FEATURE FILM STARRING TIFFANIE FISHER & MIKE DEFUSCO's ELECS!
Synoposis:
In October 2017, Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher led the charge to enforce Hoboken's Pay-to-Play ordinance with a 44 page complaint against candidate Michael DeFusco. That was then, this is now. In 2019, Fisher and Jen Giattino share re-election campaign management with Pay-to-Play King Mike DeFusco and they have just swept Hoboken's Pay-to-Play enforcement under the rug- as a favor to him... what are they getting in return?
PANTS ON FIRE!
On September 18th, 2nd Ward Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher tabled a Resolution which called for Hoboken's Corporation Counsel and City Clerk to use "reasonable measures" to enforce Hoboken's Pay to Play law- now, this election cycle. Fisher began her remarks with an utterance, "this is political season..." and explained letters from Corporation Counsel stated that Hoboken's Pay-to-Play law was "not legal" and "unenforceable."
Read the ordinance.
Not enforceable? Boy oh, boy, that is a whopper of epic proportions.
Not only didn't Corporation Counsel ever say that either in writing or at the council (GA has the letters), what he said was that Hoboken would require an ethics board ("Local Board") to enforce ethics locally. Corporation Counsel recommended ethics enforcement at the state's Local Finance Board, within the Department of Community Affairs- he put that in writing, and stated the same in a May discussion at the Hoboken City Council.
Hoboken Pay-to-Play law delegates enforcement to the Hoboken City Clerk; precisely what the Jabbour-Doyle legislation does, adding Corporation Counsel. Or did. Since Team Pay-to-Play swept it in the trash.
WHAT CORP COUNSEL LETTERS REALLY SAY (links)
The letters from Corporation Counsel that Fisher claims called Hoboken Pay-to-Play ordinance "not legal" and "unenforceable" don't exist. In fact, she misremembers them: those letters call resolutions and ordinances sponsored by Fisher herself and Pay-to-Play King Michael DeFusco "invalid" and "unenforceable." They include:
(1) Fisher's May 15, 2018 resolutions to terminate contracts of 2 engineering firms whom she (falsely) accused of violating Hoboken's Pay-to-Play law.
Corp. council's response memo: "Councilwoman Fisher has failed to adequately analyze this matter or correctly apply the City’s Pay-to-Play ordinance." (See Fisher resolutions and Corp Counsel letter here: https://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2018/05/breaking-news-fisherdefusco-p2p-charges.html )
(2) A June 2018 letter from Corporation Council called a Fisher-DeFusco ordinance which aimed to add financial reporting requirements to the Office of the Mayor "invalid" and "unenforceable."
(See Corporation Counsel Letter of response here: https://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2018/10/council-balks-on-creating-ethics-board.html )
RIDDLE ME THIS....
If this council majority has been churning out legislation calling for pay-to-play enforcement for the Bhalla administration, why is it all of a sudden "unenforceable"?
Synoposis:
In October 2017, Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher led the charge to enforce Hoboken's Pay-to-Play ordinance with a 44 page complaint against candidate Michael DeFusco. That was then, this is now. In 2019, Fisher and Jen Giattino share re-election campaign management with Pay-to-Play King Mike DeFusco and they have just swept Hoboken's Pay-to-Play enforcement under the rug- as a favor to him... what are they getting in return?
It's a Council Corruption Cover-up.
PAY TO PLAY: THE MOVIE
PANTS ON FIRE!
On September 18th, 2nd Ward Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher tabled a Resolution which called for Hoboken's Corporation Counsel and City Clerk to use "reasonable measures" to enforce Hoboken's Pay to Play law- now, this election cycle. Fisher began her remarks with an utterance, "this is political season..." and explained letters from Corporation Counsel stated that Hoboken's Pay-to-Play law was "not legal" and "unenforceable."
Read the ordinance.
Not enforceable? Boy oh, boy, that is a whopper of epic proportions.
Not only didn't Corporation Counsel ever say that either in writing or at the council (GA has the letters), what he said was that Hoboken would require an ethics board ("Local Board") to enforce ethics locally. Corporation Counsel recommended ethics enforcement at the state's Local Finance Board, within the Department of Community Affairs- he put that in writing, and stated the same in a May discussion at the Hoboken City Council.
Hoboken Pay-to-Play law delegates enforcement to the Hoboken City Clerk; precisely what the Jabbour-Doyle legislation does, adding Corporation Counsel. Or did. Since Team Pay-to-Play swept it in the trash.
To recap: the Jabbour-Doyle Pay-to-Play resolution would charge Corporation Counsel and the City Clerk with monitoring ELECs for Hoboken pay-to-play compliance. Ethical violations may be refered to New Jersey's Local Finance Board, if that is the only viable enforcement mechanism. Then, the resolution calls for retooling Hoboken's Pay-to-Play ordinance so it can no longer be ignored.
WHAT CORP COUNSEL LETTERS REALLY SAY (links)
The letters from Corporation Counsel that Fisher claims called Hoboken Pay-to-Play ordinance "not legal" and "unenforceable" don't exist. In fact, she misremembers them: those letters call resolutions and ordinances sponsored by Fisher herself and Pay-to-Play King Michael DeFusco "invalid" and "unenforceable." They include:
(1) Fisher's May 15, 2018 resolutions to terminate contracts of 2 engineering firms whom she (falsely) accused of violating Hoboken's Pay-to-Play law.
Corp. council's response memo: "Councilwoman Fisher has failed to adequately analyze this matter or correctly apply the City’s Pay-to-Play ordinance." (See Fisher resolutions and Corp Counsel letter here: https://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2018/05/breaking-news-fisherdefusco-p2p-charges.html )
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(2) A June 2018 letter from Corporation Council called a Fisher-DeFusco ordinance which aimed to add financial reporting requirements to the Office of the Mayor "invalid" and "unenforceable."
(See Corporation Counsel Letter of response here: https://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2018/10/council-balks-on-creating-ethics-board.html )
RIDDLE ME THIS....
If this council majority has been churning out legislation calling for pay-to-play enforcement for the Bhalla administration, why is it all of a sudden "unenforceable"?
I kind of get the feeling that when Tiffanie thought the local Pay 2 Play laws were "unenforceable" (her words), then she stopped following them. My gut thinks that Tiffanie is in violation of ordinance and that is why she won't stop trying to table it. We all know they are cowards and won't even show up the the Council Meeting that was called this Thursday.
ReplyDeleteUnelectable, unenforceable... schlemiel, schlemazel...
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