Boy, does this look familiar…

 From today’s Jersey Journal

Fulop, Richardson are lonely yes votes; pay-to-play ban fails

 

Friday, January 26, 2007By KEN THORBOURNE

JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

Over the hoots and jeers of the audience in the council chambers, the Jersey City City Council shot down a developer pay-to-play ban proposed by Councilman Steve Fulop.

“Jersey City would still be a railroad yard” if it weren’t for developers, said Ward A Councilman Michael Sottolano, one of six council members to vote against the ban.

Before casting his “nay” vote, Councilman-at-large Peter Brennan defended the integrity of Hudson County and his colleagues.

“We’re from Hudson County . and people bring up the word ‘C,’ corruption,” Brennan said. “I believe we are all honest and not corrupt politicians.”

The proposal would have barred campaign donations from a developer to municipal officials while the developer is negotiating with city officials to be named the “designated” builder for a project.

According to the Citizens’ Campaign, the group that worked with Fulop to draft the measure, 14 other municipalities have adopted this ban. Jersey City is the first municipality to reject it at a first reading.

Joining Sottolano and Brennan in voting against the proposal were Bill Gaughan, Mary Spinello, Willie Flood and Steve Lipski. City Council President Mariano Vega abstained, and Ward F Councilwoman Viola Richardson was the sole council colleague to vote with Fulop.

Dozens of supporters of the measure crammed the council chambers, many of toting signs displaying a photocopy of a front page of The Jersey Journal showing Fulop on one side, and “Stop Pay to Play” printed on the other.

At various points in the meeting, audience members booed and hissed.

“You work for us,” one man barked at Brennan. Another man yelled “It’s over,” an apparent threat to boot from office those who voted against the ban.

Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy opposed the measure on the grounds it would deprive developers of their right to give money to who they want, when they want.

A downcast Fulop said after the vote that he and other supporters of the measure might try to get in on the ballot through a public referendum, which would involve collecting enough signatures of registered voters to qualify.

“I think the public sees it for what it is,” Fulop said about the vote. “They (the council members) can either be part of change or get overrun by it.”

Following the “Party” instructions…

I don’t get it.  Well, I actually do.

Mr. Altobelli works for MWW, one of the larger PR/Lobbying firms here in NJ. He has been apparently assigned Schoor DePalma as a client.

http://www.financials.com/c/info/story.cfm?StoryNum=1998107

http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070110/NEWS01/701100400/1004/rss01

Schoor DePalma, an engineering firm,  gave the  HH Dem’s (“Introna Team”) as instructed by the Bergen County Dem machine, a direct donation of $2,500.

This money was then moved from Introna’s account to the Jeffersonian Club PAC and then on to Altobelli and DiNanno. Just mixin’ it all up to add some confusion to the donation game. One of the founders of Schoor Depalma was recently indicted for bribes to a local mayor in Ocean County for contracts. They have also donated thousands to all the other PACS and local campaigns as dictated by the Bergen County Dems. 

You would think that when he was running for Council he would have gone to his bosses and said, “Gee, can I get a different client? I am running for Council and there was a donation that could be a conflict of interest.” But then maybe he couldn’t. Maybe he doesn’t care. Part of the ”deal”.  Goes with the $5,000 he and Dinanno received from Slick Willie’s PAC. And Willy has their vote, it seems. Just as the County Dems planned.

It makes one wonder how many “other” deals the HH/Bergen Dems have made to try and pull more money out of our pockets!  I guess they thought that we were all too apathetic to investigate and that they can do what they want with our tax dollars. I am sure they are a little surprised.

A two party system is a good thing.  It brings new ideas and energy.  That is what the local Dems thought and the cross over Reps when they voted last November. Unfortunately what they weren’t aware of is how by voting the way that they did they have permitted the filth of “Pay-to-Play” to invade our town c/o Lenny Introna and the Bergen County Dem bosses.  

What boggles my mind is the disrespect the Dems on the council have shown to their “neighbors” of HH. Their issues are not about saving our taxes but for paying off the the favors. How can you look your town friends in the eye and tell them that you are looking out for them when you are not?

We have been diagnosed with a Bergen County Dem political cancer.  It grows behind the scenes unknown until discovered.  Then it makes its host sick and takes everything out of them. The best way to cure it is to cut it out and then stay on top of it so it doesn’t grow again.

We have a chance to stop it now before it poisons all aspects of our life in HH.  Let’s do it.  The next Council meeting is January 30th.

From today’s Bergen Record

http://www.bergenrecord.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxNCZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5NzA2MDc4Nw==

A little New Dem bonus…

Take a look at the fax number…

Ya’ take the money…

THE LIST

THE LIST

Here you will find a list of the donations received into Slick Willy Ortiz’s (Len Introna’s and the Democrats choice for Borough Attorney) Political Action Committee’s bank account over the last couple of years.

This was taken directly from the NJ Election Law Enforcement Commision website  http://www.elec.state.nj.us/publicinformation.htm. This is public information available for all.

It was interesting to research. 

Lots of hiding, inside jokes, etc.  There was one particular person, an attorney that was under FBI investigation that called his company on the form, “Black Sheep Farm”. Clever, huh?

You will also notice there are quite a few individual donations from Engineers.  These are actually from the company’s themselves and just a way to not raise too many flags. The one company that seemed to do that was Maser Consulting.  It looks like they only did “small” contributions but really did quite a bit more through their employees. In fact they were instructed to contribute also to individual candidates. Lenny received one of these contributions. There were quite a few other companies that did the same trick. http://hhangel.files.wordpress.com/2006/09/contributions-of-introna-team.pdf

As soon as I have a moment I will print out and check out his business partners’ PACS and see where that money will lead to.

Yeah, sad to say but thanks to Lenny Introna and Slick Willy Hasbrouck Heights has officially entered the  NJ “Pay-to-Play” way of doing government business.  Gotta check for me?

http://hhangel.wordpress.com/2007/01/04/the-buying-of-hasbrouck-heights/

What was deleted from the Statewide Forum

…and the link I put on the HH forum and then just reposted on the Statewide Forum.  See below.

18465. COWARDS:

by PHOENIXRYSNG, 1/5/07 14:43 ET

WHAT’S THE MATTER, CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH?!?!?!http://hhangel.wordpress.com/2007/01/04/the-buying-of-hasbrouck-heights/

Another Ferriero ‘tentacle’ attaches himself to a BC municipality. It’s none other than WILLIE ORTIZ. This time it’s through Hasbrouck Heights!

Willie Ortiz highlights include his wife being appointed Commissioner f/t BCUA after NOT receiving the ‘line’ for Palisade Park’s election, & recently appointed to the Board of Trustees for Bergen Community College. The BC, & Pal Park Dems didn’t want her for their muni, but they’re willing to keep her ‘around’ with a county appointment.

My, my isn’t Hudson County just taking over BC through Dem Party boss, Joe Ferriero?!?!

It could be the ONLY REASON why Ferriero, & Ortiz continue supporting BC freeloader, Tomas Padilla. A know-nothing, do-nothing ‘yes man’ to the Zisa’s & Ferriero. Talk about rubber-stamping politically connected contracts through!!!!!!!!! OY!!!!!!!!!!

The BEST PART is BIG JOE attempting to change the by-laws for County Committee people to vote outside their districts. Hmm, yeah Joe — that’ll be the only way you get Charles “Ken” Zisa voted in over Loretta Weinberg, along with a few other LEMMINGS.

And gang, let’s not think for ONE MINUTE Lynch has been HUMBLED, & out of politics because his friend/business partner Jack Westlake has contributed to the PAC’s Ortiz controls.

WHEELING @ IT’S BEST FOR OUR POLGANIZED CRIME MEMBERS!

More to come regarding Slick Willie Ortiz…

Ya’ take the money…

…and you lose your RIGHT to govern your own town.

The Dems accepted money from the PACs  run by the PAC men Slick Willy Ortiz and his partner, Gregg Paster and have given these “outsiders” the right, care of Lenny and the Dems,  to make the decisions as to the best way for them to run HH to financially benefit them and their Bergen/Hudson contributors.

Plain and simple.

That is why he is sitting there and “signaling” Lenny “I-can’t-walk-and-chew-gum-at-the-same-time” Introna as to whom to vote against when it came to appointees and to also whom to appoint. The other Dems, including Altobelli who works for one the biggest corporate Lobbying firms in NJ, MWW in East Rutherford, are there to do exactly what they are told. To “vote” the Dem ticket so that the PAC men get what they want. 

It is called “pay-to-play”.  And now, even with the new ordinance on the books which Lenny has been told by the PAC men needs to be “tweaked” apparently to accomodate those PAC donations, the Dems have put our town in a position to be beholden to the bank accounts of modern day sheisters. 

This is from the State Forum and was deleted once.  The link I posted on the HH forum was also deleted. Hmmm…nervous Dems, it seems.

http://hhangel.wordpress.com/2007/01/05/what-was-deleted-from-the-hh-forum/

http://hhangel.wordpress.com/2007/01/04/the-buying-of-hasbrouck-heights/

The buying of Hasbrouck Heights

And that is what the local Dems have done. They have sold our souls. The Hudson/Bergen Dem party found a “patsy” in Lenny and the Dems and, and they are laughing all the way to the bank as they now have a new town to park their favors to fill their bank accounts.

Willy Ortiz and his PACs  (Political Action Committees) where he is either Treasurer or his partner, Paster is, have funneled thousands and thousands of $$$ to the Bergen County Democratic Party including  local parties such as Hasbrouck Heights.

Between 10.27.04 and 7.14.06 his “Northern Valley First” PAC funnelled almost $100,000 to the Bergen County Democratic Organization.

This same PAC gave $5,ooo to the Dinnano and Altobelli campaign and also gave $3,900 to last years Dem candidates, Shihanian and Dinanno. Shihanian and Dinanno also received $7,080 from Northeast Bergen Citizens Action Council, another PAC managed by Ortiz’s business partner, Paster. When they lost this campaign the money was transferred to Lenny Introna’s “Team Introna” account  which was then transferred to Dinnano’s and Altobelli’s account.

Northern Valley First PAC receives very generous donations to be spread around accordingly. A couple of examples: Creamer Ridge Construction, $7,200; J. Fletcher Creamer, $7,200.  And that is just a very, very small drop in the bucket. Big local business names, big “donations”. Now multply that by many many.

Willie and Paster are busy men cashing those checks and handing out that cash to buy their clients business. Between the two of them they also help run the Community Investment Developement PAC and Pascack Valley 1st PAC and Willie was also busy being Treasurer for the Tom Padilla, Bergen County Freeholder campaign. Oooooh, just oodles of money flying everywhere. 

And now Slick Willy wants to tell US how to run our town? As someone said on the HH forum, he does not live in our town (he lives in Emerson, his main business office is in Union City), he has no connection to the town whatsoever, except through  his donations to Lenny and the Dems. His only concern about our town is keeping his big, fat bank account filled by getting his clients and friends contracts in our town. He doesn’t give a crap about you and me, our town, our children, our school system, our lives.  We are an end to a means for him, his clients and their bank accounts.  

It’s time to keep him out of OUR town. Remember it is OUR town. Not his. Not his clients.  Wake up, HH.