January 17, 2008 at 5:45 P.M. I am unable to regain access to my hotmail account or group. I will continue to struggle to get back to msn. My cable signal was blocked, briefly, at 6:20 P.M. I will continue to find creative ways to post new work.
My access to blogger was obstructed this morning. I could not sign out or re-enter the site. Eventually, I found an unorthodox route to blogger. I am running scans. Any new damage to these writings will be corrected as quickly as possible.
January 16, 2008 at 7:56 A.M. I will be battling new computer attacks all day. If more than two days pass without a new comment, it will not be voluntary. I will find some way to continue writing. I will try to reach my MSN group, Critique.
Ken Belson & David W. Chen, "To Sell Higher Tolls, Corzine Talks Bonds," in The New York Times, January 15, 2008, at p. B1.
"Trenton: Former Commerce Official Sentenced," in The New York Times, January 15, 2008, at p. B4.
"Hoboken: No Indictment of Police Officials," in The New York Times, January 15, 2008, at p. B4.
"A former top state commerce official was sentenced in State Superior Court on Monday" -- by one of the few N.J. judges who is not also subject to sentencing, I hope -- "to six and a half years in prison for public corruption. The official, Lesly [sic.] Devereaux ... former chief of staff to the Commerce, Economic Growth and Tourism Commission, was convicted in July of official misconduct and pleaded guilty in October to welfare and public records tampering charges. Ms. Devereaux, 49, of Piscataway, admitted creating fake documents" -- it looks like she was pissing-this-a-way! -- "to mask her role in steering $11,000 in state contracts to her mother and sister. Her lawyer, Jack Furlong, said she [Devereaux] would be elligible for a tightly controlled parole program after six months."
In order to prevent anyone from supposing that N.J. law enforcement and judicial action is legitimate, the following anouncement also appeared in the paper:
"Edward J. De Fazio, the Hudson County prosecutor, said on Monday that he would not seek indictments of Hoboken's police chief and a lieutenant accused of forcing subordinates to perform work at their homes on police time."
Maybe this sudden resolution of their troubles explains the new attacks against my computer and my difficulties in writing this morning. I am saddened and disappointed by this revelation from Hudson County. I can't say that I am surprised, however, despite my respect and admiration for Mr. De Fazio. The problems in New Jersey (especially in Hudson County) are system-wide. Anybody who is Hudson County Prosecutor must be a political animal to survive. That means you "gotta wheel-and-deal!"
"The Jersey Journal reported that Mr. De Fazio said there was not enough evidence to indict the chief, Carmen LaBruno, and the Lieutenant, Angelo Andriani, [I thought prosecutors could 'indict a ham sandwich'?] who headed a SWAT unit, but 'there were clearly administrative issues that should be addressed.' ..."
Knowing Mr. De Fazio and reading between the lines, I interpret this to mean that there was not enough evidence to convict these two, if they were indicted (which would have been feasible and should have been done anyway). Admittedly, Mr. De Fazio would probably love to do just that -- convict them, that is. Political pressure, Ed?
Staying within the constraints of what a prosecutor is "ethically permitted to say," which is also a joke in N.J., I surmise that the bottom-line here is that the Hoboken cops are responsible for serious wrongdoing and may get away with it. They've probably done worse in the past and everybody knows it. "Ethical" is a laugh word in New Jersey, especially when it comes to the OAE and judges. Smearing me or attacking my on-line writings, again, proves my point. (See "What is it like to be tortured?") "Errors" inserted overnight at my msn group were corrected this morning. January 19, 2008 at 11:47 A.M.
"Lieutenant Andriani was sued in October by five officers who said he coerced four of them to work on his house when they should have been on duty. [Maybe they'll get Andriani to pay for their costs! Or Andriani can get them to pay for his costs!] Lieutenant Andriani has denied the allegations. The SWAT unit was disbanded in November after racy pictures emerged [following] trips to the New Orleans area to help Hurricane Katrina victims."
Hoboken's police department (along with other police departments) has been rocked by allegations of KKK units or organizations to which several officers belong. (See "New Jersey's KKK Police Shocker," "Maurice J. Gallipoli and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey," and "America's Holocaust.")
"Gov. Jon S. Corzine wants you to believe that no politician in New Jersey can be trusted to safeguard the state's finances, except one: himself."
I agree with Corzine. And I even have my doubts about him. Luckily, Corzine doesn't need to steal. I wonder whether Jay Romano worked on this New York Times story, surreptitiously? Or the Zulima Farber stories? This "Romanoesque" quality would explain the snotty undertone of so much New Jersey news coverage in the Times, coverage aimed against targets of the sub rosa political establishment in the Garden State -- like those Zulima Farber items not so long ago. Zulima should ask New Jersey to pay for her costs.
"Corzine is pointing to practices that put the state $32 BILLION IN DEBT."
The tax payers will have to pay for New Jersey's costs -- and how.
One way of characterizing these "practices" that have cost New Jersey 32 BILLION walnuts is "THEFT," otherwise known in Jersey City as "business as usual." As they say in Union City: "We don't speak English." When asked about all of this, Richard J. Codey said, allegedly:
"Where'd the money go? I don't know. You got it? I don't got nothing. We wuz with dem other guys when the money got took."
Senator Bob responded:
"I am for all the people."
Stuart Rabner explained, through his law clerk, that he can neither confirm nor deny "demurring" at this time. However, at such future time as it is appropriate to do so, Chief Justice Rabner will issue an unsigned opinion concerning the considerations for and against "demurral" -- theoretically speaking -- without resolving the issue one way or the other at any time, if Rabner's lucky, that is.
Anne Milgram could not be reached for comment. Although most other officials with the A.G.'s office can, and have been "reached." A spokesperson who declined to identify his/her gender, race, ethnicity or political persuasion, name, or even whether this person existed or exists, in a metaphysical sense, would say only that Ms. Milgram was "bummed out" over these developments because they had ... "like, totally ruined [her] afternoon, duh."
