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By The
Corruption Standards Defined Recently In Asbury Park Press
Editorials, Is Dover Township Now The Most Corrupt Town In New
Jersey?
Brush
Announces Democratic Ward Slate,
But Doesn't Let Them Say Anything
Pope Alexander VI "Handed Out Plums To Line Up Votes"
"I have been a strong Republican for the past forty years, and
I have never seen basic Republican principles trashed like
they have been since (Mayor Paul) Brush and (Council President
Gregory) McGuckin began looting Dover Township when the new
government took office last year," said one taxpayer who did
not want to be named for fear of retaliation.
The Asbury Park Press laid out some definitions recently, he
noted, setting forth some objective standards involving
widespread "pay-to-play, pension padding and no-bid bribery"
types of "corruption," all of which have been rampant since
the new government was sworn in on January 3, 2004.
The "corruption" and the culture of greed that accompanied it
led to the largest spending increase in the township's history
and a big tax increase for which Brush and the all-Republican
council were equally responsible.
Does that make Dover Township the most "corrupt" town in New
Jersey? More on these issues soon.
Papal Elections Were Once
Hotbeds Of Intrigue, Corruption: Pay-To-Play Pope Alexander VI
"Handed Out Plums To Nail Down Votes"
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Alexander VI
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To the reader's left is Pope
Alexander VI, a Borgia family pope, "a worldly and ruthless
cleric" who, according to the Asbury Park Press article of
April 4th, "handed out dozens of plums - abbeys, fortresses,
towns, bishoprics - to nail down votes."
Bribery "was even more naked in
the 1492 election" when Alexander was chosen as the new Bishop of
Rome and a contemporary of Christopher Columbus, according to the Press article..
History
Repeats Itself In Ocean County As Pay-To-Play
No-Bid
Princes "Hand Out Plums To Nail Down Votes"
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George I |
The Press cited "legal bribery"
and "pay-to-play corruption" as factors in the election
process in Ocean County, and the media has drawn attention to
Gregory I, George I and Jerry I as principal players in the
no-bid sweepstakes which involves hidden extra tax bills as
high as $100 million annually for area wage serfs.
513 years later, George I,
Gregory I and Jerry I regularly hand out the contemporary
Ocean County equivalents of "plums
- abbeys, fortresses, towns, bishoprics - to nail down votes."
Brush
Announces Democratic Council Slate,
But You Can't Tell From The Observer Article
Whether The Candidates Were At The Press Conference
Mayor Paul Brush held a press
conference at Town Hall yesterday to announce the slate of
Democratic candidates who will challenge four incumbent
Republican Ward Council incumbents, but you can't tell from
the Observer article whether the candidates attended the press
conference or not.
Reuther,
Baldaccini, Prusek & Feaman
The candidates announced by
Brush are John Reuther (Ward I), Mark Baldaccini (Ward II),
Ronald Prusek (Ward III), and Jean Feaman (Ward IV).
It is not known if the
Democratic candidates agree with Brush's assessment of the
issues facing the township which, according to him at his
press conference, are a couple of mild open space
disagreements, the delayed hiring of a planner and his
Excellency's alleged exclusion from some meetings.
Never
Mentioned Big Issues, 'Cause Tax And Spending Hikes Were
Inflicted Jointly By Brush & GOP Council
The huge current budget spending
increase, the fifty expensive political payoffs of the 2004
spring training session, the $5.3 million DMUA operating
deficit, the crony jobs, the phony "reorganizations" which
have screwed up the new government and made it less efficient
than molasses, and the failure to ordain even a particle of
ethical disclosure or pay-to-play reform, were not mentioned
by Brush or the silent Democratic candidates, but these
changes were made jointly by Brush and the Republican council.
Real Two Party
Dialogue Is Dead • • Maybe
Looks may be deceiving, but it
appears that any semblance of a real two party dialogue is
dead in the water, at least until the prospective voters hear
from the candidates without the shield of the Democratic mayor
standing in the middle.
In any event, it's a long, long
time from April to November, so there may be some
clarifications along the way.
More very, very soon on OCP.
T his
article prepared for publication 4/07/05 |
