[DrewsDad]

Thanks for posting this. I was about to do the same.

I smell the stench of a Sager Sliming. Hopefully, they won't get away with it.

[DrewsDad]

Lie: Russell was involved in a physical skirmish after crashing a Republican Executive Committee meeting that led to an arrest by Austin Police.

Truth: I led a overwhelming public censure of former Travis Co. Republican Party Chairman Alan Sager in March 2004. Subsequently, I was the victim of an assault at an open public meeting of the Travis Co. Republican Party Executive Committee meeting. My assailant was the Sergeant-of-Arms appointed by Sager, who Farney is now using to compose her negative mail pieces and is touted on the latest one as one of Farney’s endorsers. Although I successfully later pressed charges against my assailant, no one (including my assailant) was arrested.

Here's an excerpt from a July 2, 2004 Statesman article:
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Russell said he wanted to film the meeting to document Sager's behavior, which he said included violating basic rules of parliamentary procedure in filling precinct chair vacancies.

Austin police Detective Robert Gross said Sager objected to the filming and asked him to remove the camera from the room. Russell complied but then returned for his camera bag, which was when the assault began, Gross said.

An affidavit said Runyan "jumped him from behind." Russell was in a choke hold, with his arm behind his back and was being wrestled through a set of doors when witnesses intervened.

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The full Statesman article is archived at this website(warning about profanity elsewhere):
Republican charged with assaulting fellow party member