure, as was his fall back campaign for State Representative... where, had he won either, I would have found myself in the unfortunate position of being a constituent. Clearly, he was no longer interested in being a city councilman, and towards the end of his tenure, he missed the majority of meetings that he was supposed to attend.
  
  As much as I appreciate Councilman Shoemaker's position on Russell, that changes none of the facts of the matter.
  
  The $100K went missing on Russell's watch as a member of the city finance committee. That's not an issue of motive on my part; that's an issue of fact.
  
  The money has never been found.
  
  These are facts. He says one thing and does another. History has a way of repeating itself... and people get the government they deserve. This is one of those cases.
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Did you know that Jon Russell is under a "cyber blitz?"

In the article entitled "Election will bring new faces to Culpeper Council" located on this... newspaper?  Blog?  What have you? it says this:

THE NEWS DESKThe News Desk is a collection of news, notes and breaking items affecting the Fredericksburg community.

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Election will bring new faces to Culpeper council
BY DONNIE JOHNSTON / THE FREE LANCE–STAR

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With two seats completely up for grabs, five new candidates—in addition to incumbents Yowell and Phillips—filed to run. Letts, Keith Price, Jon Russell, Hank Milans and former Mayor Pranas Rimeikis all have their names on the ballot.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Russell, who spent six years on the Washougal, Wash., councilman (six years, two terms) has been the focus of a cyber blitz from some who didn’t like him in Washington and are now trying to kill his chances in Culpeper.                                                                                                                                 The 38-year-old Russell, who has the most extensive website of all the candidates, pushed the matter of changing the municipal election date into a referendum that voters overwhelmingly approved last November.

Interesting choice of words, that.  "Cyber blitz" infers that I'm peppering the community with links to this blog or something... taking out ads, doing talk radio... financing any of Russell's opponents.

Not true.  Some from the Culpeper area have emailed me and I've provided answers to their questions:  I've also left the Russell Watch blog up as a community service because, frankly, there are two Jon Russells: the real one detailed here... and the one the people of Culpeper see in campaign mode.

I have no dog in the fight: Russell intends to use the city council gig as some sort of stepping stone to higher office, just like he tried... and failed so miserably... to do here, with a horrific run for Congress and a failed fall-back campaign for State Representative.

So, if the people of Culpeper want to be used as a tool, that's entirely up to them.  But they won't be able to say it was because they didn't know better... because this blog lays it all out.

Electing Russell is a true example of getting the government they deserve.  If that's their choice, then they'll have to live with it.

At least until Russell dumps them for bigger and better things.

FAQ: The growing list of reasons to vote against Jon Russell.

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Originally posted October 10, 2010)

The fact is, and this blog makes no bones about it, I despise Jon Russell.

It has been my misfortune to have known Russell for 10 years on a professional level.

Back in 2004, I was consulting on a local House campaign when the House Republican Organizational Committee foisted Russell on us. He was fresh out of the Midwest... and he proved to be an unmitigated disaster.

It got so bad that we demanded, and HROC acquiesced, to keeping this guy away from the campaign.

The entirety of the relationship between Russell and myself is summed up in my second phone call from Russell, where he asked me if I had our campaign opponent's social security number.

I didn't have it. I didn't want it. And if I DID have it, I wouldn't have given it to him.

But that he would even ask me for such a thing? That's set the tone for the years that have followed.

Make no mistake about it: this guy is the prototype of the career politician.

Everything he's done has been aimed at getting elected... to something. Every position held? A campaign prop.

Right now, he has a pregnant wife that he will cheerfully leave behind with an infant and two toddlers as he's playing the big shot... first in DC, until it became even obvious to him that his congressional campaign was DOA, something I had known for months; and now in Olympia.

What kind of man would do that?

The kind of man that would ask for someone's social security number to do them harm.

The kind of man who would send out canned letters as part of a campaign ploy, acting as if they were spontaneous expressions for support of this clown.

The kind of man who would deny any responsibility for the debacle of Washougal City Government that HE, PERSONALLY, is responsible for. 

The kind of man who would deny us the right to choose our own candidates, and who, were he to get his way, deny us the right to vote for people like Joe Zatrelli, Ed Orcutt, Don Benton, Marc Boldt and Tom Mielke.

The kind of man who would lie to others about the role he's played in working to stop the Cowlitz Casino.

The kind of man who would lie to the Precinct Committee Officers of this district about how much money he's raised and what his wife's job is.

The kind of man who would talk a great game about illegal aliens, but not even bother to show up to speak at or listen to the Woodland Resolution debate about that very subject.

The kind of man who claims to be a conservative, but who made thousands trying to ram the Vancouver Port Levy down our throats... like any other political mercenary.

The kind of man who would leave Washougal's government in a mess with a missing $100,000 so he could climb another step on his political career ladder.

The kind of man who would hire an unbondable buddy as Washougal's city finance director.

The kind of man who would support that horrific bridge replacement/loot rail plan that will blow a $100,000,000 a year hole in our local economy.

The kind of man who would lie about someone personally in an effort to discredit them.

The kind of man who would take balloons away from kids because they had the wrong logo on them.

The kind of man who would take credit for getting rid of Sellers while failing to explain his cowardly silence while she was still around.

The kind of man who would attack others for being the very thing he, himself, is: a career politician.

The kind of man who would constantly portray his wife as a doctor, even advertising that lie, when she clearly is not.

The kind of man who would lie about getting a college degree.

The kind of man who would lie to the 18th District Precinct Committee Officers about how much money he had raised, his education and that his wife is a doctor.

The kind of man who would deliberately violate state Public Disclosure Commission law.... and violate that law for months.

The kind of man who would make up a fake name to comment on stories involving his political opponents.

These are many of the reasons I oppose his candidacy. He has a history of tossing others under a bus, lying about others, exaggerating his own accomplishments and denigrating those opposing him... quite unnecessarily.

And THAT is what WE should have representing US?

I think not.