Wacky Twist In Former Mayor Paul Wnek’s Quest To Become DMUA Chairman: Attacks From Burlington County Reminiscent Of McCarthy Tactics In The 50's

Sources Say They Have “Conclusive Evidence” That Employees And Facilities Of The Burlington County Highway Department Were Used To Launch Political Attacks Against Employees Of The Dover Utilities Authority

Commissioner Wnek, Clumsy Recipient Of Cushy Burlington County GOP Patronage Plum Last Year, May Have Used Burlington County Facilities To Prepare And Launch Charges Against DMUA Employees Of Vague Statutory “Violations” And Unspecified “Violations Of Trust”

Is Wnek’s Latest Bizarre Behavior Part Of Boss Clement’s Drive To Make Perpetrator Of '92 Financial Crisis Chairman Of The DMUA?

Dover Township - Reliable local sources say former “Mayor” Paul Wnek has used the facilities and personnel of the Burlington County Highway Department to prepare and launch a barrage of political charges against employees of the Dover Municipal Utilities Authority.

Wnek, a DMUA commissioner, is being pushed by local GOP boss R. C. Clement to become chairman of the Authority when it reorganizes in February, along with Clement’s wife, Debbie, who Clement wants to make Vice-Chairperson.

A recent article in OceanCountyPolitics pointed out that Wnek created an immediate “morale problem” when he was used as payroll padding to fill the position of “Coordinator” in the local Public Works Department, a brand new, totally worthless and completely unnecessary “management” job created for him in 1997 by Boss Clement and GOP overboss James Holzapfel.

Wnek Written Up In One Of The Few Accurate
Parts Of State Investigative Audit

Wnek’s previous misadventures were written up in the famous state government investigative audit which said, among other things, that Wnek’s job was created without consulting the head of the department. The state audit said the “coordinator’s” job was “not necessary” and recommended “discontinuing the position”.

When he became too much of an embarrassment even for an agency that has trouble getting leaves picked up, Holzapfel and other GOP patronage traders, concerned about the possible outcome of the 2001 local election, got Wnek another “management” job, this time at the Burlington County Highway Department, where he is, inexplicably, still double dipping to this very day with a DMUA health benefits package.

GOP County Chairman George Gilmore had nothing to do with the Wnek appointments.

Using Burlington Highway Department Facilities and Staff To Prepare & Launch Political Attacks?

Now, Wnek is allegedly using Burlington Highway department facilities and staff to prepare and launch political attacks on DMUA employees for trying to obtain public information to use in responses to alleged ethics violations by Democratic officials trying to promote an allegedly illegal plan to dissolve the Authority and turn its resources over to fund the budget of the big spending local government.

The DMUA is also preparing responses to a letter from Democrat chairman Jeffrey Horn, an attorney who is threatening to sue DMUA employees and commissioners if they continue to criticize the dissolution plan.

Wnek Utilizes Sen. McCarthy’s Tactics And Style

The style of Wnek’s attacks on DMUA employees ("I demand to know who authorized you to obtain this information. Did you use authority facilities?) appears to resemble the 1950's style of the late GOP icon, Sen. Joe McCarthy (R-Wis) who used the employees and facilities of one government agency to attack and lie about the employees and facilities of other government agencies - just like former “Mayor” Wnek.  (1/20/03)

Click here for previous OceanCountyPolitics•Com article re:Wnek’s insurgency for the DMUA Chair.

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