she can't be fired, she would have to be impeached.
Farber telephoned several Democrats recently to shore up support, according to two Democratic legislative leaders.
The man at the center of the controversy has a spotty record as an attorney and as a businessman, as well as a driver.
The New Jersey Supreme Court twice reprimanded Goore for failing to properly represent his legal clients and for filing false records with the court.
The state treasurer shuttered two companies Goore founded for failure to pay corporate taxes. And the federal government filed dozens of liens against his property for failing to pay income tax owed between 1981 and 1998.
Goore serves as acting commissioner of the Department of Community Development and Planning
In 1979, Goore incorporated the first of seven business he would open or have a stake in, records show. The state closed Legal Action Workshop Data Center Inc. four years later after it failed to pay taxes. Electromec Design and Manufacture Inc., which Goore started in 1983, also was closed for failing to pay business taxes.
Goore and his wife, Joyce, divorced in 1982 after having three children, said Joyce Goore, now an East Orange councilwoman. Their son Darius served as a spokesman for then-U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine in Washington, D.C.
Goore operated a private law practice that handled personal injury cases, bankruptcies, real estate and matrimonial issues.
He received two reprimands from the state Supreme Court based on 17 complaints.
In 1992, the court found that Goore had engaged in a pattern of neglect, based on complaints dating as far back as 1981 that included pocketing $100 given to him by a client to pay a doctor; waiting two years after closing to satisfy a mortgage; and neglecting some cases altogether.
In 1995, Goore was reprimanded for filing false reports understating fees he had charged clients he represented in bankruptcy court, to avoid having the fees reduced by the court.
Goore admitted to some allegations, blaming poor recordkeeping, and denied others. His attorney also claimed that during the time most of the complaints were filed, Goore was undergoing therapy for a stress-related disorder stemming from his work environment and post-marital problems.
In 1995, Goore took a job as human resource manager at A&M Industrial Supply, a construction supply company in Rahway, where he stayed until 2004, when he was asked by Mayor Wayne Smith to work for Irvington.