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Letter to the Editor: Outside Forces Destroyed the City of Camden

  Tuesday, May 22, 2012

 

Re: Camden Board of Education Work Session

 

Board Members I have witnessed the complete destruction of the Camden public education and
the economy of Camden by outside forces.  When I came to this Board it was bustling with excitement over new school construction money and I rejoiced with you when I brought the Bible Curriculum already implanted in 170 school districts at the time. 

Tea Party Organizations in Monmouth, Middlesex, Ocean Counties along with Bayshore Tea Party Endorse Ron Paul for President | cnbnews.net

 

Monmouth County Tea Party 

Ocean County Citizens for Freedom

Bayshore Tea Party Group

Tea Party of Middlesex County

                                        A Statement from Tea Party Groups of New Jersey:

 

Monmouth County Tea Party Coalition

Ocean County Citizens For Freedom

Bayshore Tea Party Group

Tea Party of Middlesex County

 

 

No longer will we be forced by both political parties and the media to choose between the lesser of two evils. We say, not on our watch will we ever give in to this sort of tyranny again. This game ends right here, right now! Endorsing Mitt Romney and his record of left-leaning policies would be a complete hypocrisy that collides with everything the Tea Party Movement stands for.

Conflicts Controversy Plague Year-Old Criminal Investigation Of Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno

Investigative Report by Mark Lagerkvist

Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick…

Is it the sound of time passing on a conflicted, year-old criminal investigation of an alleged $245,000 pension fraud involving New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno?

Or is it the countdown to an embarrassing scandal for her boss, Gov. Chris Christie — a rising political star who declared pension reform as his “biggest governmental victory?”

As a county sheriff in 2008, Guadagno made false statements to enable her chief officer to pocket nearly $85,000 a year in retirement pay while drawing an $87,500 annual salary. The double-dipping scheme first was reported by New Jersey Watchdog in 2010.

The state’s investigation is assigned to the Attorney’s General’s Division of Criminal Justice, a unit where Guadagno once served as deputy director. Despite the apparent conflict, Christie has not appointed a special prosecutor.

A spokesman for Christie and Guadagno refused comment. The Attorney General’s Office did not respond to questions.

Public pension abuses are so rampant in New Jersey that even the agency investigating Guadagno has its own controversy.

Twenty-three supervisors and investigators for the Attorney General and DCJ are using legal loopholes to draw salaries and pension pay, New Jersey Watchdog found. On average, each pockets $164,000 a year — $96,000 in salary and $68,000 in pension.

Most “retired” for just one night. Those officers left their positions with the Attorney General only to return to the same employer the next morning with new job titles — and two paychecks instead of one.

In a continuing series of investigative reports, New Jersey Watchdog exposed similar double-dipping practices involving 125 officers employed by prosecutors, 18 officials from a state Homeland Security Unit and 44 county sheriffs and undersheriffs — in addition to the Guadagno story.

State Sen. Fred Madden is a “triple-dipper” who collects more than $241,000 a year from public coffers — $49,000 as a legislator, $106,983 as a police academy dean and an $85,272 pension as a State Police retiree.

 

CONTINUE TO READ via newjersey.watchdog.org

KYRILLOS CALLS ON BOB MENENDEZ TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM MF GLOBAL INVESTIGATION

 Kyrillos concerned that Menendez’s relationship with MF Global CEO Jon Corzine is a conflict of interest

May 3, 2012

 

Middletown, May 3... Senator Joe Kyrillos today called on Bob Menendez to recuse himself from the Senate Banking Committee investigation into MF Global to allow for a more thorough and unbiased investigation.

Hamilton Township Mayor Charged with Attempted Extortion

 April 26, 2012

Mayor John Bencivengo Allegedly Sought and Accepted $12,400 to Steer School District Insurance Brokerage Business

April 26, 2012 TRENTON—The mayor of Hamilton Township, New Jersey surrendered this morning to FBI agents to face allegations he took $12,400 in bribes in exchange for his official influence over a health insurance brokerage contract with the township’s school district, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

 

NJPP's Week in Review : Paying Taxes to the Boss in New Jersey

New Jersey diverts more state income taxes from worker paychecks to corporations than any other state in the nation, according to Paying Taxes to the Boss: How a Growing Number of States Subsidize Companies with the Withholding Taxes of Workers, a study published this week by Good Jobs First, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center based in Washington, D.C.

PATERSON & HOBOKEN LEAD NJ IN $100K PENSIONS FOR RETIREES by Mark Lagerkvist

Posted on April 12, 2012

Paterson is the capital of New Jersey – for governmental retirees with pensions exceeding $100,000 a year.

Twenty-five former Paterson city employees belong to the unofficial $100K Club – an elite group of 1,244 retirees who collect six-figure pensions from state pension funds, according to an analysis by New Jersey Watchdog.

Hoboken is second on the list with 21 high-end pensioners, followed by Paramus and North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue, each with 20.

NJ Man Takes Down American Flag Bearing Obama’s Face After “Evil-Minded” Neighbors Complain | Weasel Zippers

April 13, 2012

Of course he sees nothing wrong with desecrating the American flag.

LUMBERTON, N.J. (CBS) — A South Jersey man has come up with what he hopes is a solution to a controversy over the American flag that he flew in his yard — a flag bearing the image of President Barack Obama in place of the field of stars.

Once he became aware of their objections, Kennedy worked out his own solution.

He’s taken the flag down and replaced it with two separate flags — one, the standard stars and stripes, and the second a picture of Obama.

Kennedy hopes his neighbors are happy, though he’s not sure.

“In Acacia, there are some angry, maybe even evil-minded people about Obama,” he tells KYW Newsradio.

via weaselzippers.us

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Wisniewski: GAO Report Shows Christie Used Fake Facts

 to Kill a Critical Transportation Project

New Jersey Commuters, Drivers Will Suffer For Years to Come

 

 

(Middlesex) – Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski, Deputy Speaker and Chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee, issued the following statement in response to today’s U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the Access to the Region’s Core Tunnel Project.

$100K NEW JERSEY PENSIONS ‘CLUB’ STATE RETIREMENT FUNDS Investigative Report by Mark Lagerkvist

 Posted On April 2, 2012

 reprinted by cnbnews with permission of  New Jersey Watchdog.org

Call it the $100K Club — an elite corps of retired public employees that’s growing bigger, younger and richer at the expense of the New Jersey retirement system.

The number of retirees collecting more than $100,000 a year from state pensions jumped to 1,244 last year, up 28 percent from 2010, according to New Jersey Watchdog’s analysis of state data.

WHO’S IN STATE’S $100K CLUB? HERE’S NJ WATCHDOG’S FULL LIST by Mark Lagerkvist

Who belongs to the $100K Club — New Jersey’s elite corps of retired public employees?

The number of retirees collecting more than $100,000 a year from state pensions jumped to 1,244 last year — up 28 percent from 2010.  As a public service, here is New Jersey Watchdog’s complete list, including names, pension amounts and governmental employers, constructed from a state Treasury database:

Name	Pension/Yr	Employer at Retirement
YAMBA, A Z	$195,000	ESSEX COUNTY COLLEGE
MULCAHY, ROBERT E	$162,399	RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
RICHARDSON, JOHN C	$160,418	RIDGEFIELD PARK BD OF ED
BOLDEN, MARION A	$159,714	NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
DESTENO, COSMO	$157,665	UNIV. OF MEDICINE & DENTISTRY
FISCHBACH, PETER J	$156,488	NORTH BERGEN BD OF ED

continue via newjersey.watchdog.org

Kevin Riordan: Patronage among the power brokers | philly.com

New Jersey's scathing audit of the Delaware River Port Authority unearthed a way of doing business retro enough for a Mad Men episode stripped of its wit, style, and cigarettes.

There's precious little glamour in the audit's depressing depiction of pals and pols burning through millions in public money behind closed doors.

Tacky patronage perks such as $2,000 in tickets to a "Gypsy Melodies Gala" (imagine the outfits) look like a steal compared to other "wasteful and inappropriate spending" that state Comptroller A. Matthew Boxer outlined Thursday.

His 77-page audit illuminates a profligate, thoroughly wired operational lifestyle inside DRPA's candy-colored headquarters.

Big bucks got doled out after little more than a meaningful glance across a crowded boardroom in that tower on the Camden waterfront. Incestuous transactions were vehemently defended; it was "like dealing with the f-ing mob," the audit quotes an employee as saying.

continue via www.philly.com

by Kevin Riordan

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CNBNews Op-Ed : King George and 'His Court' Have No Shame

By Scot DeCristofaro 

Friends, the report yesterday from the NJ State Comptroller is just completely outrageous (http://www.state.nj.us/comptroller)......

George Norcross aka King George has made SO MUCH money from corrupting the political system that he can fly around in a helicopter regularly; purchase a beachfront home in LBI; purchase a $10 million home in Palm Beach; BUY A NEWSPAPER like the Philadelphia Inquirer; and employ all kinds of people in other areas. 

Meanwhile, Camden is a mess; Police/Fire/EMS personnel are being thrown away WHILE millions continue to be wasted at the local & county level; our taxes are among the highest in the nation while our roads, school system & opportunity for meaningful employment get worse with each passing day; Wayne Bryant is still not talking yet King George is no stranger to federal investigations & headlines that make you wonder his actions all legal; people are AFRAID to speak up even though King George can admit to pay to play at the DRPA; a multitude of politicians pander to him for selfish reasons, in fact so many owe their political & income to George that there is an "unspoken word" to defend anyone who is part of the family or 'club'. 

State Comptroller Investigation Reveals Pattern of Mismanagement at DRPA

March 29, 2012-Ineffective oversight and weak policies led to a culture at the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) in which tollpayer dollars repeatedly were wasted and mismanaged, according to an extensive investigative report released today by the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC).

The OSC report found that the DRPA frequently granted itself such broad discretion and operated under such vague program guidelines that almost any conceivable action or expenditure could be deemed acceptable. In other areas of DRPA operations, the report found appropriate policies and procedures designed to safeguard against the waste of tollpayer funds were avoided or simply ignored.

DRPA STATEMENT ON REPORT OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER

A Statement from the Audit Committee of the Delaware River Port Authority Board of Commissioners

Regarding the New Jersey Comptroller’s Report

 

 

 

We appreciate the time, effort and dedication invested in the Office of the State Comptroller’s report, as well as the care taken to identify practices that we agree should not be repeated in the future.

CREW Releases Report Revealing How Rep. Andrews Abuses His Position to Benefit Family Members

 March 23, 2012

Washington, D.C. – Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released its new report, Family Affair, detailing how members of the House of Representatives use their positions to financially benefit their families.  In the case of Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ), when he wasn’t busy violating campaign finance laws, he was earmarking more than $1.5 million to his wife’s employer and donating thousands of dollars in campaign funds to theaters where his daughter performs.  While Rep. Andrews’ behavior is egregious, he is not alone.  In all, CREW found a shocking 248 House members used their positions to financially benefit themselves or family members. 

Click here to read about the actions of other members of Congress in CREW’s latest report.

“A federal campaign account is not a personal piggy bank,” said CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan.  “It seems clear Rep. Andrews has been using the generosity of his donors to finance his lifestyle.  It is time for the Federal Election Commission to conduct a full audit of his campaign spending and hold Rep. Andrews accountable for any violations.”

Public Hearing Examining Port Authority’s Finances & Lack of Accountability

 

          (TRENTON) - New Jersey Assembly Deputy Speaker John S. Wisniewski and New York State Sen. Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. on Monday announced plans to hold a joint public hearing on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s finances and lack of accountability. 

                The hearing will be held on Friday, April 20^th at 10:30 a.m. at the Center for the Arts at the College of Staten Island.

Sweeney Should Check His Facts Before Slamming Wenonah For Not Sharing Services

 By Jack C. Sheppard Sr.

State Senate President Stephen Sweeney stood before the TV cameras of the NJTV Network recently and spoke on the topic of town consolidation and the related issue of shared services.

According to Sweeney, he has tried the “carrot” approach to shared savings for 14 years to no avail. He says it is now time for use of the “stick” to force towns to merge services.

RETIRED’ ATLANTIC CITY TOURISM COP HITS NJ PENSION JACKPOT WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS AG FRIENDS | newjerseywatchdog.org

 

 Investigative Report by Mark Lagerkvist

Posted On March 5, 2012

Tom Gilbert never really retired, but he collects a $93,380-a-year state pension.

The commander of the Atlantic City Tourism District “retired” last year, though only on paper. He remains on duty — and on the Attorney General’s payroll with an $80,620 state salary.  

Instead of one state check, Gilbert now gets two — a jackpot totaling nearly $174,000 a year — thanks to the Attorney General’s office, which has a history of turning its favored employees into double-dippers.

CNBNEWS Op-Ed: Did Chris Christie Lower Jersey Flags for Whitney to Suck Up to Black People?

 

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Chris Christie And Whitney Houston: Not Perfect Together

 

by Chris Freind

cnbnews.net

 

 

With the sparse media coverage of Whitney Houston’s death and funeral, it’s not surprising that her years of military service have gone largely unnoticed, as were her activities as an undercover cop in New Jersey (was she really killed after a sting went bad?).  After all, she must have done these dangerous things to warrant all Jersey state flags being flown at half-mast in her honor, as ordered by Governor Chris Christie. 

 

Because the opposite simply defies common sense. 

 

If Houston was not a police officer gunned down in the line of duty, nor a military hero killed in a war zone, that means that the hugely significant act of lowering the flags in deference to her was because she was…. a singer?

Christie Orders Flags Lowered to Half-Staff in Recognition of NJ Native Whitney Houston

 by cnbnews.net

Trenton, NJ – Yesterday, Governor Chris Christie signed the Executive 
Order No. 87 − Ordering all State buildings to fly flags at half-staff on Friday, February 17, 2012 in recognition and mourning of the passing of Whitney Houston, who was born in Newark and grew up in East Orange. 
 
Houston, 48, was found dead in the bathtub of her suite at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, hours before she was to attend a pre-Grammys bash at the Beverly Hills, California, hotel. Speculation has grown over the cause of her death, which has not been determined pending the outcome of toxicology tests that could take weeks.
 
Funeral services will be held on Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, NJ. According to skynews (news.sky.com) Whitney Houston's fans will be able to watch her private funeral on the internet after her family agreed to allow a camera into the small church service in Newark, New Jersey. There were also no plans to hold a public memorial service, despite earlier suggestions that Newark's 18,000-seater Prudential Centre could be used for a ceremony.
 
A copy of the Executive Order is below. 
 

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 87

WHEREAS, Whitney Houston was a gifted singer, remarkable performer, and iconic figure who left an indelible mark upon the popular music landscape in the State of New Jersey and across our Nation; and

State Employee Charged for Demanding a Bribe from Washington Township Store Owner

press release, February 13, 2012

TRENTON – Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced that an auditor employed by the New Jersey Division of Taxation has been charged with demanding a bribe from the owner of a convenience store in Gloucester County in return for not initiating an audit of the store.

 Jerry L. Moore, 33, of Mays Landing, was arrested on Friday, Feb. 10, at the store in Washington Township, Gloucester County, by detectives of the Division of Criminal Justice after he allegedly accepted a $900 bribe from the owner. Moore was charged by summons with second-degree bribery. He faces a sentence of five to 10 years in prison if convicted, including a mandatory minimum term of five years in prison without possibility of parole under New Jersey’s penalty enhancements for public corruption.

MEET THE BIGGEST ‘TRIPLE-DIPPER’ IN THE NEW JERSEY STATEHOUSE | newjersey.watchdog.org

 

by Mark Lagerkvist

Posted On February 9, 2012

 

For state Sen. Frederick Madden Jr., the path of public service also has been a road to personal wealth.

Madden collects more than $241,000 a year in public salaries plus retirement pay. He gets $49,000 as a legislator, a $106,983 as a police academy dean and an $85,272 annual pension as a State Police retiree. 

Since he “retired” at age 48 nearly a decade ago, Madden has cashed $770,156 in New Jersey retirement checks. Among the 15 legislators who draw state pensions, no one pockets more than the senator from the state’s 4th Legislative District, which includes parts of Gloucester and Camden counties.  (See chart below.)

 

The Court That Broke Jersey by Steven Malanga, City Journal

For half a century now, New Jersey has been home to the most activist state appellate court in America. Lauded by proponents of “living” constitutions who urge courts to make policy instead of interpret the law as written, the New Jersey Supreme Court has profoundly transformed the Garden State by seizing control of school funding, hijacking zoning powers from towns and cities to increase subsidized housing, and nullifying taxpayer protections in the state constitution. Its undemocratic actions have blown apart the state’s finances and led to ill-conceived and ineffective policies. If you want to understand what rule by liberal judges looks like on the state level, you need only look at New Jersey, which is teetering on bankruptcy though it remains one of America’s wealthiest states.

In January, Christie nominated two new members to the court, appointments that have the capacity to reshape the seven-member panel. But taming the court won’t be easy, even for the pugnacious Christie, whose initial efforts to reform it met ferocious resistance. “I don’t think the supreme court has any business being involved in setting the budget of the state government,” Christie complained last year. Yet it is involved, extensively—and that must change if Jersey taxpayers are ever to find relief.

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Legal notice bill a sneak attack on N.J. newspapers | NJ.com

STAR LEDGER OPINION

The bosses don’t care about the costs, though, because saving money is not the real purpose. And they don’t care that many poor and elderly people don’t use computers, either.

The real purpose is to give them a tool to bully newspapers. Under this bill, a local mayor or county executive could retaliate against newspapers by pulling these advertisements. The bill is an attempt to turn watchdogs into lapdogs.

Who is behind it? Several legislators say it is George Norcross, the boss from South Jersey who hates the press for exposing the crude way he plays politics with big money and backroom threats. Oliver is likely doing the dirty work of her boss, Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo, though neither would admit that. Gov. Chris Christie’s unquestioning lieutenants in the Legislature were also pushing this.

Friday’s move came as a surprise even to the sponsors of the bill. And that, too, is typical of the bosses. No discussion, no public scrutiny and no fingerprints.

The Star-Ledger gets 2.5 percent of its revenues from these ads, but smaller papers are more dependent and may have to shut down. So this bill would cost jobs as well.

It’s a bad bill from any angle. Let’s hope this is one case in which legislators have the nerve to push back against the bosses.

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CNBNEWS | December 2011 CHEERS AND JEERS

By Bill Cleary

(cnbnews.net)JEER-There was a shooting outside of the D’Place nightclub, Rt. 130 and Market Street on December 21. A 24-year-old male from Willingboro suffered multiple gunshot wounds. There have been numerous crime incidents that have occurred at this establishment since it first opened in 2009. D’Place has become a nuisance bar, as such, the City is looking to place sanctions against the owners. The bar is located near the entrance of Meadow Brook, a $200,000 plus single family home complex. It is also a few feet away from the city-owned housing project, Meadow Mews formerly Chatham Square. The City has spent $5 million of our tax dollars on that project. No doubt this bar is one of the reasons the City is having trouble selling those properties.  With people getting shot who would want to live in that neighborhood?

 

Donahue: BIGOT NOMINATED TO NJ HALL OF FAME

December 21, 2011

 

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows:

OP-ED: The Jackson School Board Wants to Black Ball Some Reporters

 by Heather Taylor

(special to CNBNews.net)

It seems a little sunshine in Jackson, NJ has scared the local school board. 

On December 20^th, the Jackson School Board is scheduled to vote on a resolution authorizing the school board to bar reporters, and possibly their news agencies, if the school board deems they violated the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics. 

Jon Corzine’s Perjury Problem - HUMAN EVENTS

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Former Democrat governor of New Jersey, Democrat senator, top Obama campaign donation “bundler,” and Obama Administration economic guru Jon Corzine​ really knocked ‘em dead in the House of Representatives with his astounding ability to know absolutely nothing about the workings of the huge investment company he ran into the dirt, or the whereabouts of $1.2 billion in investor funds. 

He turned up in the Senate last week to repeat this performance, saying nothing of much interest… until he was confronted with certain other testimony.  As related by the Washington Post:

The head of the private exchange tasked with overseeing MF Global said Tuesday that Jon Corzine may have been aware of a transfer of client funds from the firm he formerly led, possibly contradicting the former governor and senator’s statements under oath that he had no knowledge of the events that resulted in the disappearance of $1.2 billion in customer funds.

read via www.humanevents.com

by John Hayward
12/16/2011

TUESDAYS WITH JASON MATTERA-Toll Taker Makes $90,000

“I’m blessed.  I have a great job, and in this economy it’s great that I can cover everything with my eight hours a day and over.”
 
In this Obama economy we should feel blessed to be employed, so we salute the individual who made the comments above, in recognizing her own good fortune.  But that’s before you know about what this person does for a living.  The people she should really be thanking are you and me, the taxpayers, for allowing her to pull in nearly $100,000 a year for… collecting tolls at the booths of New York-New Jersey crossings.
 
Ladies and gentlemen, meet Princesella Smith, who raked in $89,599 while operating the toll lanes at the George Washington Bridge in 2011.

Click here to read more about the outrageous public employee salaries that we the taxpayers are shelling out.

—Jason Mattera

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