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Environmental activist, Congressional candidate arrested at Potsdam post office

Posted 11/27/11

POTSDAM – A long-time environmental activist was arrested Saturday for refusing to leave the Potsdam Post Office, according to village police. Donald L. Hassig, 56, Colton, was charged with …

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Environmental activist, Congressional candidate arrested at Potsdam post office

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POTSDAM – A long-time environmental activist was arrested Saturday for refusing to leave the Potsdam Post Office, according to village police.

Donald L. Hassig, 56, Colton, was charged with trespassing at 12:10 p.m. He is known for staging one-person protests in public places.

In October, he was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest at the St. Lawrence County Courthouse after he allegedly was verbally abusive with county personnel and, after being asked to leave the building, refused.

In August, Hassig said he has founded the Kick Ass Revolution Party and will run for the 23rd Congressional seat on a platform of “good changes that will immediately spark the poisonous dislike of nearly all members of the corporate-government tribe.”

Just recently, Massena Town Supervisor Joseph Gray said he and the town council were duped by Hassig into passing a resolution now being used as "outlandish propaganda" against local business and industry.

Gray, in a letter to NorthCountryNow.com, said Hassig issued a self-serving press release to the media after the town council "adopted a resolution in support of federal and state government educational outreach programs to warn citizens of the cancer hazard imposed by persistent organic pollutants (POPs) exposure from food contamination."

Earlier this month, in a letter to the editor, Hassig maintained it is time for an environmental revolution in the county