Political consultant Jack Shaw found dead in Jersey City

Star-Ledger ^ | July 28, 2009

[rightwingintelligentsia]

JERSEY CITY -- Jack Shaw, a Jersey City political consultant who was among 44 people charged in a federal corruption probe, has died.

Two officials with knowledge of the investigation said Shaw was found at home with several bottles of pills nearby. One of the officials said Shaw, 61, had an unspecified medical condition, and authorities are not jumping to conclusions about the cause of his death.

Shaw was charged with taking $10,000 from Solomon Dwek, an FBI informant posing as a real estate developer, and proposing Dwek make another $10,000 payment to a Jersey City official.

Shaw was a longtime political lieutenant for former Governor Jim Florio, joining his camp while Florio was still in Congress, before becoming an operative for the Hudson County Democrats around 1991.

"Jack Shaw was a very intelligent political operative," said state Sen. Ray Lesniak, who said he first got to know Shaw during his years in Trenton. "Very blunt, straight forward, and intellectual....not a tough guy, a Hudson county politician type. He was more of a thoughtful analyzer of the issues and what the public wants from government."

[Freds2nd]

Good riddance.

Here’s a contradiction: “a Hudson county politician type. He was more of a thoughtful analyzer”. There are no thoughtful Hudson county politicians, they are all thugs and crooks, like Senator Menendez. Let’s hope he is the next one arrested.

[Gay State Conservative]

Thanks,Jack.You saved the taxpayers a lot of $$$ in the end.

[equaviator]

...”and sometimes, they’d throw him a little party.”

[maggief]

Mr. Shaw was a longtime Democratic operative who cut his teeth working for Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago and later was a campaign aide to Gov. Jim Florio.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/nyregion/29jersey.html

Shaw started his political career in his early 20s in Chicago with the older Richard Daley, the political boss of the Windy City, said Freeholder William O’Dea, one of many friends he has in the Democratic Party.

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2009/07/jack_shaw_the_political_consul.html

[happinesswithoutpeace]

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[RU88]

This is straight out of an episode of the Sopranos. What’s that old saying, dead men tell no tales?

[norwaypinesavage]

I read the first several paragraphs and couldn’t tell what party he was in. Bull Moose Party, maybe?

[dead]

Shaw was not in elected office. He was a "political consultant" alleged paid $10,000 to try to influence politicians. That's called lobbying, and as we all know, it's not a crime.

It seems to me that it only becomes a crime if he was acting as an "agent" of an elected official - taking money in exchange for promises of action by that official, then sharing the money with him.

If there is such an elected official, I'm sure the FBI is looking closely at his connection to this death.

[dead]

Here’s a contradiction: “a Hudson county politician type. He was more of a thoughtful analyzer”. There are no thoughtful Hudson county politicians

The contradiction you are talking about is not there when you include the whole quote:

“not a tough guy, a Hudson county politician type. He was more of a thoughtful analyzer”. There are no thoughtful Hudson county politicians

He's saying he was NOT a typical Hudson County thug politician but more of a thoughtful analyzer.

I don't know if that's true, and I doubt it is, but he's not contradicting himself in the statement.

[GreenLanternCorps]

I just did a double take. I know a man named Jack Shaw, but he’s not a political consultant, and does not live in New Jersey.

Creepy...

[Red Badger]

Fuggeddaboudit.................

[library user]

Strange. I know a Jack Straw and he’s lived in the U.K.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

“not a tough guy, a Hudson county politician type”

Hudson County is the most corrupt county in NJ and Ray Lesinak of Morris County is scum. Most politicians in NJ are the lowest of the low, including Republicans.

[TLI]

This is straight out of an episode of the Sopranos. What’s that old saying, dead men tell no tales?

Yep. He does himself in over 10 G's? Sounds like there was a bigger story here.

[STARWISE]

Wow ... the more things change ...

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

a thoughtful analyzer of the issues and what the public wants from government.

That's the easy part...STUFF....and money.

[hoosiermama]

Daley’s “eastern franchise”?

Wonder if he was Made-Off’s advisor????

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[dead]

You know, he won’t be needing those kidneys anymore... I got a rabbi who’ll buy ‘em for 15 grand.