Pesticide protester making rounds at council meetings
By Anjeanette Damon, Reno Gazette-Journal
The agitated man wearing a red sweat shirt who rushed into the Washoe County Commission chambers on Monday and began pacing in the lobby was already familiar to Reno City Council members.
Ross Tisevich
After the man pulled a Roundup bottle out of his shirt and started to drink from it during public comment, police tackled him, handcuffed him and led him out of building.
“It’s a joke! It’s a joke,” he shouted. “It’s just water.”
Ross Tisevich, who goes by Ross Tisarich on social media, had been to Reno City Council meetings before to protest the city’s pesticide use. He was at the South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting last week doing the same.