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DISPATCH – BAUER RECALL STORY BY REAL REPORTER SUNDAY 20 JUNE 2004 20 June 2004 Letter to Moe for information, posted on Danny’s Forum Sunday morning By Jayson Blayre Moe: Many people are out today looking for the Big-Town Newspaper story on Greg Bauer. We have heard that the Dispatch writer used the word "notorious" when writing this story about our Mayor.
Let us know what you find. Doug Deepe called our offices (which are located next to PDT Editor Rick Greene's "Portsmouth Downtown Coffee Shop") early this morning and told us that the Columbus Dispatch had a big story about our bumbling, beleagured, balding, bulging, bandit Bauer.
Moe, Doug just brought us a copy of the Dispatch to us here at the office. He found the last copy of the Dispatch at our local carry-out. It is a good article with a real likeness of Greg Bauer sitting in the Mayor's unkempt office. Greg is looking more and more like a frightened besieged small time Mafia member facing indictments. (The twin heavy-duty high-speed shredders that Bauer has been over-using were not seen in the Dispatch photo.)
The Dispatch article covered many facets of the recall and the many of the blunders by Bauer that caused the recall.
Lee Scott’s beautiful work in renovating the old Columbia Theatre (with his own money and no tax abatements) was also shown in the Dispatch photo story.
Lee Scott's ancient criminal record was mentioned again, but the Dispatch did not mention Bauer's association with Mafia gangsters.
Nothing is written about the New Jersey mobster Rocco Castellano, who lived above an abandoned storefront at 308 Chillicothe Street with Mayor Bauer. Rocco has been convicted of a long list of severe, violent crimes in New Jersey and Kentucky. He has served a lot of time in tough joints. Rocco was so bad in New Jersey that the "family" asked him to leave the state forever. It was a deal Rocco couldn't refuse. He moved in with Greg Bauer.
Neither was the alleged Mafia operator of the Pike Sanitation Company mentioned in the Dispatch. As you may remember from Doug Deepe's articles, Bauer paid this guy in Waverly almost $200,000 (without council approval) to haul mulch away from Portsmouth in the spring of 2003. Bauer even delivered the money to Pike County to his gangster friend. The mulch is still here in Portsmouth, take a look at the yard back of the city garage on Mary Ann Street; it is polluting the neighborhood along Charles Street. Enough about some of the Mayor’s gangster buddies, we’ll get back to the Dispatch article now.
All in all, the Dispatch writing is, as usual, far superior and less biased in favor of Bauer that anything the Portsmouth Daily Times has printed, or will ever print. Actually the Dispatch reporter wrote as though he believed in the recall.
You can find the Dispatch article on Bauer on Page C8, in the Metro and State news section in today’s paper, Sunday, June 20, 2004, if you can find a copy left in town.
There is a rumor that the Bauer Brigands have been buying up every available Dispatch newspaper in Portsmouth to keep the people from reading the article.
If you can't find a Columbus Dispatch in town go to portsmouthohio.info or dougdeepe.com and click on Columbus Dispatch. The Dispatch is listed in a group of links on both websites. If you go get it today, you can copy it off at no charge. When you get into the Dispatch go to the State/Metro section. On their website you will find the Bauer Story way down on the list in the center of the page. It's there and it is free today. Tomorrow they will charge you $1.95 to download it, but you can still read it free of charge.
Let us know what you find, Moe. Doug, Austin, Jimmy and I are leaving our opulent downtown offices located here in the heart of this clean, prosperous, thriving, dynamic growing "City of Opportunity" in a few minutes, so just write what you find on Danny's Forum. We’ll read it.
Jayson Blayre Sunday, June 20, 2004
VOTE YES NEXT TIME FOR FIRE FIGHTERS (An editorial by Austin Leedom) Most of the firemen on the scene at this Lucasville fire are members of Volunteer Fire Departments. They are not paid money for their efforts. They courageouly perform an exhausting, dangerous work for you, not for monetary gain; they do their hazardous fire-fighting and live-saving duties for you from the strength and goodness of their brave hearts. You are their neighbors. They are your neighbors. Support your Volunteer Fire Departments. Many of our departments need more and better trucks, better firefighting equipment, and better life-saving equipment. Support your next volunteer fire department tax levy. These volunteers, these men and women who are willing to give you their time and risk their health and perhaps their lives in one of the most hazardous jobs on earth deserve your support. If they have the courage and willingness to work for you without pay, you also may be of good heart and support them with funds for proper equipment. Be generous, the Lord loves a cheerful giver. Their next call may be to your business or to your home. Vote YES on the next fire levy. (An editorial by Austin Leedom) BIG DOWNTOWN FIRE
IN LUCASVILLE - Written and
posted at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, May 22, 2004 by Austin Leedom,
Sentinel Writer.
A monster fire destroyed three business buildings on the northeast corner of US 23 and Robert Lucas Road in downtown Lucasville. According to firemen on the scene at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 22, 2004, the first call was received by 911 dispatchers at the Sheriff’s Office at about 11:30 Friday night. Flames totally destroyed the second building north of the intersection and fatally damaged the two adjoining buildings. A fireman pointed out that the heat was so intense that vinyl siding on the William McKinley Funeral Home nearly one hundred yards south of the fire was scorched and cracked by the heat. Valley Firemen on the scene told the Sentinel that they received help from five other fire departments in controlling the blaze after a battle of nearly six hours, and then the fire rekindled at about 8:00 a.m. Other departments on the scene during the long battle were from Portsmouth City, Rush, Morgan and Jefferson Townships, and Rosemount. A total of twelve firetrucks and seventy-eight fireman were at the scene. At the height of the battle to control the fire, three fire hydrants were in use and water was also pumped from tankers parked on US 23 to the west of the flaming buildings. Among the twelve trucks were two aerial-ladder fire-fighting units. A Sentinel reporter on the scene Saturday afternoon observed that the telephone cable that runs along the alley at the rear of the buildings was destroyed. Verizon cable installers were on the scene placing new cable to be spliced in place of the destroyed one. The secondary power lines feeding the buildings were burned down. The power lines to the traffic light at the intersection were seriously damaged and were being repaired by ODOT personnel. Ohio Highway Patrol troopers were directing the traffic. TV cables in the alley behind the buildings were also severely damaged, Adelphia crewmen were repairing the damage. The State Fire Marshal’s Office is assisting Valley Township fire-fighters in determining the cause of the blaze, according to Valley firemen at the scene.
According to a Valley fireman two very large propane tanks exploded in one of the buildings during the fire. One of the large buildings also contained a large amount of fertilizer which can be explosive. Firemen were able to remove tanks of helium from another building and avert more possible explosions. The Red Cross was on the scene as were crews from Life Ambulance and Portsmouth Ambulance. Thankfully, there were no injuries during this big fire. At this time (1:30 p.m.) Saturday afternoon the Valley firemen still on the scene appeared to be a very weary, dirty crew, and they still had hours of cleanup work to do. The firefighters are to be given great credit in controlling this blaze and saving many other structures from fiery devastation. (Written and posted at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, May 22, 2004 by Austin Leedom, Sentinel Writer.) Shawnee Sentinel Also Seeking
Funds
To Print Hard Copy Newspaper To Help
Bauer be removed from office in recall election.
You said to let you know if you could
help, now is your chance.
The Sentinel reporters have worked daily for over a year on Mayor Bauer and corruption. We have gathered info on these guys for the better part of a decade. Twice while investigating and publishing about Bauer, you elected him Mayor. I was stunned. Some of you have heard me say that you deserve this guy and his way of goverment. I now realize that not enough
people knew about Mayor Bauer and his corrupt administration.
Austin and then John started websites to reveal a couple of things that they wanted to let people know of. Now you know a lot of bad players in our city. Mayor Bauer is a bad player. He will not play fair. You know this but a lot of good people don't. You know because you have read the websites and attended the circus at city council, as we ask you to do. You know and your neigbors don't. Most folks in our town do not have internet, or do not use it. How deep will your disbelief be when Bauer wins the recall? You can't even imagine that, can you, my loyal readers. Never! Impossible you say! I've seen it twice now. The first time he won the office, he had just resigned from City Coucil under the pressure of a recall election. The petitions were ordered certified by the State Supreme Court. He was to be recalled. He should have been prosecuted. Instead we elected him Mayor. As I said, I was stunned. Then we re-elected him. Not enough people knew about Greg Bauer then. The Daily Times does not tell the real story. They never told us the real deal, although they never missed a council meeting. Now Greg Bauer faces another election. Do enough people know about him yet? When Greg wins this election I promise that I will not be stunned or dismayed again. It'll be just another day in another crooked little town in America. Or not. Many of you have written and requested that we let you know if you can help. Maybe you can. Greg Bauer has a way of winning these elections. We may be able to beat him this time. We have approximately 100 pages of articles written on Greg Bauer. You have had opportunity to read most of them if you been on the Sentinel Sites for a year. We can publish 12 to 16 newsprint pages on Bauer in the Shawnee Sentinel. It can be done fast, as it is already written. A years worth of investigations are already done. The hard work is over. If you want to get these writings printed in newspaper form, you can do that. This paper is not for those of you who read the net. It is for all of those folks that don't know what you know. It is for everybody else. It is something they can hold in their hand and talk about. The cost of the printing will be $1500.00. A local union has pledged $500. That leaves $1000. If enough people want to kick in to raise $1000 dollars, we will immediately start the layout. To put this in perspective, Greg Bauer
is having a dinner at $250 per ticket. Bauer is raising money to win
this recall. He is not taking it laying down. His associates cannot
afford for Bauer to lose. Can you afford for him to
win?
We are short on time. 52 days till the election. A newspaper should have been out yesterday. If you do want to help, now is the time. Here is how you can help. Send money (check, cash, money order, etc.) and call first if you can. The sooner the money is raised the sooner we begin. If we don't get the full amount to pay for the paper, we will not begin. If that happens, your money will be mailed back. No check will be cashed until they all are. We either do the paper or we don't, no half measures. No coming up short. We believe Bauer can be beat and we also believe he can win again. What do you want to do? Contact: Shawnee Sentinel Editor Danny Baker 1316 Armstrong Portsmouth, Ohio 45662 Telephone 740 353 5875 The above letter was copied
from Danny's Forum and posted on this website by Austin Leedom at
12:45 a.m. Monday, May 03,
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