There's your Stathakis representative. Hope enough people see this before the polls close today.

I think they are all acting like a bunch of clowns.

Who goes around stealing property and defacing it? It's truly shocking the disrespect that some people have for others. This is just a horrific meltdown for him, I really hope he gets some help.

this is pathetic. and i don't consider any one mature who uses the F bomb. especailly ppl who are running for office. not sure which person was swearing and shoving, but lot's of children were out side seeing just how "grown ups act". i know we are only human, but when you put your self out there in the public, you gotta control yourself,your words and actions. i don't know who or if both were pushing and swearing, but grow up. i think none of them should be elected. reminds me of detroit politics. distrubing and disgusting. i live right by all of it and thought of how embarassing this whole lot is. shame shame...

The Vandal should be charged and pay for distruction of property, and should have to spend the money in the court system to prove corruption on the part of the candidates.....that is defamation and he should be held Lible.

Will this guy be arrested? Sounds and looks like he’s dangerous and demented.

Just glad my mom is OK. Glad dad dropped by with water!

Grow up Matt - What you did is what first graders do!

I have no idea any background on this but three people pushing and yelling at one person makes them look like a bunch of bullies. Plus that guy pulling up in his truck almost hitting the guy in the green shirt - not cool. Painting on signs probably isn't so nice either I suppose.

What a Joke. I thought it was illegal to steal let alone spray paint
on candidate's sign's?

All of them are acting worse than my 5 year old. What an embarrassment for Shelby Township.

The guy in the blue shirt and the 2 ladies can be charged with assault and battery... The lady in blue put her hands on the fat guy in green first, then the guy in blue put his hands on the fat guy in green, then the lady in red put her hands on the fat guy in green. No matter how you feel about something like this, it is law enforcement or security personnel ONLY that have the right unless this guy posed a threat to life or property and he was put under citizens arrest. This was not done, and the law clearly states that you cannot put your hands on another. Verbal is labeled assault, Battery is the touch. All three are guilty of this and it is a crime. Now lets see if they are an exception to the law, or by connection, above it!!!
Have a nice day!

So it's all republicans fighting among each other.

Unless you have a surefire connection between Stathakis and Matt, saying that Stathakis is connected to him or Matt is a representation of what he stands for is uncalled for. Every candidate (local to national) has less than stellar followers/supporters...it's unfortunate that Matt decided to act in this way, but to automatically connect him to Stathakis just because he supports him is unfair--again, unless you have some sort of evidence of that...

I, of course, do not condone Matt's actions at all.

This does not change my mind about who I voted for at all, by the way. It's not like Matt was on the ballot...

I C Matt's antics make the Channel 7 Six oclock news. wow Matt you really should be arrested. HEY just heard your stupid comments on the news. "you didnt want" the media to get ahold of this. Well they are paid to find clowns like you.

Let's see Karl you said the guy in the blue shirt, the lady in the blue shirt and the lady in the red shirt. And you felt the need to give the guy in the green shirt you own nice and special description. Why is that?

Who said it's a fact that Guarnieri stole the signs to begin with? Pure speculation. Facts will come out in the next few days. Until then, is this the response you want from a public servant?

Matt may be many things, but he's not stupid. Of course he's loving the media attention! What blogger in their right mind wouldn't? He knows exactly what he's getting out of all this (you could tell by the grin he had on his face during the interview with channel 7).

That being said, I don't, for one second, believe he found those dumpster diving. It's just a little fishy to me that there have been numerous reports of stolen signs and then here he is, with a truck full of them.

Children should not get involved in politics.

Children should not get involved with politics.

Repugnant actions to be sure, on both sides, but who says he stole the signs? Don't campaigns give those things away to anyone who wants them? The blogger was being intentionally provacative and should expect this sort of thing, the candidates should be above this, and either ignored him or called the appropriate authorities. I suspect no one will face charges, I'm not sure the blogger did anything illegal, the candidates (and their spouses) are clearly guilty of assault, and possibly battery, but I doubt they will be charged either... They're "plugged in" to the system, and I doubt the blogger will want further embarassment by pressing charges.

Now that I've "seen" Matt in action, it speaks volumes! He was defaming and stealing property which is against the law. He has been needling and belittling those candidates for months and it all came to a head. I personally think the women and that man in the white truck showed great restraint after all this man has done to them. I think anyone that has someone defaming and slandering you over and over for a year or more, daily, non-stop is more than anyone should have to bear.

Real "mature" actions by these public servants. Yes defacing their campaign signs was def wrong. But that does not give these politicians and their spouses the right to assault him.
Seems these officals are so used to abusing their power they feel they are above law and can assault anyone they think wronged them. Makes me sick. Nice example they set for their public. If you feel someone has wronged you it's okay to grab some people and bully that 1 person. Well if you're an offical it's okay. Apparently you have no laws to follow.

Thats right Lucy. Those poor officals. Sure they are def the victims. So terrible the public servants had to put up with someone from the publics opinion. Even if he defaced their paper propahganda that gives them all the right to assault him. Those poor, poor people. All those mean words they've had to put up with. You're right it's unbearable.

Lucy your exactly right. It puts Matt in proper prospective including what he has been blogging. He is truly a baffone and a dangerous one. This is what Shelby has to put up with GOD help us.

Keeping It Classy Shelby Twp., Keeping it Classy!!!

Dear,
Joe Victor
I have a strange deja-vu type feeling that you are correct as well. Kind of like when our supervisor took money and refused to take a polygraph test when asked by the sheriffs department to do so.

Left St. Clair Shores because of this crap, now here we are again. What a sad, sad day. What are we coming to? What happened to the saying "If everyone believed the same thing the world would be boring"! Why can't people just get over the fact that we all have different opinions and leave it at that. So sad!

Victory for Rick - bye bye Lisa & Bob, happy trails to you.

This video is proof of criminal behavior by three of four people, yet most of the comments are critical of the one victim. If the victim stole the free signs that he then painted over (the crime of destruction of worthless property, of which this video provides no proof) why is that more upsetting to you than assault and battery?

Matt did not do anything wrong. You may not agree with the methods in which he uses his rights to free speech however that does not justify the actions of Lisa Manzella, her husband and Bob Leman's wife.

Matt owned the signs, re-designed them and posted them on an easment within his own property. Leman's wife, Mr. and Ms. Manzella assualted him for this and took his property. They should of been arrested!

Great job anticipating this news story, Marina. You captured Matt's latest escapade nearly as well as Matt's Township meeting sign stunt. Which was also great anticipation on your part.

This is all very sad and pathetic.

I have searched all morning. There is no law on the books where you can be punished for being stupid. I guess they will all roam free and continue to reproduce.

This is the best laugh I have had all year. The language is like a GoodFellow movie. LOL!

Sad, Sad, Sad.... There is no right on this one. If Matt wants to voice his opinion like a man then he should do it with his voice at meetings or run for a elected position. What he did was childish and should not be condoned by anyone. As for getting in Matts face and swearing at him, I disagree with that too. The best action would have been to just record it and make a police report. However, if Matt acted like a responsible adult then none of this would have happened. Everyone has two choices to every decision they make.

People if you really care about Shelby Twp then stand up and make a difference for the positive. I read an article that was comparing Shelby Twp to Warren. It stated that Shelby was headed in that direction. To be honest it is. Everyone is so worried about who is getting into office instead of worrying what they can do themselves to make a positive difference. Our society is so backwards. We care more if a person is a democrat or republican then we care if they are actually the right person to run the city. We care more about whether taxes are going up or down then we care about the health and beauty of the city. Look around people, vacant lots, vandalism, trash throughout, neighborhoods that are not being maintained. Look at the crime rate in Shelby over the last 10 years, something else that has been heading in the wrong direction.

Shelby is a beautiful area and it needs to remain that way, but if you think our current supervisor or anyone else in the elected official role is going to guide Shelby into the right direction, think again. It takes a community to come together and do the little things.

Our current supervisor is so proud of the fact that he does not raise taxes. Do you know that taxes help a city grow. It helps keep cities safe and clean. Look at any elected official and answer me this, how many are truly for the people????????

This should have NEVER happened! Very immature. Video tells all. I was working the polls in Washington Township, my hometown, how fast the news traveled. I heard of this at 5:15, not long afterwards.

Hey Bill four wrongs don’t make a right. It is nice that you keep a blind eye to Matt. Bill, if you feel so strong in support of Matt and what he does, then why not have Matt run for a spot on the board. Then two things can happen, Matt can voice his opinion like a real man instead of like a coward and you can then stand behind him and support his ideas instead of his actions........ Bill, are you guided by society and the media or are guided by life and the good that is in it? Those that are consumed by society and the media tend to complain, those guided by their life and their own thoughts and ideas tend to lead by example. I am just saying.

Back to Tokyo for “Manzilla” she has done enough damage here .

Both women should be charged as well as the “ man in the white truck”.

Unfortunately, that is not going to happen.

Mrs. “Manzilla” has a record of “favoritism” with the Shelby Township Police department .

Furthermore, with all of Mr Lemans “buddies” on the police force nothing will come of it.

Our elections are so con fluted anyway. If the candidates words worth anything they wouldn't need banners or anything. You would vote for them because you think there doing the right things without there own power trip with their own agenda.

Why don’t the police support the current Supervisor?

I have to say it is refreshing to see such passion for local politics. I'm not used to that. People typically get riled up for federal elections, but its these local elections that have far more influence over most people's day to day lives, and unfortunately most people do not take the time to educate themselves about local candidates.

I hope the man painting and stealing the political signs is charged with Disorderly Conduct or Larceny AND Malicious Destruction of Property. It's apparent he's another one of our "stop watch" supervisor supporters. For those of you bashing the campaign affiliates and candidits, the signs were purchased with their campaign money, which makes them their private property. Despite the fact they are placed throughout the township for public influence, there is no justifiable excuse for driving around with a truck full of political signs with the intent to deface them! He is a pathetic and worthless citizen and should move out of our township if he is so distraught! His news interview was great, I laughed at this clown the whole time! Between his lisp and the news misreporting facts, such as Lisa running for clerk ... It was some all around great entertainment!

It's ignorant to even have signs, their is no significance purpose for them their a blight on anyone's property. Your a fool if you helped contribute to any candidate thinking one person can change but their own wallets.

Staged? Really? For who's benefit? Everyone in the video comes off looking like an idiot... I really doubt that the two candidates involved decided to commit political suicide by staging such a thing, and Matt the Blogger certainly didn't gain any credibility either. This was not staged, this is just a sad symptom of the current state of American politics. If we can learn to fight words with words, we can all benefit. Matt could say whatever he wanted on his blog or signs, and so could the candidates, and then the voters could decide who's worth listening to and who's being an idiot... In this case, every person in this video is an idiot, unworthy of an audience.

I will end this rant with an apology to the residents of Shelby Township. I am so very sorry that you the voters, can tolerate hidden agendas, bribes, dishonest politics, total corruption, and politicians who don't listen to the residents. I'm sure they will continue to laugh in your face. We all should have been walking around town saying, "thanks for coming down, your time is up." Instead, these Detroit like politicians just got the go ahead to drive this township into the ground. In fact, I'm sure Rick has already made a trip to Walmart to replace his worn out stop watch!

he must have forgot to take his meds!

Wow! I can't believe Matt hasn't piped up. I wouldn't have described any of what happened in the video as a "brawl". Looked like 4 people daring each other for a reason to sue each other.

Bottom line we need "Change" and no sign is going to do that. I don't hide my name behind anyone that talks "S***" At least someone has the balls to stand for what they believe in. So when you lose the rest of your rights, because you need to pull off your diaper and pull out the pacifier. I love my Country but our Government has to go, we have allowed it to get way to big. Because ignorant people can't think for themselves.

All four of them acted like a bunch of idiots...I was going to say children but even kids aren't this childish. The guy who spray painted the signs could surely have found a more productive way in which to get his message across & the other three should have just taped it & turned it over to the police rather than confronting him...stupid stupid stupid all the way around

As I stated on an earlier site, the "F" word in front of the kids and the acting out is not an example for our young children or an example for our up and coming young voters. We all complain about how the younger generation act. The disrespect they show to us as well as their rage on the roads. Well, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Please people, grow up and be a good example. Lets instill courtesy back into our society. It seems that adults are getting more an more angry and displaying this in public. We are in hard times. All of us are but, this is not the way to show our kids how to handle confrontations or difference of opinions. Putting ones hands on another, using profanity under any circumstance, is unacceptable. What happened to days of respecting one another and allowing all to have an opinion with out judgement? Just be nice...

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Mr. Manzella should have dropped Matt. If anyone grasped my wife like that, it would have been a crime scene. She was wrong for taking the defaced signs off his land, but when a man grabs a woman like that, wife or not, I would still bust his chops. They all have to grow up....