Weinberg troubled by Molinelli’s travel buddy

It was Corruption stupid it is corruption stupid it will be corruption stupid until the voters of Bergen County wake up and vote column 2 on the 6th of Nov.

Give them a brake, they may have been conducting business with Furio.

.....yet virtually no one is ever fired.

Unfortunately, the Republican alternatives aren't willing to call for truly fixing all these problems by mandating that ALL campaigns be 100% publicly financed and that ANY violations of the public trust be punished in extremely severe manners.

People who violate the public trust are as bad as any terrorist!!!

They are, in fact, a more direct threat to our democracy than Bin Laden himself!!

It's not just Bergen County, or NJ but the whole USA that is governed by people who are bought and paid for by monied interests who don't give a damn about human life.

All the regulations and rules are slanted toward allowing these thieves to get away with murder.

It's all connected folks and it's at every level of governance.

Here's one relatively simple case in point, dateline Denville NJ....

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/washington/08consumer.html

From Frederick Douglass

If there is no struggle there is no progress......Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

This has to do more with Molinelli's position as the top law enforcement officer in the county than Coniglio's target letter. It does not take a rocket scientist to see the lack of judgement on the part of the prosecutor. His job depends on his ability to convice a Senator that he is above board so what does he do? Goes on vacation with someone being investigated by the Federal government and the attorney for the BCDO. I wonder who else was part of that little Italian holiday, maybe the chairman? And what could all these good old boys be talking about over bottles of Italy's finest wines? I think Stiles did not go far enough in his investigation!!!

What prosecutor goes on a European vacation with a state senator under federal investigation?

An arrogant one.

Why would the BCDO legal counsel go on the same trip?

Arrogance.

How Democrats in Bergen County continue to win is beyond me. The Republicans can't be this inept.

They should have called off the trip. Now everyone is wondering what is going on!

Republican Senate candidate Clara Nibot is going around talking about the Property Taxes and the Corruption that dominates the arena of Politics. she even had a press release about the violations of Senator Weinberg using campaign money while trying to collect tax Payers money under the Clean Election Act. So now Senator Weinberg is coming with this press conference about the top law enforcement officer in Bergen County Molinelli and his trip to Italy with Senator Conniglio while under Ferderal investigation. Not a bad trick. I think the Republican Senate candidate Clara Nibot is giving Senator Senator Weinberg some concern. Is a real shame that the rest of the Republican Party is sleeping while Nibot is rocking the Democrats boat in the 37th alone. You don't even hear about her running mates or see them anyplace. Good job Nibot Keep it up.

Let's not forget that the US attorney was "investigating" Bob Menendez last fall as election day loomed. Has anyone heard anything new on that subject lately? I sure haven't. Christie's office issued a "target" letter to a sitting state Senator, and all of a sudden everyone, including his friends, are expected to turn their backs on him? Let's not forget that Coniglio is still a sitting Senator. No criminal conduct has been proven. No charges have even been filed. This US Attorney has allowed himself to become a political gun pointed by individuals with suspicious aim. Mollinelli and company, when faced with a friend in a bad place, gave Joe Coniglio a chance to get away from the constant attacks by the press. Our Prosecutor must be a man (or woman) of integrity and principal. I would be more concerned about the character of John Mollinelli had he ignored the most important principle of our legal system - that a man is innocent until proven guilty - and turned his back on Senator Coniglio.

If the best comback you have is to bring up missing tuna from 20years ago, your argument is pretty sad.  How about looking into Bergen Pines today and the corrupt money wheeling corp. that the Ferrierocrats in power put in charge at the hospital.  How about the fact that people were kept against their will for years and no one said anything because the person in charge was politically connected.  If you are going to speak about corruption at Bergen Regional (Bergen Pines) then speak about what realy matters.  As for Molinelli, his position requires that he is squiky clean. Going on vacation with a Senator under investigation, regardless of his innocence, and the power broker of the BCDO , shows there is plenty of dirty under those nails.  If he is so naive as to think nothing of going on this vacation with that crew, then that alone should exclude him from the job.  Stupid is as Stupid does!!!

While I can't comment on what the BCRO is up to, as all districts seem to do their own thing Nibot has been working hard but the Assembly candidates in 37 have been working just as hard. I don’t know where Energizer has been looking but they constantly have press releases on PoliticsNJ taking issue with corruption and stated things they would reform if elected, they are often in local town newspapers as well the Record. I’ve heard they are knocking doors in many of the towns within the 37, which to me is very smart – while Senate & Assembly is an uphill battle in 37 – many towns still have elected Republican Mayors and Council members and anything to assist in retaining or picking up seats and turning out the vote for the County candidates is what being an R in 37 is all about. All 3 are shaking things up and should be commended.