We are not children anymore, and we refuse to be bullied.
That was Brian Edwards speaking to the press a few months ago about the theft and defilement of his favorite engagement photo for use in an anti-gay political mailer.
Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a federal lawsuit against Eugene Delgaudio’s hate group “Public Advocate of the United States” on Edwards’ behalf, along with his husband Tom Privitere and their photographer Kristina Hill. “We are going to take back the beautiful moment in our lives that was hijacked by a hate group,” Edwards said during a telephone press briefing on the lawsuit. Public Advocate could easily have “legally obtained a generic photo” of a same sex couple for its purpose instead of “stealing and destroying my work,” added Hill. The lawsuit follows Delgaudio’s failure to respond to a July 11 cease-and-desist letter sent by the SPLC on behalf of the plaintiffs.
And yesterday, Caitlin Gibson of the Washington Post published a long-awaited exposé of Delgaudio’s conduct in the office of Sterling Supervisor. It contains compelling evidence that he habitually uses county staff and resources to raise money for his own reelection campaign and for Public Advocate. One former aide, Donna Mateer, told Gibson that she was instructed to spend all of her time setting up fundraising meetings with potential donors, and that she was placed under the direct supervision of Delgaudio’s Public Advocate office manager, Hannah Scoggins. Other former aides stated that they quit after being repeatedly instructed to engage in improper political activity, that they were instructed to enroll in classes on fundraising and online activism paid for by Public Advocate, and that they have been questioned by the FBI about activities in the county office and at Public Advocate. Mateer also alleged that Delgaudio asked about her religious and political views as a condition of employment, and that he often engaged in racist and anti-gay tirades in the office as well as berating his aides.
Deliberately misspelling his own URL sends the message to Loudoun: "I'm just a dumb, harmless clown, you shouldn't take my hate group seriously."
As shocking in some ways as these allegations are, the knowledge that there really is no boundary between the Sterling Supervisor office and Public Advocate is nothing new. Not too long ago,
Pariahdog described Eugene Delgaudio as a “Nervous Nellie,”
blowing up at reporters who asked him to explain how someone else’s copyrighted image ended up on his hate mailers. We are just beginning, I think, to see the extent of what he’s so nervous about.
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We know that Donna Mateer, former aide to Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio, provided a package of documents to Board Chairman Scott York – at his request – information that supports her allegations of Mr. Delgaudio’s improper fundraising, misuse of office, and nasty behavior. And we know that Mr. York then proceeded to do absolutely nothing with the information for approximately six months, only admitting that he had it once that fact was exposed by the Washington Post. What did the package contain? 
“Nellie” Delgaudio getting nervouser
That was Brian Edwards speaking to the press a few months ago about the theft and defilement of his favorite engagement photo for use in an anti-gay political mailer.
Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a federal lawsuit against Eugene Delgaudio’s hate group “Public Advocate of the United States” on Edwards’ behalf, along with his husband Tom Privitere and their photographer Kristina Hill. “We are going to take back the beautiful moment in our lives that was hijacked by a hate group,” Edwards said during a telephone press briefing on the lawsuit. Public Advocate could easily have “legally obtained a generic photo” of a same sex couple for its purpose instead of “stealing and destroying my work,” added Hill. The lawsuit follows Delgaudio’s failure to respond to a July 11 cease-and-desist letter sent by the SPLC on behalf of the plaintiffs.
And yesterday, Caitlin Gibson of the Washington Post published a long-awaited exposé of Delgaudio’s conduct in the office of Sterling Supervisor. It contains compelling evidence that he habitually uses county staff and resources to raise money for his own reelection campaign and for Public Advocate. One former aide, Donna Mateer, told Gibson that she was instructed to spend all of her time setting up fundraising meetings with potential donors, and that she was placed under the direct supervision of Delgaudio’s Public Advocate office manager, Hannah Scoggins. Other former aides stated that they quit after being repeatedly instructed to engage in improper political activity, that they were instructed to enroll in classes on fundraising and online activism paid for by Public Advocate, and that they have been questioned by the FBI about activities in the county office and at Public Advocate. Mateer also alleged that Delgaudio asked about her religious and political views as a condition of employment, and that he often engaged in racist and anti-gay tirades in the office as well as berating his aides.
Deliberately misspelling his own URL sends the message to Loudoun: "I'm just a dumb, harmless clown, you shouldn't take my hate group seriously."
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