Mason said WHAT?

PRIDE: The Seven Deadly Sins- by Pieter Breugel the Elder

A friend of mine called yesterday about a letter  in the Hoboken Reporter from someone pretending to be Beth Mason.

Or so my friend thought; incredulous at the notion that anyone who'd circumvented ELEC campaign finance rules would boast of pride in doing so while painting herself a victim of those wishing to end the illegal practice she was 'proud' of: 'wheeling'.

So GA read it.  Wow.  My instant response:

Stunning hubris! Shamelessness!  Lack of character!  Contempt for rules!  Absolutely fantastic.

GA has noted derisively how Mike Novak scampered away from his amoral deeds once they were exposed. Not Mason.  Read her letter.

If you're short for time, here are a few of the highlights:

"My family and I were proud to contribute $13,000 of our hard-earned money to Councilman Occhipinti’s campaign"
GA note:   By "family" she means hubby, who works hard to earn the money his wife blows on her inexhaustible quest for... something. The $13K figure is wrong- her total was $13.4K. Is she deliberately minimizing the figure or does she have so much money she can't keep track of it? When was the last time you lost $400?  Finally... Mason not only admits to circumventing ELEC law, she's "proud" of it!  Pride...

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

-- Proverbs 16: 18-19 (KJV)

Amen!

"...in fact, he (Timmy)  raised almost six times the amount we contributed, from other people"

 GA note:  Wow.  She's boasting that 16% of a candidate's total haul came from ONE contributor-- her 'family'.  Breathtaking. That would be like $4.32 million dollars going to Obama's presidential campaign from a SINGLE contributor (he raised $27M total).  Does Mason realize the outragousness of this disproportionate single-source contribution?  Apparently not.  She's "proud".

"The Cunningham-Bhalla ordinance is not “anti-wheeling”, it’s just “anti-Beth”."
GA note: BOO-freakin'-HOO!  Someone hand me the world's smallest violin for Mason's pity-party.  And I guess laws prohibiting murder are "anti-Bundy" and those prohibiting securities fraud are "anti-Madoff".  I guess Mason's saying  LAWS are BAD because they target the law-breaker.   Hmmm... I see her point. I was thinking of robbing a bank this afternoon, but not for some "anti-Pincus" ordinance.  Wooooo.... boy.  Ain't she a piece  of work?

"I supported Tim because he is a bright new leader"

GA note: Um... I suppose all things are relative.

The letter will be published in it's entirety  this weekend.

I applaud Mason for doubling-down on her ethical skulduggery, lack-of-remorse and comical cries of victimization... she surely is her own worst enemy.

Go Greaney!