Was Mayor Richard Turner Set Up?


The ineptitude of Beth Mason's political operative, James Barracato, has reached legendary status in Hudson County.  First, he made a blogger the center of the Move Forward School Board campaign then deployed a swastika-flashing Nazi Truck on Washington Street and at a primary school. 

Not only did his choice to make a personal vendetta the center of a political campaign galvanize Reform voters to an anticipated Kids First sweep (final results expected tomorrow mid-day or afternoon), but it did something else.

This Nazi Truck strategy revealed that Barracato uses Beth Mason's checkbook to execute vendettas   for purely vindictive purposes when it makes no political sense.

And now it seeems possible that no one is safe- including his former employer, Mayor Richard Turner of Weehawken.  A source who knows 'the players' sent me this:
James knows Weehawken and You is a PAC.  Calling it a charity was no accident.  Hes making trouble.
Wow.  Is that true?

GA has no idea under what the circumstances the Mason operative was asked to leave Weehawken City Hall.  GA had heard he was an aide to Turner.

What political sense does it make to get Turner's 527, 'Weehawken and You' in trouble with ELEC or the IRS?

Maybe as much political sense as campaigning for a School Board election with a Nazi Truck.

In any case, money donated to HudsonCountyRecovers.org goes directly to the 501(c)(3) The Mason Civic League, Inc. to disburse, though Mason told the Jersey Journal it was a "non-profit" and advertises it in the Hoboken reporter as a "fund."

Look who is on the Board of Mason's 501(3)(c), The Mason Civic League, Inc:

501(c)(3) Mason Civic League, Inc.- Certificate of Incorporation- created July 21, 2010

Look where donations to HudsonCountyRecovers.org 'charity' go:


Now,  you  see how Mayor Richard Turner's 527 Weehawken And You Civic Association is being funded by the Mason Civic League, Inc charity, and advertised as a charity on her website.

GA believes this is highly problematic for Weehawken Mayor Richard Turner.   As our neighbor to the North, GA hopes a friend will apprise him of this so he can correct the problem before the IRS takes action.  Listing the Weehawken mayor's political organization among charities like the Liberty Humane Society and The Hoboken Shelter begs the question:

Why did Beth Mason (and her operative James Barracato) do this to Mayor Turner?  Was it stupidity or malice?  

In the case of The Nazi Truck, both. 

counter-clockwise: top left: Weehawken Mayor Richard Turner, bottom- left:Hoboken City Councilwoman Beth Mason, bottom-right: BoE slate Move Forward Nazi Truck video flashes swastikas at Wallace School on October 16, 2012.  Multiple sources (including one at The Hoboken Reporter) identify Mason operative James Barracato as orchestrating the Nazi Truck. The offensive video was shot and produced by Beth Mason  videographer Tim Brendel, son of Mason operative Barry Brendel. Barracato coordinated the Nazi Truck with a citywide distribution of midnight flyers.  Barracato is on the Board of Directors of the Mason Civic League, Inc., the 'charity' sponsoring HudsonCountyRecovers.org, top-right: The Nazi Truck rides up and down Washington Street on October 17, 2012

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