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YEAH, SURE ALERT McGreevey says trusted aides kept him in dark (bigtime Dimocrat corruption)
Star-Ledger ^ | Monday, June 09, 2003 | JOSH MARGOLIN

Posted on 06/09/2003 2:52:55 AM PDT by Liz

Edited on 07/06/2004 6:38:58 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

For more than a decade, Gary Taffet often was the first person to talk to Jim McGreevey in the morning and the last to speak to him at night.

Paul Levinsohn was another key adviser, a lawyer who transformed McGreevey's fund-raising operation into the most potent political money machine in state history.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
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In the three years leading up to McGreevey's election, Taffet and Levinsohn transacted billboard business out of the campaign offices, brought others in the governor's political orbit into the enterprise and even built a sign in Woodbridge while McGreevey was still mayor. When they sold their interests in the business in January 2002, one of the closings was held in McGreevey's transition office. They walked away with $2.4 million each.

....... "Prior to the story breaking in the newspaper, the extent of his knowledge about the business activities was practically nil and would probably best be described as he was aware that they were consultants," said Kathy Ellis, the governor's communications director. ........

Yeah, sure. Any more lies you wanna tell your taxpayers?

1 posted on 06/09/2003 2:52:56 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Liz
Not in striped suits yet?
2 posted on 06/09/2003 2:57:20 AM PDT by holyh2o
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To: Liz
I'm so tired of idiot Democrat voters putting these slimebags into office...
3 posted on 06/09/2003 3:34:55 AM PDT by Tamzee ( It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. - J. Swift)
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To: Tamsey
Hey, it takes one to know one......scum knows scum.
4 posted on 06/09/2003 3:52:07 AM PDT by Liz
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To: holyh2o

This will do it for me.

5 posted on 06/09/2003 3:53:34 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Liz
Sounds like the Hilldebea$t's "I know nothing!" defense that all left wing lying lunatics have adopted.
6 posted on 06/09/2003 8:28:04 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Evil Old White Devil Californian Grampa for big Al Sharpton and Nader in primaries!)
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To: Grampa Dave
....I know nothing!" defense that all left wing lying lunatics have adopted.....

The only ones who believe these lying loons are lying
loons themselves...and I do mean lowlife lying Dumbocrats.

7 posted on 06/09/2003 8:55:02 AM PDT by Liz
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