US Attorney Christie Investigating BCDO Attorney Oury
July 20, 2008 |
Politics
Of late, even US Attorney Chris Christie can't help
but notice the pay-to-play shenanigans of the BCDO.
Christie is now investigating the Machine's
attorney, Dennis Oury. This has brought
the big man himself, BCDO Boss Joe Ferriero,
under Christie's gaze. Could this be a
transformational moment in County and State
politics?
And, if Christie is leery of going after a Republican, where is Democrat and State Attorney General Anne Milgram?
Is John M. Carbone, the Republican who is the Bergen County Clerk's attorney going to get called in? After all, Carbone has worked arm in arm with Joe Ferriero. Case in point: Englewood residents may remember Carbone as the paid attorney/hatchet man charging City taxpayers hefty attorney's fees to read emails aloud in what The Bergen Record called "the political assassination" of Violet Cherry, a longtime thorn in Ferriero's side.
Bergen Record readers may also remember Mr. Carbone as the one who sanctimoniously wrote about government ethics in a New Year's Resolution OpEd piece while he himself appears to have had quite the lucrative pay-to-play, patronage history. Quoting the NJ Law Journal, which noted Mr. Carbone's nifty law contract award subsequent to an investment of $12,000 in campaign donations:
Why and how do the same political insiders, be they Republican or Democrat, get to keep dipping their beaks so deeply into various public treasuries?
US Attorney Christie and State Attorney General Anne Milgram (do you even know her name?) are the chief law enforcement officers in New Jersey. Both possess the legal authority and tools to investigate and pursue those who have hijacked and abused the public trust. And while Christie has made some pretty dodgy decisions (the still mysterious Menendez investigation, the huge $52 million contract to his old boss, John Ashcroft, etc.) he at least appears to be busy working.
Considering how much action Republican Christie has initiated and completed against corruption, the silence (and inaction) from our Democratic Attorney General is deafening. Where are you and where is your work product, Ms. Milgram?
And, if Christie is leery of going after a Republican, where is Democrat and State Attorney General Anne Milgram?
Is John M. Carbone, the Republican who is the Bergen County Clerk's attorney going to get called in? After all, Carbone has worked arm in arm with Joe Ferriero. Case in point: Englewood residents may remember Carbone as the paid attorney/hatchet man charging City taxpayers hefty attorney's fees to read emails aloud in what The Bergen Record called "the political assassination" of Violet Cherry, a longtime thorn in Ferriero's side.
Bergen Record readers may also remember Mr. Carbone as the one who sanctimoniously wrote about government ethics in a New Year's Resolution OpEd piece while he himself appears to have had quite the lucrative pay-to-play, patronage history. Quoting the NJ Law Journal, which noted Mr. Carbone's nifty law contract award subsequent to an investment of $12,000 in campaign donations:
Carbone was actually paid $395,463 at the end of the day, officials say: almost twice his authorized amount."
("Hoboken City lawyers' fees under scrutiny," Jan. 12, 2004, New Jersey Law Journal)
Why and how do the same political insiders, be they Republican or Democrat, get to keep dipping their beaks so deeply into various public treasuries?
US Attorney Christie and State Attorney General Anne Milgram (do you even know her name?) are the chief law enforcement officers in New Jersey. Both possess the legal authority and tools to investigate and pursue those who have hijacked and abused the public trust. And while Christie has made some pretty dodgy decisions (the still mysterious Menendez investigation, the huge $52 million contract to his old boss, John Ashcroft, etc.) he at least appears to be busy working.
Considering how much action Republican Christie has initiated and completed against corruption, the silence (and inaction) from our Democratic Attorney General is deafening. Where are you and where is your work product, Ms. Milgram?
