Imagine that, Curtis Hart, self-professed "open records hound", drops out of council race because he doesn't want anyone seeing his personal records

How ironic. Or moronic. Or both. Yeah, both. 

https://tdn.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/curtis-hart-pulling-out-of-kelso-city-council-race/article_eddec0a0-c259-5aa5-b857-53026a97a2e5.html

Curtis Hart pulling out of Kelso City Council race

Brennen Kauffman Jul 14, 2021 2

Curtis Hart will appear on the ballot for the Kelso City Council primary, but he is working to suspend his campaign.

Hart said Wednesday that he was no longer planning to move forward due to concerns with years of financial disclosures, for himself and his wife, that are required by the Public Disclosure Commission for political candidates and office holders.

“I’m a public records hound, so I know what can happen once you have those records open to the public, especially if there are people that don’t like you,” Hart said.

His decision to suspend the campaign came after the drop-out deadline for the Aug. 3 primary election. Cowlitz County’s ballots were in the process of being shipped out Wednesday and will list Hart as a candidate for position 1 on the Kelso City Council.

Hart gained notoriety over the last four years for his aggressive vigilante work against sexual offenders in Kelso, often through public records. A record request he made to the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office for details of every low-level sex offender turned into a three-year lawsuit after a group of “John Doe” offenders sued to stop their release.

The “John Does” argued they would suffer severe harassment and harm if Hart went through with plans to publicly release their information. In March, the Washington State Court of Appeals issued a decision in favor of Hart obtaining the full list of records.

Hart said he had initially entered the City Council race because of discussions around limiting the number of sexual offenders who can live in one residence in Kelso. The city staff began drafting an ordinance to establish limits for registered sex offenders in May and Hart said that progress was another reason he was happy to exit the race.

Cowlitz County Auditor Carolyn Fundingsland said if candidates miss the initial withdrawal deadline, there was no process for them to be removed from the ballot any other time before the November general election.

“There is no leeway in state law,” Fundingsland said. “Those candidates, if voted for they will advance to the general election and can be elected to office.”

Hart said Wednesday that he would refuse the position if he did end up winning the race in November.

The other two candidates on the ballot for position 1 in Kelso are incumbent Jeffrey McAllister and Brian Wood. The two candidates with the most votes in the August primary will go on to the general election in November.

I always love it when internet trolls talk big online but talk meek in person (Eileen Kennedy Panico)

As y'all may know, I've been part of numerous demonstrations over the years, and at times, we deal with real life wannabe vigilantes. In 2007, our protest brought out BACA, Judy Cornett, and Absolute Zero United; last year, BAA and FDLE formed a wall between us and the Book family; and last week, I was slapped with a frivolous lawsuit by Parents For Megan's Law.

But in response to a Newsday (Suffolk Co. News) piece, a woman going by the FB name "Eileen Kennedy Panico" and a Youtube channel of the same name [apparently of  1869 Ave Louis Kossuth, Ronkonkoma, NY, phone #  (631) 738-1372 according to THIS SITE] made some nasty remarks about me on the web. I'm used to it by now so it never fazes me. However, I figured I'd share it here since I vaguely remember this woman.

Eileen Kennedy Panico

I spoke to you the day of your protest and you are absolutely despicable. You spouted untruths and out and out lies. As a mother I can't stomach people like you and you should count your lucky stars it wasn't my child you violated. You wouldn't have a voice had that happened. When you admitted to being on the registry - it took all of my will power to walk away without physically harming you. You claim to be on disability - yet you stood there for hours spouting your BS. You are a disgusting piece of garbage. 

PFML provides victim services that your group of 5 (3 things that call themselves men and 2 sad excuses for women) had to be cancelled so as to not victimize them more with your disgusting rants. I can guarantee that if you stage another protest - our community will be out in full force to oppose your perverte, sick, twisted and foul nonsense. 

Stay in Ohio, Logue and keep your friend, Tom Madison in Oregon. New York, and in particular, Ronkonkoma, doesn't want you there. And apparently of the 300 sex offenders you contacted that live through out Suffolk County, 299 know better and also want nothing to do with you.

So anyways, this Eileen lady is typical of internet trolls when met in real life. Allow me to tell you how this encounter REALLY went down.

About 9:30 am, not long after my arrival (and before the other six protesters arrived) some lady (now assumed to be Eileen) was taking pictures and held a notepad, presenting herself as if she was a reporter. I thought nothing about it and she asked me some mundane questions about why we are protesting. It was a windy morning, and one of our signs blew into the parking lot, and I asked her to retrieve it for me, and she did. She thanked me for speaking, then left.

So all this big gangster talk on the internet is laughable. It took all she had not to physically harm me? ROFLMAO! What a joke. First, she would have been arrested. Second, there is no way this person could hurt me short of a long distance projectile. She couldn't even call me a "disgusting piece of garbage" to my face, despite the fact I was engaging in a peaceful protest with so few demonstrators, right?

I love the other stupid comment she made when someone else pointed out her online threat:

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wow a threat...that doesnt help pro megan.. It sounds like the party could be over. Personally, im convinced...that "non profit" be gettin paid$$$
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Eileen Kennedy Panico
*** I made no threat. Don't make false allegations. Are YOU on the registry?

It is hypocritical for her to bash me for "making false allegations" of PFML while you assume this person is a sex offender for disagreeing with her.

I wrote Eileen a little song. Sing it with me:

Come on, Eileen,
online you're obscene,
but in real real life you can't say what you mean!
Online you talk smack
About my wisecracks
But in real life you could not say jack!

I must say, Eileen looks good in stripes :)