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Information and Help from the public:
I am seeking help and information from the public. On August 5th 2013, I was shot at by Robert P. Shumaker (aka Bob Shumaker) of 6022 S.R. 350 Clarksville, OH. Mr. Shumaker called the Clinton County Sheriff’s office, and on a recorded line, (I have the audio) claimed three times that he was taking his gun and going to shoot at me. Much to my dismay, the deputies didn’t even file a report, they just asked what happened. After I called and complained a deputy came back two days later to file a report and take written statements, Mr. Shumaker refused to make a written statement without talking to a lawyer, even though he was the one who called the Sheriff’s office, claiming a stray bullet had come by him (which is 100% false) and he was taking his gun, to shoot back (which would be unlawful even if a stray bullet came by him).
For whatever reason he was never arrested and when the Sheriff’s Office sent the report to the City of Wilmington Prosecutor Laura Railing (now Laura Gibson), who handles prosecution for the county, in The Clinton County Municipal Court, she declined to prosecute Mr. Shumaker. She also refused to prosecute Mr. Shumaker, for allowing his “captive white tail deer”, to roam free in the wild, even though he is on an audio recording, saying that he could get them back, if he wanted, but was not going to because he was opposed to new regulations. It is unlawful to release captive deer to the wild. I went and talked to her, face to face, about the shooting incident and was told by her, that it was up to her and she was not going to prosecute it.
I then scheduled a meeting with Sheriff Ralph D. Fizer Jr. who was very nice to me and said he would see, if he could set up a meeting, with me and Clinton County Prosecutor Richard Moyer. A few days later, I received a phone call, from Clinton County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Brian Prickett, informing me, that we did not have to meet, because the prosecutor had agreed to file charges of Aggravated Menacing, and the county prosecutor’s office would handle the case. (Laura Railing was either not qualified or not willing to do her job).
I received information from the Clinton Count Municipal Court, stating I had been identified as a victim of a violent crime, and being a victim I was afforded many rights under the Ohio Constitution and Ohio law. These rights were: to be treated respectfully, have contact with the prosecutor, be at all hearings, have input in plea agreements, be able to speak at sentencing and be advised of any and all proceedings or changes in the case among other things. I filled out a victim impact statement stating how traumatic this crime had been to me and indicated that I would like the maximum amount of input. I asked for the Prosecutor (Brian Shidaker) to call me, I left him phone messages explaining I was the victim of this crime including the case number and wanted to talk to him. Mr. Shidaker never returned my call. He never showed up at any of the hearings at the scheduled times, and I never saw him or talked to him one time. After attending all of the hearings and each time leaving Mr. Shidaker a message, to call me. The last hearing was supposed to be, the final hearing before the trial. I arrived early hoping to talk to Mr. Shidaker, I never saw him so I went into the courtroom at the scheduled time. This hearing started strangely, as Judge Carey (Chad Carey) came into the court room, at the scheduled hearing time, and asked me why I was there, I told him I was the victim in a case and wanted to be present, and he asked,” who the is the defendant?” I said” Shumaker”, he said that is the next one. He then strangely leaves the court room, for about 20 minutes. He comes back in, and says it appears Mr. Shidaker is not here, and asked Mr. Mike Daugherty (Shumaker’s friend and lawyer) if he wanted to schedule a trial date, or reschedule this same hearing, next week ,and hopefully Mr. Shidaker would show up. Mr. Daughtery said, I think we should reschedule for next week, we have been talking, and I think we might be able to work something, out before trial. Judge Carey says we will conclude this hearing, and continue it next week, then set a time and date, he then told city prosecutor Laura Railing, to “take him (me) with you” and she took me into the prosecutor’s office, to the side of the court room. I asked her to give me a note with the time and date of the next hearing. (I still have that note), and I left only to find out a few days later, while I was in the office beside the court room, and only 2-3 minutes after being taken out of the court room, Mr. Shumaker had been allowed to plead guilty, to disorderly conduct, for intentionally shooting at me. He agreed to have no contact with me or my family. The clerk stamped the entry within minutes of me being taken out of the court room at the judge’s order, so the proceeding had to simply continue without me, after being removed from the court room, and being told the hearing was rescheduled. I was never able to talk to the prosecutor (Brian Shidaker) one time. The Judge (Chad Carey) was aware that I wished to participate in the trial, and excluded me. It seems local politics are more important than an individual’s Constitutional rights. They all made a deal, which I would never consent to, and because they were being cowards, they decided to purposely exclude me in favor of a violent criminal.
I filed complaints against Judge Carey (Chad Carey) and the prosecutor Brian Shidaker with the Ohio Supreme Court Office of Disciplinary Council. I received a letter saying that they agreed that Mr.Shidaker had violated my rights, but I would notice that, there is no penalty provision in the law and they could not do anything about it, (although it violated several judicial ethics rules) but hoped he would try to work within the spirit of the law in the future. They then said this is a confidential matter, apparently if you are unlucky enough to be a victim of a violent criminal, and also have your constitutional rights violated by a judge, a lawyer and two prosecutors, you automatically lose your first amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution to protected political speech?
They also said that they contacted Judge Carey who claimed he took into consideration my thoughts (great guy) in his allowing this to happen. Even though he had never talked to me about what I thought. They again said, there is no penalty provision and this is confidential. They also said he denied being detained for driving extremely drunk by law enforcement that apparently let him off.
It is no wonder this happens when the people who are supposed to enforce the rules, The Ohio Supreme Court Office of Disciplinary Council, cover up the violations by doing nothing and telling you to be quiet about what happened.
I then filed a complaint with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Mike Dewine, who claimed they could not do anything about this and contact a private attorney. I asked to speak personally with Mr. Dewine or set up meeting to meet him, and was told in so many words he was too busy (Coward). To sum this portion up we have the highest ranking law enforcement officer in the state of Ohio, being made aware that local officials had violated the law, and he won’t do anything about it.
After the shooting I started suffering with what turns out to be Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This became worse as time went on and by 2015 I had times I could not leave my house for weeks at a time, I was afraid to: go near windows, (having night mares about being shot through my windows, I have woken up in the middle of my house, scared to death, waking up running and sweating to find, it was a dream but my body was reacting to it. The fear is not only when sleeping it is constant) in my yard, going to stores, I have a constant fear that I going to be killed. My work productivity was cut in half, I had a hard time going to family functions, children’s school events, I became afraid to talk to people that I have been friends with forever and still liked very much. I cannot find a pattern to why I am fine with some people all the time, some people some of the time, but generally don’t feel comfortable around any crowd. I literally hid behind equipment in my barn yard, afraid, when people I had been friends with for many years came to see me. I did not want people to know that anything was wrong and was able to cover it up because I am always working somewhere different and everyone expects I am working somewhere else and not sitting in my house scared to move.
I still have the same thoughts as before, I want to work hard, socialize with everyone(I love talking to people), I want to maximize my life by helping as many people and doing as much good as possible. I love my life and have been very fortunate. I want PTSD to be a very small part of who I am and not what I am. I can best describe what happens to me in mechanical terms, it is like my clutch is slipping. I want to do something, I have the knowledge, the ambition, the drive and want to do things, but my body says do nothing, even though I am wanting to do things as normal, I become basically handicapped. My body will not do what I want, it is not a physical problem but a mental issue caused by the trauma of being shot at and thinking I was going to die.
Having these issues I filed a lawsuit against Robert P. Shumaker and Twin Elm Trust B (which is a sham trust that owns the land where he lives and his wife is the only Trustee). I also sued because I had serious crop damages that started in 2013 and I later found out he had told people he let his tame deer into the wild because he didn’t want to follow the new regulations starting in 2013. My crop damage started in close proximity to his deer pin and we had deer with tags matching the color of the ones he described to ODNR, eating in our fields. This crop damage had been evaluated by four separate ODNR wildlife officers, which all determined the damage to have been caused by deer, and started after his deer were in the wild.
Mr. Shumaker and Twin Elm Trust B. hired a lawyer named Brett Rudduck. This may sound familiar, as his father is John (Tim) Rudduck and is the elected judge of the Clinton County Court of Common Pleas which is where the suit is to be handled. Judge Rudduck recused himself and appoints his friend and predecessor Judge William McCracken. I was fine with that initially, until Brett Rudduck (the judge’s son) failed to file a timely answer as required under the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, and the local court rules. I waited a short time then filed a Motion for Default Judgement. Under the rules when a defendant fails to file a timely answer within the time prescribed in the rules the plaintiff may move for and is entitled to a Default Judgement Entry. If a defendant fails to properly answer, within the rules, then plaintiff files for a default judgement, all material facts in the plaintiff’s complaint are assumed to be true. The only thing left to decide is the amount of the judgement.
The Clinton County Court of Common Pleas has very specific rules as to the handling of Motions which provides that a motion be presented to the other party, who has 14 days to file an objection and on the 21st day the motion is presented to the court for consideration. In this case Mr. Brett Rudduck, a week after I filed my motion for Default Judgement, and approximately two weeks after he was required to file an answer or be in default, files, not a response to my motion, as would be expected, but ignores my motion and files a document that does not come close to meeting the court rules, that specifically describe what shall be included in a motion, and requested more time to respond. His motion is granted in 3 days, contrary to the rules, and before I was even aware he had filed anything.
My motion had been filed correctly, contained all of the necessary items in the rules, and included case law, which said basically, when a lawyer acts improperly or fails to properly defend a case, the court shall not cast the sins of the defendants lawyer on the plaintiff, but shall award the plaintiff his judgement and have the defendant sue the lawyer for malpractice. And I provided case law saying that until the plaintiff files for Default Judgement the court has the ability to allow more time but once a motion for default judgment is filed, the courts ability to extend the time is severely limited. There is only one valid reason in the rules which allows for additional time after a motion for default has been filed, and that was not claimed and does not exist in this case.
When I filed my Motion for Default Judgment I knew Brett Rudduck was in a bad spot, due to his failing to act within the rules, and I expected some claim that he was not properly served or some other excuse to try to avoid responsibility for his failure to act diligently. I had a tracking number placed on his copy of the motion and I found out, the motion was in his mail box for a week before he checked his mail. The next day is when he filed the document, outside the rules, which was granted, outside the rules.
I filed a Motion to Strike, based on the fact, that my rights had been violated and Judge McCracken had been put in a tough spot. He had to decide, whether to follow the rules which would hold Brett Rudduck accountable and be devastating to him politically and financially, or help him and pretend everything is OK. I also found out on the Ohio Supreme Court website, when all of the was going on, Brett Rudduck was delinquent on his attorney registration which is to be paid, on or before September 1st and he didn’t pay his until November 1st so he practiced 61 days outside the rules. Ohio Gov.Bar Rule VI section2. Paragraph (A) states “each attorney admitted to the practice of law in Ohio shall register with the Office of Attorney Services of the Supreme Court on or before the first day of September in each odd-numbered year by filing a certificate of registration furnished by the office and, paying a registration fee of three hundred fifty dollars. Any attorney who registers and pays the fee shall be granted active status.” During this time period if you looked up Brett Rudduck on the Ohio Supreme Courts website under the category of registration it said “No”. I brought this up in my filings and was told by Judge McCracken it was ok that he had paid it and a Late fee, in what he described as a grace period, I have never seen a grace period which you are accessed a Late Fee. Judge McCracken after making these rulings then said he would recuse himself and have another judge appointed to the case.
The next Judge is named Judge Michael Ward who is a retired Court of Common Pleas Judge from Athens County, a Republican, who became judge by a political appointment and happens to have a son (Matthew Michael Ward), who is a young attorney who also happened to become the Athens City Prosecutor after being admitted to the Bar in 2016 (Brett Rudduck is the Wilmington City Law Director). Judge Ward sets a hearing on all pending motions, all parties must be present. I at this point, not being aware that this guy has almost the same circumstances as Judge Rudduck, where political influence has been exerted for his benefit, and his son has been given an important job which he is likely not the most qualified, due to his political connections and under no circumstance, would Judge Ward want Judge Rudduck’s son, held accountable because this exact situation easily could be his son. I felt good that maybe things would start to make sense. He proceeds to ask about all of the motions except for my Motion for Default Judgment which was the basis of the motions that followed and he refused to talk about that. I explained that with the Motion of Default Judgement never being settled, these other motions won’t make sense because they refer to and depend on the skipped Motion for Default Judgement. He says the other judge (McCracken) had already ruled on that, I said that he had not ruled and that Judge McCracken said, he would send all of the pending motions, to the next judge in fairness. Judge Ward snaps at me saying, he ruled against you, whether you know it or not. I told him I have not received anything from the court, and there was nothing in the docket about that motion being denied, and he said basically too bad. He proceeded to have a hearing on the other pending motions (where he seemed friendly to my criminal attacker and his lawyers), which made these other motions hard to present, being out of order and depending on the conveniently skipped “Motion for Default Judgment”. He denied all of my motions, including one for a no contact order which Mr. Shumaker had agreed to, as a part of plea deal in municipal court, which he violated by continuing to menace me and my family. I had called the sheriff’s office and when the deputy came out; he said there was nothing he could do about it. I asked in my motion, that the court state a number of feet which Mr. Shumaker must stay away, to have this kind hearted judge who refused to even let me look at my notes, while talking in this hearing, tell me that maybe he is afraid of you (Me) and denied the motion.
As this case progressed Judge Ward continued to make rulings to limit and dismiss portions of my suit based solely on deposition testimony, which I specifically gave very short narrow answers with the intent of answering what was asked without providing any more. On the other side you have Mr. Shumaker who either denied or couldn’t remember much at all and who was caught not being truthful several times. So I am being penalized because Mr. Shumaker’s lawyer failed to ask the right questions to get to the facts of the case. Mr. Shumaker's lawyer is being provided by his property insurance company (Ohio Mutual) under a policy which his name is on, for land that he claims he has nothing to with. He claims he has never once claimed, acted like, or pretended that land was his. He says he told everyone the land was in a trust which his wife was the only person with anything to do with it.
So if his insurance company (which is also my insurance company) provides him with a lawyer who does not ask the right questions, I am to be deprived of the right to present witnesses who have firsthand knowledge of the facts, or to have the evidence heard by a jury as requested in my complaint.
After thinking something is not right, and doing some research, I discover that Judge Ward and Judge Rudduck and their sons are very similarly situated being:
1. Both Republicans
2. Both having children who are young lawyers.
3. Both having children who have received important government legal positions due to their father’s relationship with the Republican Party and the local political establishment.
4. Both were chosen to their post as Common Pleas Court Judge by their political allies.
5. Both serving in areas where corruption seems to be rampant. I am detailing some of the Clinton County corruption here, and the former Athens County Sheriff, Pat Kelly is now serving 7 years in prison, after being convicted of 17 felonies and one misdemeanor all while in office.
Why would a Sheriff commit felonies? Easy he thought he was above that law. He was comfortable, thinking that local politics would cover it up if he was caught. He surely did not think he would go to prison or he would not have done these things (he is most likely a coward). Do you see a pattern developing? I did.
The latest good news, which I just found out, Mr. Shumaker’s civil attorney, (provided by his insurance company defending his criminal actions?) filed a motion that, no mention could be made of the fact that Mr. Shumaker was charged and pleaded guilty to the criminal offense, which is considered a full and complete admission of guilt, to the facts, as charged. How can this be? Mr. Shumaker’s criminal defense lawyer (Mike Daugherty) who is now the Clinton County Municipal Court Judge and Mr. Shumaker’s friend decided (again without providing me notice as required) that it would be in the best interest, of the citizens, if he would seal Mr. Shumaker’s criminal guilty plea. Mr. Daughterty had represented Mr. Shumaker, and negotiated that guity plea for him. All parties were aware it was going to be used as evidence in the civil jury trial, a few months away. His order is that, it shall be, if it never happened. He is using his position as judge for his own gain being that every hunting season since my rights were violated for Mr. Shumaker’s benefit in the criminal trial, guess who has been hunting on the land where Mr. Shumaker lives but says he never claimed to own or control, you got it, Clinton County Municipal Court Judge Mike Daughtery.
If you have ever wondered why our county has become an economic wasteland why did DHL leave? why did Amazon leave? Why have we lost so many jobs, is it bad luck? I don’t think so, these companies wanted to be here, DHL paid 4.05 billion dollars for Airborne Express, including the airport, only to give away the airport to get out of here. Amazon wanted to be here, they are now in Washington Court House, Columbus, Monroe, and Hebron, KY, why didn’t they stay? It would be my guess it was the Clinton County Swamp of Corruption, these people that I have mentioned they are not the only ones, just the ones in my case. I am sure that other people are being under served and hurt by these people and others that use their government funded connection in order to better themselves at the expense of average people that don’t really know what is happening, but they know it is not working.
I need help finding and presenting the truth and exposing people who feel entitled to use government authority which does not belong to them, they are privileged to be trusted with the authority of the people, and using it for their personal gain. These are people who feel entitled to doing things that they never want known publicly, and would most likely deny if asked about (cowards).
It is my nature to not back down, because something seems difficult and to follow things to a conclusion. When things get tough it makes me more interested, and dedicated to solving the problem. I feel the good Lord has been good to me, in many ways. I have a good family, a good body (not fancy just good), a good mind, a desire to be positive and try to find something good even in a bad situation, and among others blessings, I have the desire to help others and stand up for what is right and not tolerate one group of people needlessly causing others harm, for their own personal gain. Not to get political but many of the problems here, it is sad to say, seem to originate in a place which seems, to need the bright light of truth shined upon it. If you google these names, you will soon find a connection, most of them know each other, and are active in the Clinton County Republican Party. I am certainly not against Republicans, and I am probably more conservative than the average people in this group. The pattern seems to be, if you are active in the party, your children are fast tracked into important government jobs which they are either unqualified, or do not have the drive, motivation and selflessness to carry out their duties, in the best interest of the public. These people are using the power and authority of the people of the state and this county to serve their own interest and that of their friends (although they may just pretend they are friends, to get favors from them (Fake people.)
Wondering how to turn my situation into something positive and also help other people who are being or have been harmed and ignored by people who have sworn under oath to follow the laws and rules of the state, (they must have had their fingers crossed?), collect a large salary from the tax payers, and worst of all occupy a position that is there to protect and serve the public.
Also needing help collecting the evidence that I need in my case, and that I know exist. We need good people to come together and support each other. That being said I have secured the web domain www.cowardz.com and will hopefully soon be launching a webpage that is intended to be a clearing house of information from people that are aware of bad things done by government officials. Example I have information that Judge Mike Daughtery made a deal with a woman employed by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, her mother had received a ticket, from a trooper from the Wilmington post of OSP. He told her what to do and he would take care of it, which he did in court, pretending the trooper was mistaken or something to that effect. When the lady texted Judge Daughtery to thank him for letting her mother out a ticket, he insinuated that he is entitled to sex with her in exchange. That story coming from me is so shocking that most people may not believe it, but if we have the same type of stories from 15 different women it cannot be brushed off. I am not doing this to hurt or embarrass these people; their own actions are what is embarrassing and I feel very bad for their families, some I am friends with, for the selfish actions and the harm these people are willing to cast on their own families because of their arrogance and ignorance. As a government official, employee, or agent if you take an action, you don’t want others to know about, and would be reluctant, to freely tell the truth about, you know you are doing something wrong. I have even developed a nonscientific test, which will help many people, who do not like accountability determine what is the source of their displeasure. Step 1.go into a dark room. Step 2. Face a mirror. Step 3.Turn on the light and most likely the source of your problems will appear. Let me know what you see, I think this test is accurate and effective.
If I told you that the Clinton County Municipal Court has sent written messages to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Wilmington Post wanting to know if there is some way that they could increase the number of OVI arrest because they are counting on them for the money. Most people would say that is insane, and could not happen, but it does. If you are one of these unlucky people who are arrested, because of some back door deal, aimed at raising money, what do you think are your chances of having a fair trial? Things in local government are intended to look legitimate but all of the decisions are being made behind the scenes with a few friends (either corrupt or lazy officials), making decisions that they hope are never discovered. I could go for days telling true stories like these and I know others have these stories. Let us put them all together and take back our county. We are paying for a party that is not in the best interest or helpful to the citizens. I hope to have a forum which allows the average people to hold accountable a select few people, causing most of us heartache, and violating our rights for their personal benefit. I know this not going to be popular with some and if you do not like this, please do the mirror test above. In the long term, my goal is to rid this county of corruption, and bring forward the notion, that hiring spoiled children of political allies, may not be the most effective way, of getting the best qualified, or ambitious candidate for a job, (just a suggestion).
In the meantime I need help with anyone who has information, or can lead me to information helpful in my case.
I am interested in the following items or anything else you think may be helpful:
I need firsthand accounts of people who have had contact with Robert P. Shumaker or his family and have ever heard them talk about any of the following:
Owning any land, farmland, owning their house, the farm where they live, owning other houses and or properties, Ect.
Captive white tail deer. Mr. Shumaker claimed under oath that he never let his deer loose in 2012-2013. I know he told people that he did let them loose.
He also claims that he hunts without a hunting license, without being a member of the trust, which owns the land, where he lives, which is hunting without a license, and illegal.
Any confrontations with hunters or others, which he claimed, were trespassing on his land. He now claims he doesn’t have any land, never did have any land and never said anything that would lead someone to believe that he did own any land.
Any conversations which he talked about wanting to harm any person or talked about things he had done to be annoying or cause trouble with other people.
Any information that leads to the truth being brought forward and presented to the court and /or the public.
Any person, who has ever paid cash or a check to Robert P. Shumaker or Shannon Shumaker for rent of land, rent of houses, purchasing something off of their land, or for the use of their land.
Any person who has asked Robert Shumaker about doing something including hunting, cutting wood, ect on his land and was told anything other than, it is not my land and I have no say in controlling it.
Anyone who has ever heard Mr. Shumaker asking questions trying to find information about people hunting on or trespassing on his farm, or land.
Any person, ever heard Mr. Shumaker talking about confrontations he has had or talking about using a fire arm to scare or threaten someone.
Any person who has ever heard of, or has knowledge of Mr. Shumaker talking about complaining, filing complaints or attempting to file complaints against others, including calling :the police, Sheriff, government agencies, the game warden, ODNR or any other party trying to get them in trouble.
Any people or entities who had contact from any government agency based on a complaint made by Mr. Shumaker.
People who have rented property from Mr.Shumaker and have been treated poorly or have seen him act aggressively or confrontational.
Any person who has information about Shannon Shumaker being apprehended for shop lifting or how she was able to continuing working for the United States Postal Service.
Any person who has information regarding Clinton B. Shumaker and the three criminal charges along with arrest warrants issued for his arrest in Alaska for violating wildlife laws and when caught, he fled the state to avoid prosecution. Nenana Alaska Criminal District Court case#:4NE-15-00133CR filed 10/29/2015, Arrest warrant filed on 11/23/2015 and case reassigned and warrant renewed on 6/7/2018. This includes three class a misdemeanors each carrying a possible penalty of one year in jail and $10,000 fine. In addition to three years in jail and up to $30,000 in fines he also may face additional penalties for the intentionally failure to appear in court.
Any information leading to the discovery of information about antisocial or combative actions by Mr. Shumaker.
I need information of any political connections, donations or contributions made by Mr. Shumaker.
People have told me, Mr. Shumaker has been much friendlier recently, and thought he has mellowed out. I say he is being a coward, he has been facing either criminal charges or a civil lawsuit, for most of the last five years. I think he is being fake, trying to avoid being held accountable, for his actions and damages he has caused.
The website www.cowardz.com is intended for average people, who have knowledge, or information, of bad behavior or lack of action by people who are in a position of trust, to combine all of the information into one place which is available to anyone who has a need, or simply wishes to be informed of what is going on, with people who are supposed to be respectable. This site is not to hurt good people. I hope that this site will help every person who visits. Every citizen is harmed by a two tier system of government. Suppose you think you will not be arrested for OVI or held accountable, the result is that you selfishly and intentionally drive drunk because you can, if you don’t kill yourself or someone else, let’s assume you are a business person who owns some land. Does the value of driving drunk, which you don’t have to do , and only do it because you can, offset the fact that this corrupt legal system( which seems to be modeled from some third world dictatorship, which accountability is only for the average people, not those who pander to people in charge), causes terrible economic problems including: loss of jobs, loss of population, lower property values, budget strains on local government entities (including the schools), less chance for advancement or raises for the workers in the public entities, higher taxes, and more strain on social service agencies among many other issues. Doesn’t this sound familiar? Is it worth hurting every person in the surrounding areas, so a few people are allowed to feel important, because they are not held to the same standards, as the average public. The problem is, these people don’t realize, they are hurting themselves. If you own a business, or are a government employee, you want as many people too have great jobs, and the most money possible, not drive out the businesses.
What has happened to the jobs in Clinton County? We have one large employer, who is only here, because the family who owns the company is more loyal to Clinton County, than Clinton County is to the company or the family. If not for their dedication, to the county, they would have been gone long ago, due to the trivial actions, of people in the county toward them. If this family decided today, to leave Clinton County, Wilmington would soon look like Martinsville (no disrespect to Martinsville). Many other companies have wanted to be in Clinton County but soon realize it is not a business friendly place to operate, and then leave. DHL paid 4.05 billion dollars for Airborne Express and its airport hub in Wilmington, Ohio. They gave away the airport to get out of here. At Hebron KY, DHL has thrived and expanded many times, and is still providing many jobs, to people in our county, who now drive to Kentucky each day to work. Amazon wanted to be here (they are all around us: Washington Court House, Columbus, Monroe and Hebron, Ky. I will give you one guess which place they got away from, despite having the facility, and workforce that they wanted.
If nothing is done to change things our economic outlook is the same forever. In the future, the people in charge, will be the children of the people causing the problems today, which feel entitlement, above the law and have no idea or concern about the damage they are causing. They use a convenient tactic where, the future elected official is chosen behind the scenes (within the political party), the outgoing official decides to leave prior to the end of their term, the chosen one is them appointed as the acting official, which allows them, in the next election, to run as an incumbent, because they have served in that position for several months. This trick makes the chosen one seem like the reasonable replacement.
Until we are able to get the website going you can provide information to the email address rbaughman@cowardz.com and we will include it in the website. There will be, in my case all motions filed; the response from the defendant, the rules or law applicable, and what the judge rules, all audio recordings, reports filed Ect. You will be amazed, although you’re sence of being safe, when confronted by a violent criminal will likely change. Knowing I am not the only person harmed by this system, I will make it, where others can put there information, on the site so the citizens can work together to help each other and stop the illegal activities, because these people are cowards and don’t want to be held accountable. At www.cowardz.com you will be able to, decide from a range of options from “I wish to testify if needed”, “I will sign an affidavit” to “I want to keep my identity private”. I think that after many people come forward, many others will begin to speak out. If you are concerned about retaliation, all I can say, is that multiple federal law enforcement agencies, have already been given, many, many times the information and details which I have provided here. Given the fact that these people are cowards I think we will be alright.
Please provide your information and opinions to email address www.rbaughman@cowardz.com and watch for the advertising campaign about the launch of the website www.cowardz.com which is where you can look at other people’s information, express your protected political speech as others have and provide details of wrong doing. The ultimate goal is transparency, which exposes bad behavior, and ultimately a more effective legal system, which laws are applied equally, expectations are raised for government officials, which results in prosperity for everyone, and people not being harmed, by people who are paid, by the public, to protect them, not side with the criminal, and continue to harm the victim.
I am also working toward filing a federal lawsuit against Clinton County and the elected officials who have violated my rights under the United States Constitution. This suit is based on federal civil rights violations, unequal protection under the law, and more. If it has happened to you, please let me know. Together, we can change things for the better. I understand not all people, who are harmed, can file legal suits or organize resistance to corruption, but we can all work together, by providing the information necessary, to send the cockroaches, that are causing the problems, running, when we shine the light of transparency on them.
I never expected all of this was going on, but when something seemed strange, I followed the smoke to what became a fire, and then in the distance you could see more smoke, which turned out to be a fire, and it just continued.
I am hoping to get media attention, which may bring out more victims. I will be supplying my information to: Dayton and Cincinnati Radio and TV stations as well as national news shows like 20/20, Dateline, and 48 hours
Thank You
Robert Baughman