Palmetto principal on leave after arrest

[Frivilous suits]

From the June 2008 edition of the Brechner report.
SARASOTA – The Sarasota Circuit Court dismissed a 2006 defamation suit filed by an elementary school principal against a TV news station after 10 months of inactivity on behalf of the plaintiff in the case.
Palmetto Elementary Principal Eddie Hundley claimed Ric Russo, the assignment manager for WWSB-TV, ABC7 at the time of the suit, and Kay Miller, the station’s news director, spread misinformation about Hundley’s 2002 arrest for stalking, a charge that had been dropped, according to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
Although the station never aired a report on Hundley’s arrest, his suit against the station claimed Russo recruited other parents to pass out copies of Hundley’s arrest report in front of the school but failed to disclose that the charge had been dropped. Russo denied the allegations.
Hundley also alleged that Miller contacted local school officials in 2005 – three years after the original arrest – and told them Hundley was recently arrested for stalking.
Sources: Sarasota Herald-Tribune and court records

[Mike]

Courage has nothing to do with this, it is all about simply commenting on the stupidity of an individual who has nothing else to do but keep an eye on a school that his children do not even attend. Live and let live...

[frivilous lawsuits]

when the spit hit the fan on this deal russo's kids did attend palmetto elementary. It's uniformed individuals likeyourself 'mike in clearwater' who are responsible for spreading misinformation. As for live and let live, it was hundley who filed the lawsuit against russo and his employer, but yet, it was hundley who failed to show for any of the court proceedings. His lawyer quit - perhaps because he had no case - and hundley couldn't find any other lawyer to take it.

if i am not mistaken mr russo is a journalist so it's his job to hold school districts accountable when they promote candidates who are not the necessarily the most qualified.

why does someone who lives in clearwater care about a school in manatee county mike?