Beneficiary Of “Escrew” Ordinance Pushed By Haines And Inteso, Sadeghi Could Have Skimmed Off $100,000 A Year

Frank Sadeghi Resigns Suddenly As Dover Planning Board Engineer

Dover Township: F. Frank Sadeghi, hired as Planning Board Engineer in February, has resigned suddenly and recommended the Board hire a “full scale engineering organization” to replace him.

Sadeghi Helped Dump Cagliostro

Sadeghi, also a Posse leader and School board member, was hired after he helped dump former Planning Board Engineer Lawrence Cagliostro, also the Township Engineer, who got $30,000 a year for the Planning Board job.

Cagliostro was dumped from his Planning Board position by a coalition of development interests including Sadeghi, Board Chairman Michael Little, employed by the largest real estate and development firm in town, and Posse Chief and then Deputy “Mayor” Carmine Inteso.

Sadeghi Could Have Earned Up To $150,000

The coalition appointed Sadeghi to replace Cagliostro and, three months later, the township committee passed an ordinance setting up a township “escrow” account to allow Sadeghi to bill the township as much as $150,000 a year for the services for which Cagliostro got $30,000.

The ordinance was defended by newly appointed committeewoman Virginia Haines who said “other towns have these fees in place”.

Why Did Sadeghi Get Off The Gravy Train?

So why did Sadeghi, having caught up with the gravy train, decide to get off. Some of the possible answers are interesting, but since we don’t know yet who’s right, we won’t make a final judgement until we do.

In his letter of resignation to Chairman Little, Sadeghi said he “always merely viewed the position as a custodian of the position until the Townhip committee implemented the mechanics needed to attract a full scale Engineering Organization”. That’s really what he said.

Crude and clumsy double talk?

Not even a good try? Obviously untrue? All of the above?

More on the Sadghi gravy train derailment soon. 10/23/02

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