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monmouth3

(3,871 posts)
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 10:13 AM Jan 2014

Let's look at the Lt. Governor of New Jersey for a moment. She evidently is as corrupt as Christie

and would most likely replace him if he were to either resign or go to jail. This "threat" delivered from the Governor to the Mayor of Hoboken says a lot about about her and her lack of ethics. She could have refused to go to Hoboken, refused to carry the message, but she didn't. "It's just the way it is" isn't going to work for her either. As far as I'm concerned she's as dirty and tainted as Christie and that entire cabal needs to be thrown out...

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Let's look at the Lt. Governor of New Jersey for a moment. She evidently is as corrupt as Christie (Original Post) monmouth3 Jan 2014 OP
Turning a blind eye to crime is as wrong as doing the crime itself madokie Jan 2014 #1
she already told mayor zimmer she would deny any knowledge of it..... spanone Jan 2014 #2
Let's give her a name.. Kim Guadagno Cha Jan 2014 #3
But what about Benghazi? Botany Jan 2014 #6
From 2010: Lt. Gov. Guadagno & The $170,000 State Pension Fund Scam jsr Jan 2014 #4
Good info nt flamingdem Jan 2014 #10
"Christie's parrot" FarCenter Jan 2014 #20
I think she's even more despicable because she told Zimmer that she "knew it wasn't right", catbyte Jan 2014 #5
Exactly. jsr Jan 2014 #8
If I were... DirtyDawg Jan 2014 #7
I must be really cynical abelenkpe Jan 2014 #9
I left a company for a better paying position once Aerows Jan 2014 #16
Awesome! abelenkpe Jan 2014 #17
One of the guys had touched me on the boob Aerows Jan 2014 #18
Whoa abelenkpe Jan 2014 #22
They all do it. Enthusiast Jan 2014 #11
I'm guessing she's the blonde standing down front during his State of the State address, calimary Jan 2014 #12
This woman? Aldo Leopold Jan 2014 #13
Yeah. Think so. calimary Jan 2014 #15
Absolutely, she's part of that corruption squad. nt arthritisR_US Jan 2014 #14
She has been under investigation for pension fraud since 2012. Walk away Jan 2014 #19
I believe sge is the first Lt Governor the state has had. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #21

madokie

(51,076 posts)
1. Turning a blind eye to crime is as wrong as doing the crime itself
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 10:16 AM
Jan 2014

Trouble is she did more than simply turn a blind eye.

Take her with him when they take him is what I say.

jsr

(7,712 posts)
4. From 2010: Lt. Gov. Guadagno & The $170,000 State Pension Fund Scam
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 10:32 AM
Jan 2014
http://newjersey.watchdog.org/2010/10/20/1286/

LT. GOV. GUADAGNO & THE $170,000 STATE PENSION FUND SCAM – Investigative Report by Mark Lagerkvist
Posted on October 20, 2010



False statements by Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno enabled a police official to improperly receive $170,000 from a state pension fund, according to a New Jersey Watchdog investigation.

As Monmouth County Sheriff, Guadagno helped Chief Michael W. Donovan Jr. circumvent pension rules to collect more than $85,000 a year in retirement pay while drawing an annual salary of $87,500.

Guadagno hired Donovan as “Sheriff’s Chief” in September 2008. In a memo to her staff, the future lieutenant governor announced Donovan was replacing John Cerrato as Chief. Donovan was a retired investigator who had worked for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.

As the new Chief, Donovan should have re-enrolled in the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System. Under state law – N.J.S.A. 43:16A-15.3 – retirement benefits should have stopped with his employment. Instead, Guadagno deceived county officials, the press and the public about Donovan’s job title.

 

FarCenter

(19,429 posts)
20. "Christie's parrot"
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 12:37 AM
Jan 2014

Often she is behind him and a little to one side peering over his shoulder. Looks like a parrot.

catbyte

(34,373 posts)
5. I think she's even more despicable because she told Zimmer that she "knew it wasn't right",
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 10:43 AM
Jan 2014

yet she still delivered the extortion message. Awful, awful, awful. What a rats nest of awfulness.

 

DirtyDawg

(802 posts)
7. If I were...
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 11:46 AM
Jan 2014

...the Mayor of Hoboken, I'd respond to this with, 'She says that now, but let's see what she says when she's 'under oath' with Federal authorities when what she says can put her a$$ in jail when they prove she's lying'. How will they ever prove it? When Christie, finally, admits that he, indeed, withheld funds for any number of political reasons - all involving making money for himself and/or others - and told his 'hirelings' to 'pass the word'...then we'll see. And why would Christie ever admit that? When Federal prosecutors have something far worse on him and the price he has to pay for keeping his fat butt out of jail will be to throw still more of his folks under the bus...assuming there are enough busses left in New Jersey to go around...oh yeah, he's got 'friends' with The Port Authority, they've got to have a ton of em.

abelenkpe

(9,933 posts)
9. I must be really cynical
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 11:50 AM
Jan 2014

Because I really don't think this atypical for politicians at all. Or even in the corporate world. I know so many who have been told their career would be over if they left the company or didn't agree to something. (Mostly from companies like Sony and WB) it would be nice if these revelations led to a more just world, one without such bullying behavior.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
16. I left a company for a better paying position once
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 02:02 PM
Jan 2014

I came in with a box in shorts. I was told I was going to get buried. I laughed my ass off and dared them. I cleaned out my office with a smile on my face.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
18. One of the guys had touched me on the boob
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 02:26 PM
Jan 2014

earlier in the week. Then they fired my manager that I liked (who reported the sexual harassment, which was done in full view of other employees), and I said "fuck this shit." I went to Key West for three days, and started a new job immediately that paid a lot better, and I didn't have to put up with sexual harassment.

abelenkpe

(9,933 posts)
22. Whoa
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 01:06 AM
Jan 2014

Glad it worked out for you. I hope the manger you liked found a new better job too. World needs good mangers who are willing to stick up for their workers.

calimary

(81,220 posts)
12. I'm guessing she's the blonde standing down front during his State of the State address,
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 12:38 PM
Jan 2014

in a vivid red suit, applauding as though her life depended on it, and even almost jumping up and down. She applauded like a sycophant, forcryingoutloud. I kept wondering - who's the blonde? 'Cause all you saw was the back of her in that bright red suit. There was another woman with blonde hair dressed in red, and both of them had what looked like chin-length or collar-length hair, but the other woman was over at camera-right, one step down directly by the podium, facing out toward the rest of the room, and within a cluster of people all standing there, one step down at that side of the podium. This other one was immediately down front, within a couple of feet of the front of the podium, clapping super-enthusiastically like some groupie.

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
19. She has been under investigation for pension fraud since 2012.
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 11:24 PM
Jan 2014

She is a great big crook. Every stupid Republican who endorses her credibility will end up looking like idiots.

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