It really doesn't matter what you call it; political payoff, hush money, campaign contribution, tainted pay-to-play campaign cash, payment for smear services; the facts are these:

Smear Campaign On Haelig, Schiff, Other Critics

Pay-To-Play Architect Massimo Yezzi attended the meeting held at 3pm on December 3rd at the office of Republican County Chairman George Gilmore with about fifteen other Axis-Of-Greed flunkies for the purpose of planning a smear and intimidation campaign against OceanCountyPolitics, OCP Commentator Robert K. Haelig Jr. and editor Richard Schiff and other critics of the new government in Dover Township.

Two business days later, according to files at the Election Law Enforcement Commission, Yezzi handed Gilmore a check for $5000 for Gilmore's personal "Political Action Committee," the Ocean County Republican Chairman's PAC.

$5000 Yezzi Payoff Oiled Smear Campaign

The $5000 payoff check was clearly intended to lubricate the smear conspiracy which included the filing of a bogus lawsuit by Yezzi against OCP, Schiff and Haelig.

Yezzi filed the lawsuit two weeks after the $5000 check was handed over to Gilmore.

The Yezzi lawsuit may be the vaguest public document ever to surface in the Ocean County court system because the complaint contains nothing to back up unspecific allegations of "lies" and "disregard of the truth."

OCP Policy: If We Are Factually
Challenged, We Correct And Apologize

OCP has a policy of quickly correcting and apologizing for any wrong information on the WebSite, but we don't retract something because a public figure is upset with the truth about them, which appears to be the case with Yezzi.

Only Three Times In Three Years

In three years, there have been only three situations where OCP needed to correct wrong information, which we did quickly in each case.

There will be more fallout from the Gilmore smear meeting, similar meetings in the same venue with members of the Dover Township Council, and more Yezzi payments to the pernicious PAC run by Axis-Of-Greed no-bid attorney Jerry Dasti, law partner of Dover Council President Gregory McGuckin.

Gilmore Dominates And Manipulates Election Process

 Other stories coming soon will focus on party chairman Gilmore's total domination of every phase of the election process in Ocean County, a monopoly with insidious consequences for Ocean County taxpayers and voters.

OCP readers wil no doubt wish to refresh their recollections about the Gilmore Axis-Of-Greed smear conspiracy and the Yezzi lawsuit by clicking as follows:

For 12/05/05 Story On Gilmore Smear Meeting

For 1/10/05 Story On Yezzi Lawsuit & Cover-Up

For Yezzi Misrepresentation Of DMUA Finances

For Smear Meeting That Allowed Perpetrators Of Dover Spending Increase To Vote NO On Budget

This article prepared for publication February 7, 2005 in the great OCP tradition of full and fair reporting of the truth, no matter where the fallout leads.