Last night at the City Council, Beth Mason got BUSTED for wheeling 'in kind' megabucks to the Move Forward campaign, exceeding the $500 Pay-to-Play limit.... all thanks to GA!
Don't take my word for it. I was fast asleep by 9:30, didn't watch it.
From a reader:
Ha!
Will we see a 'Thank You GA' note added to Move Forward's Swastika-on-Wheels? GA hears it was parked across from City Hall, entertaining visitors to Carlos' Bakery, with a cigar-smoking Move Forward's co-manager standing by, watching the revolting video loop.
Note the cost to produce the video, soundtrack, and nightly roadshow is STEEP. Where is that kind of money coming from? Check Move Forward's ELECs.
I did. And posted an excerpt yesterday.
'Friends of Beth Mason' PAC gave a total of $7,117.05 in-kind contributions to their campaign. WOW. That's the kind of money that buys a citywide midnight mailer campaign and a Swastika-on-Wheels.
As Ravi stated, Hoboken's pay-to-Play ordinance permits a maximum contribution from a PAC or individual is $500. Which means Mason's PAC gave an EXCESS contribution of $6,617. 05- that's all her PAC declared on paper.
But we KNOW she's given MORE.
Because the in-kind value of use of Mason's NON-PROFIT, TAX-EXEMPT Art Gallery at 1200 Washington St. for Move Forward's campaign headquarters must be worth at least $8,000 (2 months estimated).
When does the City's Tax Collector hoof it over to the 'Gallery' to investigate whether a tax-exempt non-profit 501(c)(3) is a political campaign headquarters? I am sure the NJ Attorney General and the IRS would like to know.
Because when our institutions of government and law enforcement don't pursue the law-breakers it emboldens them to continue, escalate their behavior and emboldens our media to collude with them.
The Hoboken Reporter writes the Old Guard's material. It seems they want to destroy Reform, and are assisting the Old Guard in their vicious campaign.
Here's what the BoE paid them in 2005-2006 when the Old Guard was running the School Board.
Funny, but The Reporter has just asked me for a statement. You know what that means.
They're salivating to publish more operative spew- this distraction from the real issues affecting the children of Hoboken and avoidance of substantive articles about past corruption at the BoE. And what's at stake now. For me, it's keeping Kids First at the helm, and not turning it over to the people who buy steak dinners and trips to Atlantic City for pals with our kids' money. And YOURS.
Which makes the only people with balls to confront corruption and myself, and other internet voices, become their targets.
New friends to GA, please see below why I have been made the central campaign issue of the Move Forward campaign- because of my history of exposing corruption at the BoE. And, the SAME people behind the Move Forward slate are those that did the following- and just in ONE YEAR:
And that's just PART of it. Folks, I have nothing to do with the BoE campaign, other than respond as an outraged parent that the people who've abused our schools so badly want them BACK.
Badly enough to display swastikas at a SCHOOL in order to elect Move Forward.
Don't take my word for it. I was fast asleep by 9:30, didn't watch it.
From a reader:
Beth Mason ran out of the meeting in time for the public portion. Maybe she knew what was coming, Ravi said it was really unfortunate that Beth Mason is not here because he would like to discuss her the violation of the local campaign finance ordinance. That the Friends of Beth Mason organization located 1103 Washington donated $7,000 to Moving Forward school board slate. Donations in excess of $500 is not allowable by our pay to play ordinance, and Moving Forward must repay the money to Friends of Beth Mason in excess of $500. Ravi said he'd be asking the city clerk to notify the attorney about this issue and to to determine what fines are appropriate. You know everybody reads GA.
Ha!
Will we see a 'Thank You GA' note added to Move Forward's Swastika-on-Wheels? GA hears it was parked across from City Hall, entertaining visitors to Carlos' Bakery, with a cigar-smoking Move Forward's co-manager standing by, watching the revolting video loop.
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| Move Forward's Swastika-mobile at Carlo's Bakery last night- across the street from City Hall credit: MSV |
Note the cost to produce the video, soundtrack, and nightly roadshow is STEEP. Where is that kind of money coming from? Check Move Forward's ELECs.
I did. And posted an excerpt yesterday.
'Friends of Beth Mason' PAC gave a total of $7,117.05 in-kind contributions to their campaign. WOW. That's the kind of money that buys a citywide midnight mailer campaign and a Swastika-on-Wheels.
As Ravi stated, Hoboken's pay-to-Play ordinance permits a maximum contribution from a PAC or individual is $500. Which means Mason's PAC gave an EXCESS contribution of $6,617. 05- that's all her PAC declared on paper.
But we KNOW she's given MORE.
Because the in-kind value of use of Mason's NON-PROFIT, TAX-EXEMPT Art Gallery at 1200 Washington St. for Move Forward's campaign headquarters must be worth at least $8,000 (2 months estimated).
When does the City's Tax Collector hoof it over to the 'Gallery' to investigate whether a tax-exempt non-profit 501(c)(3) is a political campaign headquarters? I am sure the NJ Attorney General and the IRS would like to know.
Because when our institutions of government and law enforcement don't pursue the law-breakers it emboldens them to continue, escalate their behavior and emboldens our media to collude with them.
The Hoboken Reporter writes the Old Guard's material. It seems they want to destroy Reform, and are assisting the Old Guard in their vicious campaign.
Here's what the BoE paid them in 2005-2006 when the Old Guard was running the School Board.
Funny, but The Reporter has just asked me for a statement. You know what that means.
They're salivating to publish more operative spew- this distraction from the real issues affecting the children of Hoboken and avoidance of substantive articles about past corruption at the BoE. And what's at stake now. For me, it's keeping Kids First at the helm, and not turning it over to the people who buy steak dinners and trips to Atlantic City for pals with our kids' money. And YOURS.
Which makes the only people with balls to confront corruption and myself, and other internet voices, become their targets.
New friends to GA, please see below why I have been made the central campaign issue of the Move Forward campaign- because of my history of exposing corruption at the BoE. And, the SAME people behind the Move Forward slate are those that did the following- and just in ONE YEAR:
And that's just PART of it. Folks, I have nothing to do with the BoE campaign, other than respond as an outraged parent that the people who've abused our schools so badly want them BACK.
Badly enough to display swastikas at a SCHOOL in order to elect Move Forward.
So once again, the Hoboken Distorter proves itself to be unworthy of the slaughter of trees that die for their weekly brand of pulp fiction. Is it even safe to recycle that toxic canary cage liner?
ReplyDeleteThat they'd rather cover a smear campaign than the corruption and grafting of the former school board members and their current slate of torch bearers, or Ricky & Beth Mason's latest violation of Pay To Play laws, or their flouting of US tax law with their front of a "gallery" at 1200 Washington Street, tells us all we need to know about this publication as they scramble for relevance in a landscape where fewer and fewer readers get their news from print media.
A hint for the publisher and editors: You might start by covering stories that are true, accurate and fact-checked, written by people who can write, sometimes about people who just may be your advertisers. Perhaps then you'll regain some readership instead of catering only to the poison purchaser of page 3 or real estate agencies who scour your paper to make sure their out-of-date ads were printed correctly.
Subtext... Mr Branco seems to develop quite the burgeoning joyful lump in his pants when an opportunity to publicly humiliate Mr Russo presents itself.
ReplyDeleteHe went out of his way not once but twice to arrange truck-sized public viewing of the Russo/Dwek "fund-raising" luncheon, ie, FBI surveillance film. I wonder if Mr Russo knew when he tweeted last April "We don't fight hate with hate - we fight hate with love" that he was referring to Mr Branco's, um, hate.
Well as Grammy Griswell would say, Little Grizzy, if you must be a rat, make sure you are an equal opportunity rat. She would have so approved of Mr Branco.