December 13, 2002: Larsen Yells About Hidden Funds, But He's The Ones Doing The Hiding

Ocean County Politics .com

“Doctor” Moriarty Got Big Money From Larsen Campaigns, Some Of It Hidden For Months By Accountant Larsen,Who Falsely Accused DMUA Of “Hiding Funds”

"Doctor" Moriarty

Last Year’s Larsen Campaign Paid “Doctor” Moriarty $51,000 “Consulting Fees” In Eight Months From Four Different Political Committees Registered To The Dover Township Democrats

Democrats’ PAC Campaign Committee Recycles At Least $40,789 In Secret Undisclosed Campaign Contributions (And Maybe A Lot More), Mostly From Unidentified Special Interests Who Gave To “Chairman’s Fund”, From Which Moriarty, Larsen’s Alter Ego And Democrat Boss, Is Single Largest Payment Recipient

Costly Patronage Will Be Doled Out At New Year, But Disclosures Won’t Be Made ‘Til January 15th

Richard Larsen

Dover Township: The Democrat candidate-accountant who falsely accused the Dover Municipal Utilities Authority auditor of “hiding millions of dollars in DMUA reserves” filed a campaign disclosure report that hid large amounts of campaign money for months, including numerous large campaign contributions.

Candidate Richard Larsen, the accountant, compromised his professional reputation by falsely accusing the Dover Municipal Utilities Authority auditor of “hiding reserves” in a political press release prepared by “Doctor” John Moriarty, the Democratic boss and self-styled political cult leader.

Larsen Lied About “Hidden” DMUA $$$,
But Filed Reports Hiding $68,000 In Contributions

The DMUA audit revealed that the reserves were right out in sight. Larsen simply lied about them.

But OceanCountyPolitics•Com has learned that Larsen was the sole candidate signatory of legally required disclosure reports which withheld important details on more than $68,000 in campaign contributions which were hidden for months and used, in part, to pay “Doctor” Moriarty.

Larsen Campaign Paid $51,000 In “Consulting Fees”,
Contributions Hidden For Months, To Boss Moriarty

The Larsen campaign paid more than $50,000 in “consulting fees” in less than eight months directly into Moriarty’s personal business, “Words, Words, Words” from a total of four different political action and campaign committees registered to Dover Township Democrats who are political cult followers of Moriarty.

The $51,000 crescendo of Moriarty payments culminated with a $12,000 check written to “Words, Words, Words” on election day 2001. The $51,000 in “consulting fees” was in addition to numerous “media buy” payments also made by the Richard Larsen Democratic campaign to Moriarty’s consulting company.

Instead of giving directly to the Democratic campaigns, many of “Doctor” Moriarty’s contributors send their contributions to the Democratic Chairman’s Fund, a “Political Action” Committee.

Many have also sent contributions to both the Campaign Fund and the Chairman’s Fund and to other PAC’s set up by Moriarty and the Dover Democrats. Numerous payments were also made to former Democratic Chairman Christopher Colavito, Moriarty’s employee.

Four Different Democrat Political Committees,
All Paying Money To “Doctor” Moriarty

One contribution of $10,000 on August 28, 2001, from an Alexander Thomas of Eatontown, was routed through a committee called “Dover Dems”,different from the “Democratic Chairman’s Fund”, and different from the “Dover Dems 2001 Victory Fund”, and different from the “Larsen for Committee” campaign fund, all of which were set up last year to receive contributions and make significant expenditures, many of which found their way back to “Doctor” Moriarty and his words “consulting” company.

Now You See It (Patronage Distribution), Now
You Don’t - Until January 15th The Following Year

The campaign fund contributions have to be reported either before or shortly after the election.

But Chairman’s Fund contributions are reported quarterly, and the “Quarters” are set up so contributions received in October or November can be withheld until January 15th of the following year.

The Democrat campaign is still withholding details on more than $40,000 in fund contributions, maybe a lot more.

So Boss Moriarty and his two puppets, accountant Larsen and Mayor Designate “Doctor” John Furey can, if they can line up a third vote, proceed with the distribution of patronage, paid for by the taxpayers, at the new year, and nobody will know the full extent of campaign contributions by the lucky patronage recipients, or total payments to Boss Moriarty, until January 15th when the Election Law Enforcement Commission disclosure reports are filed.

Will the Chairman’s Fund report of January 15, 2003, required to be filed by party Chairman Jeff J. Horn, one of Moriarty’s cult followers, be interesting reading?? Bet on it!! (for 12/13/02)

Stay tuned to OCPolitics•Com for much more on the Moriarty payment and contribution disclosure drama as time marches into the New Year.