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Posted by GET NJ on August 30, 2005 at 13:41:50:
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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