Early years

1967 – Born at Deaconess Hospital in Old Brooklyn, baptized in St. Stanislaus Church in Slavic Village

1972 – Family moved at age 4 from Hosmer Ave. in Slavic Village to Bucyrus in Old Brooklyn

1974-79 – Attended elementary school at Our Lady of Good Counsel on Pearl Road

1979 – Moved to Middleburg Hts, began middle school at Middleburg Hts. Junior High

1985 – Graduated from Berea High School, began college at Bowling Green State University

1987 – Transferred to Cleveland State University, lived on campus for a quarter

1988 – CSU student intern for Dennis Kucinich primary challenge to Mary Rose Oakar, intern for Howard Metzenabaum’s re-election campaign.

1989 – Graduated with a BA in Political Science, minor in Economics from CSU

Law school, work abroad, campaigns

1989 – First worked abroad on a student work visa at the London, England office of the Cleveland law firm Jones, Day

1990 – Began law school at Case Western Reserve University, lived in Little Italy during 3^rd year

1992 – Took leave of absence from law school to become NW Ohio Regional Field staff for Clinton/Gore

1993 – Summer representative of CWRU law school to sister schools in Hungary and Croatia

1994 – Graduated with JD from CWRU, passed the Ohio Bar Exam

1994 – Eastern Cuyahoga County field coordinator for Joel Hyatt for US Senate

1995 – Practiced law for one year, decided instead to begin a career in political consulting

1996 – Campaign manager for Larry Friedman for Ohio House

1996 – Ohio Field and Get-Out-The-Vote director for Clinton/Gore re-election.

Becoming a Democracy Guy

1997 – UK Labour Party Visits Coordinator for Tony Blair’s first election as prime minister

1997 – National Democratic Institute (NDI) field director for Armenia, OSCE accredited international observer to 1998 presidential election

1998 – New Hampshire Democratic Party coordinated campaign state director

1999 – Senior field staff for NDI in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, & Kyrgyzstan, training thousands of political party activists & election observers, OSCE accredited international observer to 1999 Armenian parliamentary election

2000 – Visitor exchange program for UK Labour Party staff to Ohio for Gore/Lieberman

2001 – UK Labour Party Visits Coordinator for Tony Blair’s re-election

2001 – Pilot documentary film at UK Labour Party conference in Brighton, England

The Arrest

2001 – Arrested for soliciting FBI agent posing as a minor in November

2002 – General Consultant for Tim Ryan for Congress, primary and general election campaigns

2002 – Plead guilty to 5^th degree felony importuning, served 4 months probation, no reporting required

A new decade

2003 – Independent media analyst and political consultant based in London, England

2003 – Youth voter turnout project for British Embassy funded project in Latvia EU Referendum

2003 – Trained political parties through NDI programs in Kosovo & Croatia

2004 – Launched Greater Ohio project for EcoCity Cleveland funded project

2004 – Began living in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood.

2004 – Recruited, trained, and managed Kerry/Edwards election day precinct challengers in 11^th Congressional District

2004 – Launched first blog covering presidential election in Ohio

2004 – Volunteer voter registration coordinator for 18 shows of the Dave Matthews Band summer tour with Headcount

2004-2005 – Designed and implemented election observer training program in West Bank/Gaza, NDI accredited observer for December, 2004 local elections in West Bank

2005 – Launched Democracy Guy blog

2005 – UK Labour Party Visits Coordinator for Tony Blair’s second re-election campaign

2005 – Launched Buckeye Politics blog, defunct in January, 2006

2006 – Began volunteering on-air at WRUW 91.1, DJ for electronic music show The Raver’s Edge

2005-2006 – Marketing Manager for Margaret Wong Immigration Attorneys for 3 months

2007 – Decided to support Barack Obama for President

2007 – Began blogging at Buckeye State Blog

2008 – Launched Blogger Interrupted blog

2008 – Loud and bloggy volunteer with Barack Obama campaign for president.

2008 – Created over 70 Youtube videos, with The McCain Palin Mob being named by Politico the #7 Most Viral Video of the 2008 presidential campaign

2008 – Aired one episode of Blog Talk on WRUW.

2009 – Began writing for the Cleveland Independent, a new alternative weekly.

2009 – Social Media consultant for various clients.

2009 – Joined Ohio’s blog of record at Plunderbund.com.

2010 – Began candidacy for Cuyahoga County Council District 7

2011 – Began first term as councilman representing Cuyahoga County Council District 7