Grab the popcorn !!!
Posted on 07/23/2009 5:19:54 AM PDT by AmericaUnite
N.J. politicians, rabbis arrested in federal money laundering sweep.
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
I believe it was Hoboken and Secaucus. You do the math on that one.
I’m not from NJ but had to look this up. I see on my search that they are Dems. There is no mention of their party on the radio news WOR or on the Star Ledger Web site.
Hillarious. The Mayor of Hoboken not on the job 3 whole weeks and he’s busted.
Elected officials in Hoboken do not have party affiliations. However, they are all in fact de facto Democrats.
From NJ.com
“The inauguration for Hoboken’s mayor-elect Peter Cammarano III and at-large City Council members Ravinder Bhalla, Carol Marsh and David Mello is scheduled to take place this Wednesday, July 1 at noon.
And Newark Mayor Cory Booker is scheduled to introduce Cammarano at the inauguration. New Jersey Governor (and Hoboken resident) Jon Corzine is also expected to attend.”
Grab the popcorn !!!
“Corzine has a couple of Hoboken jokes
Gov. Jon Corzine and Sen.s Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) were on hand for the occasion. Both Corzine and Menendez are Hoboken residents.
In keeping with the unity theme, the master of ceremonies was Ines Garcia-Keim, the former campaign chairman for mayoral candidate Beth Mason. Keim went on to support Cammarano in the runoff election against candidate Dawn Zimmer, although Mason supported Zimmer.
When Corzine spoke, he joked that it was great to see the democratic process play out in Hoboken, but that he felt like he “voted 10 times in three weeks.”
http://www.hudsonreporter.com/printer_friendly/2882756
NYT lite....see buy the time they get to follow with their own "spin" their usually a day late with their plagiarism...(slow readers)to follow the party line
Hoboken mayor Cammarano worked as a lawyer on the Gore Leibeman campaign.
And Elwell, the Secaucus mayor, also owns a "family trucking business." That's about as strong a mobbed-up indicator as a dead body in your trunk.
That’s my guy Mayor Scammarano! We HATE his corrupt arrogant condescending guts.
He stole the election with a absentee ballot campaign.
Getting elected mayor of a major Hudson County city is like being made a capo in the mob, but he undoubtedly was up to his eyeballs in the crap when he was just another foot soldier. Unfortunately for him, he just got in position to make the big bucks and he's done.
No doubt 4-term Mayor Elwell already has his big pile of booty buried in his backyard or in Caribbean real estate. I'm sure his "family owned trucking business" also garnered him a mountain of dough.
Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt (R-Ocean), Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano, Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell and Jersey City Council President Mariano Vega are among those already brought to the FBI building in Newark. Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini has also been arrested.
Five people, by name, listed as arrested for corruption. The lone Republican in the group merits note of his party affiliation. The four Democrats, apparently newly unaffiliated.
Thank you, thank you very much. I’m watching that clip on nj.com right now.
I fought against this guy in the election. Sweet poetic justice.
Surely the Torch has his hands in this...
He is DONE.
Consultant met the CW at a diner in Hoboken, New Jersey where they were joined by defendants Cammarano and Schaffer. Defendant Cammarano told the CW that he was “an attorney in private practice.” Defendant Cammarano further related that his specialty was “election law,” and explained that “I run the election law department at the, at the biggest election law firm in the State of New Jersey.” Defendant Cammarano informed the CW that he had been elected as a councilman four years earlier and added that “[t]o the extent there’s a pro-development person in this race, that’s me.” The CW talked about the approvals the CW might be seeking in relation to any properties the CW might wish to develop in Hoboken, noting that if the CW was to “come over here, you know, and I wanna do, eh, I need a zone change, I need something, I wanna make sure that I, you know, you, you’re my man.” Defendant Cammarano assured the CW that “[y]ou can put your faith in me,” and emphasized that he was a proponent of redevelopment. The CW asked whether defendant Cammarano would be able to put matters “on the agenda in the nex–-, within thirty days or sixty days or do I have to wait six months, eight months or a year? . . . What’s the process?” Defendant Cammarano explained that “[i]t can go on the agenda just as soon as there’s a sponsor for it . . . That happens like that.” The CW inquired, “So, if you sponsor it, boom?” Defendant Cammarano replied, “Yeah.” When the CW stated “make sure you get my stuff expedited,” defendant Cammarano assured the CW that “I promise you . . . you’re gonna be, you’re gonna be treated like a friend.” At the conclusion of the meeting, the CW stated to defendant Cammarano “Pete, so I’ll, uh, do my business with Mike [Schaffer],” prompting defendant Cammarano to reply, “Okay.” The CW then told defendant Cammarano that “I’m gonna give [defendant Schaffer], uh, five thousand to start, and then after the election I’ll do another five thousand.” Defendant Cammarano responded, “Okay. Beautiful.” Defendant Cammarano thanked the CW who then remarked “[j]ust make sure, you know, when I have my zoning . . .” Defendant Cammarano interjected, “I’ll be there.” The CW continued on “just make sure you expedite my stuff. That’s all I ask.” Referring to defendant Schaffer, the CW said, “I’ll deal with him,” and added “just make sure my name is not, uh . . .” Defendant Cammarano interjected, “No, no, no,” and the CW continued “I don’t want it to show up. I don’t want any conflict issues,” prompting defendant Cammarano to reply, “Right, right, right.” The CW added that “I’m a business man. Generous guy.”
Schaffer is Cammarano's good friend and a Commissioner on the North Hudson Utilities Authority. He acts as Cammarano's middleman with the cooperating witness who is paying the bribes to Cammarano. He's selling his office before he's even sworn in! The FBI's running survelliance on the meeting and the cooperating witness is wired.
As defendant Schaffer took possession of the envelope, the CW related his concern that the CW’s applications might remain “on the bottom of the pile,” but defendant Schaffer responded that “I told [defendant Cammarano] when we get elected, we put our friends on the boards so we know we get the – don’t listen to these morons who say put this environmentalist on, but they’re, they’re all fucking kooks.” The CW added that “[y]ou wanna have guys that will support guys like me,” and defendant Schaffer stated “[g]uys that worked in 7 the campaign, put ‘em on.” The CW told defendant Schaffer that “I appreciate your help,” to which defendant Schaffer replied “[d]efinitely.” As the CW started to return to the diner, defendant Schaffer, referring to the envelope, told the CW that “I’m going to put it in my car.” The CW reentered the diner where the CW told defendant Cammarano that “I gave that, uh, en-, envelope to, uh, uh, Mike,” causing defendant Cammarano to remark, “Excellent.” The CW reminded defendant Cammarano “just don’t put my name anywhere,” prompting defendant Cammarano to reply, “Yeah, no, no, no.” The CW then told defendant Cammarano that “Mike says that, uh, you know, you’re a man of your word,” and defendant Cammarano assured the CW that “I am. I am.” The CW remarked that defendant Schaffer had further indicated that “[i]f you say you’ll expedite something, you do it,” and defendant Cammarano replied, “Yes, absolutely.” The CW indicated that the CW would have applications in the near future and asked defendant Cammarano when he would actually be sworn in as mayor. Defendant Cammarano replied “July 1st,” to which the CW remarked “[s]o, we’ll wait till August or September or something to come in or something.” Defendant Cammarano replied, “Yeah, yeah,” and then thanked the CW as he departed.
All very Sopranosish. I've eaten at the Malibu Diner many times. There's a conversation like this in every other booth!
"On or about May 19, 2009, the Consultant and JC Official 1 met the CW at a diner in Hoboken, New Jersey where they were joined by defendants Cammarano and Schaffer. During this meeting, defendant Cammarano discussed the prospects of winning the runoff election between himself and the other remaining candidate on June 9, 2009, and stated that “[r]ight now, the Italians, the Hispanics, the seniors are locked down. Nothing can change that now. . . . I could be, uh, indicted, and I’m still gonna win 85 to 95 percent of those populations.”
"Defendant Cammarano then stated 8 “this is the way Mr. Schaffer and I both see the world through the same lens, right. In this election, hopefully, we, we, we, you know, we get to the point where I’m sworn in on July 1st, and we’re breaking down the world into three categories at that point. There’s the people who were with us, and that’s you guys. There’s the people who climbed on board in the runoff. They can get in line. . . And then there are the people who were against us the whole way. They get ground . . . They get ground into powder.” The CW remarked that the latter group would have to wait for approvals on their projects for “[t]hree years,” and that they would be consigned to the “[b]ottom of the pile.” Subsequently, the CW told defendant Cammarano that “[the Consultant] or [JC Official 1] will call you once we have the property to buy, just make sure we got your support.” Defendant Cammarano thanked the CW and stated, “You got it.” The CW then told defendant Cammarano that “we’ll do another 5,000 once you win. Hopefully, what is it, June 2nd, or whatever?” Defendant Cammarano informed the CW that the election was “June 9th,” and the CW reiterated that “[w]e’ll meet ya’ a couple days after you recover, we’ll do another 5,000.” Defendant Cammarano replied, “Definitely,” and left the diner.
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