Elliott Says Schools Are Now A "Cesspool of Political Greed"

Former Central Regional school board member Richard Elliott says the school system has become a "cesspool of political greed" during the past year since Richard Ciullo was elected to the board in April of 2004.

Amato Dispenses Patronage, Holds $85,000 Useless County Job Compliments Of Gilmore

Things were bad enough before that as Board President Carmen Amato presided over numerous political payoffs in return for a useless series of county jobs including his current "position" as Director of Printing and Graphics at a cost to the taxpayers of about $85,000 annually.

The Berkeley school boards are dominated by officers of the local Republican party, with Amato as Republican Chairman, school board member Robert Ray as treasurer of the Republican website that was taken down after publishing numerous false and offensive accusations on the internet.

Republican School board Flunkies Include Purveyors
Of Malicious And Degrading GOP Website

Anthony DiPaola is the president of the Republican Club and a school board member; Richard Ciullo, purveyor of the offensive and degrading internet lies on the aforementioned GOP website and also a school board member; and Karen Davis, with experience as a Republican organization officer, member of the Berkeley school board and an employee of the largest Republican pay-to-play accounting firm in Ocean County.

Davis is a council candidate in Berkeley Ward I; Amato is a council candidate in Ward II.

Stooges For County
GOP Greed Coalition

As school board members, Berkeley Republican leaders have repeatedly catered to the county greed coalition headed by Republican Chairman (and lawyer) George Gilmore, Dover Township Council President (and lawyer) Gregory McGuckin and lawyer Jack Sahradnik, the attorney for Berkeley schools and the county Republican freeholders.

Massimo Yezzi Got Nearly $2 Million From Berkeley
Taxpayers, April Yezzi Got Useless Central Regional Job

The Berkeley GOP leaders also handed Dover Republican county committeeman Architect Massimo Yezzi no-bid professional services contracts for nearly $2 million in payments from Berkeley schools, a political gift that Elliott and others have termed "the most wasteful spending in the history of Berkeley Township."

The same "leaders" handed April Yezzi, Massimo's wife and president of the Ocean County Republican Women's Federation, a job as Ass't Business Administrator at Central Regional, another useless handout that is costing taxpayers $70,000 annually.

"Taxpayers Get Lost," Says April Yezzi

Less than 60 days after April Yezzi began whacking the taxpayers at Central Regional, she arranged through Ciullo, Ray and Amato to begin holding Ocean County Republican Women's Federation meetings at Central Regional Middle School.

A nice touch on April's application was an endorsement from lawyer Dina Vicari, daughter of Freeholder-Superintendent Joseph Vicari, and an officer in both the Women's Republican Federation and the Ocean County Young Republican Club.

Gilmore-McGuckin-Sahradnik Greed Coalition Tax
Surcharge May Be $110 Million Annually In County

Recent county greed coalition victims include taxpayers in Dover Township, Brick Township, Beachwood, Seaside Heights, Seaside Park, Lavallette, Lacey Township, Barnegat Township, Jackson Township, the Ocean County government and other constituencies where Gilmore, McGuckin, Sahradnik and a couple of other political bosses give the marching orders and local officials carry them out, producing a political greed tax surcharge which may amount to $110 million a year.

This article prepared for publication 7/17/05.

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This article prepared for publication 7/17/05.