Peter J. Sampson, "Feds Detail $1.3 MILLION Fraud Case: Banker Testifies He Was Fleeced by Aide," in The Record, January 10, 2013, at p. L-1. (Alexandra Ramirez? Garcia & Kriko? Edgar Navarrete?)
Karen Sudol & Melissa Hayes, "Molinelli's Future as Prosecutor in Limbo: Christie Undecided On Who'll Fill the Job," in The Record, January 11, 2013, at p. A-1. (Will they have to clear the appointment with the mob?)
Chris Harris, "Hawthorne Resident Charged in Theft of Meter Coins: Allegedly Stole $500 as Ridgewood Official," in The Record, January 11, 2013, at p. L-1. (Parking meter proceeds were "understood" to go to Menendez in Union City, allegedly. What was the split? %60/%40 the town's way, allegedly? Thefts from parking meters by officials are an every day reality in Hudson County.)
Peter J. Sampson, "Witness Details a High Life: Ex-Boyfriend Says Defendant Paid For Rent, Cars," in The Record, January 11, 2013, at p. L-1. (Poritz and Riccioli? McGreevey and his Israeli sailor? What they'll do for love in New Jersey.)
Kevin D. Williamson, "Panopticon, New Jersey -- A Note On the Age of Scaring Ourselves Safe," in National Review, December 31, 2012, at p. 18. (Is Jersey City, New Jersey Foucault's "carceral continuum"?)
Siobhan Gorman, "Brennan's Critics Put Focus On C.I.A.'s Tactics," in The Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2013, at p. A4. (Do harsh methods of interrogation -- such as waterboarding or walling -- yield valuable intelligence? Probably not. However, they do afford people a visceral sense of release and sadistic satisfaction. Much the same may be true of drone weapons. Will torture and drone weapons be used against Americans someday?)
Please compare Ted Sherman & Josh Margolin, The Jersey Sting: Chris Christie and the Most Brazen Case of Jersey Style Corruption -- Ever (New York: St. Martin's, 2011), pp. 156-176 with Robert Medolph, The Boys From New Jersey: How the Mob Beat the Feds (New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1997), pp. 23-51. ("The Fixer" and "New Jersey and You.")
I have grudgingly come to respect John Molinelli, whose current term as prosecutor in Bergen County will end on January 22.
I do not envy Mr. Molinelli his position or alleged "success." Mr. Molinelli is affiliated with Democrat powers that are usually thought of as corrupt or mafia-influenced in New Jersey. Anyone appointed by McGreevey has a credibility problem ab initio. ("John Molinelli's Ethics Problem.")
I agree with the mostly favorable assessments of the Bergen Prosecutor at this time. Mr. Molinelli is doing his best even if he has been less than helpful in my matters, possibly due to intimidation.
True, Jersey Democrats are better-known as a the mob. However, it must also be said that it would strain Dr. Kissinger's diplomatic skills to survive as prosecutor in Bergen County, let alone to be an effective law enforcement official.
I suspect that many of Mr. Kerik's troubles come from Bergen County's bosses.
Prosecutor Molinelli has gone after people -- like Ken Zisa -- with some success. Molinelli has endeavored to walk a very fine line between behind-the-scenes "bosses" (of various kinds) in Hackensack and Trenton, medllesome members of the judiciary, and also rivals biting at his heels, while avoiding, allegedly, intimidation efforts from organized crime members and their lawyers or paid-for politicians. ("Is Menendez For Sale?" and "Does Senator Menendez have mafia friends?")
Mr. Molinelli may be in possession of part of the history that concerns me (perhaps as regards the so-called Rose law firm, Tuchin and Riccioli). ("An Open Letter to My Torturers in New Jersey, Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli.")
I hope and believe that I will be speaking to Mr. Molinelli about such matters soon.
If it is true that Mr. Molinelli holds money or property that belongs to me, as does Mr. De Andrea, then I am not in a position to confirm this fact at this time, or what may have happened to such items.
Perhaps Mr. Molinelli or Chris Christie will be seen sporting a watch that once belonged to me. In Mr. Christie's case this may require some adjustment of the strap.
"Some people," I was told by a grizzled veteran of the Bergen County courthouse, "do not get arrested or sent to prison in Bergen County."
Maybe this conventional wisdom is finally changing in Hackensack. If so -- if there is less corruption in north Jersey (which I doubt) --then these blogs may be helping with the problem.
New Jersey's legal system remains a "dismal failure" and nothing lesss than a "disgrace" to America's Constitution. ("Sybil R. Moses and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "Have you no shame, Mr. Rabner?")
Mr. Molinelli is doing what he can -- unlike officials in Ridgewood, New Jersey -- he is not yet accused of stealing from parking meters. Ridgewood proudly boasts that it is the location of the northern office of Mr. Christie. ("More Trouble For Ridgewood, New Jersey.")
The challenge of corruption, child molestation as a protected industry in the Garden State, drugs and guns that are tied to political corruption, is too vast for any single county prosecutor to deal with effectively.
State Attorney generals are usually political front-men and -women who are worthless as crime fighters. Mr. Christie has said:
" ... when I do make a decision about what I want to do, about [whether] to renominate him or whether I want to nominate someone else, our first call will be to John."
Mr. Christie's first call will actually be to Codey and Sweeney to see whether his guy or gal for that office can be confirmed.
