Resolutions referenced:
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UCCF 6/23/22: Resolutions
31 May
UCCF 5/26/22: Underpaid County Employees
Some turn employment with Union County into hundreds of thousands of dollars in salaries and stipends annually. While others:
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MV Strategies Coverup
The good news is that “Daily Reports to Ed Oatman and the UC Board of Commissioners from MV Strategies” and “emails, texts, memorandums and any communications between Edward Oatman/Jessica Cohen and Megan Brown/Elaina Estrin of MV Strategies beginning June 2020 through December 2021” exist. The bad news is that it will cost you $750.91 (not including copying charges) to get them.
Continue reading22 May
Cultivating Justice in the Garden State
David Wildstein had Chapter 3 – Settling Scores – on his blog which led a my first blog. Now the book is out and reveals Union County political power broker Raymond Lesniak to be in line with almost all other politicians here who believe they know it all because they elicit the largest bribes. Lesniak’s career highlight was some forensic competition he won in France opposing the death penalty. We find out about France, his method of preparation, and the skill level of his opponents that day but nothing about his argument. It’s all about him.
Continue reading16 May
UCCF 5/12/22: MV Strategies in NJ
When asked what MV Strategies did and who else they did it for, we got this response:
So these are supposed to be the clients of MV Strategies in New Jersey:
- Union County
- Hudson County
- Camden County
- Gloucester County
- Burlington County
- Middlesex County
- City of West New York
- State of New Jersey
If googling is supposed to yield better results than sending in OPRA requests it’s worth a try.
Continue reading13 May
UCCF 5/12/22: MV Strategies Called Out
Nobody got the poll question right as Bruce Paterson was shut down after 4 paragraphs of his statement at last night’s Union County commissioner meeting – though it had to do with running into a time limit after laying out his timeline of trying to find out what MV Strategies did for $750,000.
But most of you were right about commissioner backlash:
Here is the full exchange:
Continue reading12 May
UCCF 5/12/22: MV Strategies To Be Called Out
This is what Bruce Paterson proposes saying at tonight’s Union County commissioner meeting:
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UCCF 4/28/22: Roasting Paterson
Interested in making your voice heard in Union County? Think again.
You are not going to hear anything substantive about what MV Strategies really did for their $750,000 but you will see more commissioners taking out their hatred of free speech on Bruce Paterson.
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