Posted by Double Standard on August 30, 2005 at 20:18:26:
In Reply to: Steve Kush's Statement posted by GET NJ on August 30, 2005 at 13:41:50:
What about Kush calling Steve Lipski a bastard and basicaly stating that he plans to cause all kinds of problems for him in Jersey City. What about libel and harrashment? : As rumors have been brewing for several days now, I requested a statement from Steve Kush. The entire text follows below. : Anthony Olszewski : www.GETNJ.com : - - - : Anthony: : You may post this as is (in its entirety), so long as EVERYONE knows I : cannot discuss specifics because there is an ongoing investigation. That : said, I guess I am no longer off limits on your message board, as this will : make news in Hudson County. : As you know, two agencies were/are investigating based on the information : you sent me. They were not (or at least not yet) able to get the intended : target. Unfortunately, after looking at my computer and all my emails, : believe it or not I had a couple saved from the time we were back and forth : with Lipski and Buonocore, one of the investigating agencies discovered : several of the posts were from Lipski. : They asked if I wanted to press charges, even though there isn't much any : charges will do since they will not extradite him to come to trial so : (unless they can get him on the federal statutes, in which case I will : definitely file charges), I told them to let me think about it. I called : Lipski three times and told him, once verbally and twice in messages left on : his cell phone, that it better stop because of the investigation. He said he : did not believe there was an investigation and he was calling you, whether : he did or not I don't know. Anyway, after the posts about my friends and : family started I told him, and left a message that if the posts did not stop : immediately I was issuing him a Cease and Desist Order. : In my message I told him to call me and tell me that it was going to stop. I : waited two whole days and the activity did not stop so I sent him a Cease : and Desist Order via facsimile to his council office, his charter school and : Mayor Healy's office. Apparently, the copy sent to Mayor Healy's office is : the one that got his (and apparently the rest of Jersey City's) attention. : As to charges... I am still deciding if I am going to go with a criminal : action, which as I mentioned previously will do little good (unless they : tell me they want to go with federal charges), or a civil action which would : be in Jersey City and do much more than a criminal action. : Anthony, this man threatened my friends, cost my company money and he : threatened people I refer to as my family (the people I live with). I am : sorry it had to come to this but, I will not stand for the councilman and : his associates attacks on my friends, my family, my associates and my firm. : If he wants to attack me personally, that's fine, I'm a big boy and can : handle myself. You may recall when the child support posts started I told : you to leave it up (that's because I can and will handle myself). The : attacks on the others listed, especially my family, crosses the line, even : in Hudson County. Those attacks are unforgivable and he will get what he : deserves. : As I understand it, he never denied it to the Mayor nor did he deny his : threats to a reporter who is writing a story this week on the issue. I will : never forgive him for what he has done and I will see him in court, be it : civil, criminal or both. : For the record, it was a Cease and Desist Order, I cannot get a restraining : order because he does not live anywhere near me. That said, I will be up : there for the monument's groundbreaking and will get a temporary restraining : order at that time. : The man went so far as to say things about my son, even though he wrote : daughter. The bastard does not know what he is talking about, the support is : paid (and has been) up to date and I continue to make my $400 monthly : payments. He picked the wrong man's family to attack. He'd better hurry up : and get a defense fund started because he is going to need it. : Furthermore, I received several phone calls this morning regarding a post : that claimed I issued a threat to the Mayor. Nothing could be further from : the truth. In fact, I emailed the Mayor's Chief-of-Staff at 6:30pm yesterday : requesting he, ".extend my most sincere apology to the Mayor for sending a : cease and desist order intended for Councilman Lipski to your office." : I continued in the email, "It is with great humility that I humbly request : you pass my most sincere apology along to the Mayor, not only for sending : Councilman Lipski's order to your office but, for the headache he is about : to cause for you." : I sent the email as a professional courtesy because it is no great secret : the councilman has caused problems for the Mayor's administration. It isn't : fair that the councilman's behavior is going to cause someone a headache. As : such, I extended the Mayor's Chief-of-Staff an olive branch by offering to : keep him informed as to what actions I plan to pursue. It's up to him to : pick up the phone and accept the offer. : In closing, and this is important, this matter with Councilman Lipski is not : only about an outstanding balance. At this point that is merely a side : issue. Slander, libel and threats I cannot live with, nor will I. Frankly, : Councilman Lipski's actions toward my family, my firm, associates of my : firm, and me, are not actions I would expect from a member of council in any : city. : He was given many opportunities to correct the matter(s), he chose to ignore : his problems. As I wrote in my email to the Mayor's Chief-of-Staff, "If : history teaches us anything, it teaches us when you ignore your problems : they tend to grow. Councilman Lipski's problems have grown to a point beyond : repair."
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