2 NJ mayors arrested, no discernible political affiliations
According to Associated Press, two New Jersey mayors were among the 30 folks rounded up for corruption. I know, I’m shocked, too – corruption in NJ? Really? But what’s really surprising about the article, is that none of the people involved seem to belong to any political party.
The mayors of two New Jersey cities and a current and former state legislator were among more than two dozen people arrested Thursday in a sweeping corruption investigation. Among about 30 people arrested Thursday were Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano III, Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell, Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini, former Jersey City Council President L. Harvey Smith and state Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt. Van Pelt is accused of accepting $10,000 from a cooperating government witness posing as a developer who sought help in getting permits for a project in Ocean County. Smith, a former state Assemblyman and Jersey City mayoral candidate who served four years as the city’s council president, and several other current and former Jersey City public officials also are accused of accepting money to help the fake developer gain permits and approvals.
It’s not like they didn’t have room to put the political party in the article – in the middle of the story they start talking about the FBI raiding a synagogue in NYC for trafficking in human kidneys.
ADDED: Here’s longer version of the same article – it even lists the suspects and gives little bios on them. But no political party.
Category: Liberals suck, Media
Van Pelt is a Republican, just so you know. As far as the rest, apparently Democrats
One other besides Van Pelt is also Republican.
But this is NJ we’re talking about.
Virtually no one is clean.
The WSJ article gives it all, so obviously you are reading a biased (shocking for the MSM) source.
Dem or DemLite (Republican), obviously Liberals.
And of COURSE the local MSM won’t announce it. They have to protect their own. But if it was a CONSERVATIVE, IT WOULD BE ANNOUNCED IN BANNER HEADLINES THIS HIGH.
Idiots all.
The only surprising element here is that Jonn is surprised.
Politicians = crooked?
That’s one of those ‘rules of thumb’ that works.
Actually the point here (and not as much fun) is that some politicians got caught. It happens… then the dance begins. It’ll be interesting to see who gets time out of this one?
In NJ you don’t have to distinguish party…it’s Blue through and through. You can’t get elected dog catcher in this state without being a lib.
Utterly humiliating the way they conduct themselves. I’m embarrassed for the State once more.
I used to make this same mistake when reading articles. Then I realized that it’s just the journalistic standard.
Basically, any time you read ANY article about criminal or scandalous behavior, the persons involved are assumed to be Democrats unless otherwise specified.