Weinberg to give Oury money to breast cancer charity
By Matt Friedman, PolitickerNJ.com ReporterState Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) said she doesn’t need Republicans to tell her to donate the $1,000 she received in campaign contributions from Dennis Oury, the former Bergen County Democratic counsel who pleaded guilty to corruption charges today.
“I’ve instructed my campaign to donate that money to the Jill Fader Breast Cancer Endeavor at Englewood Hospital which helps to pay for mammograms for uninsured women,” said Weinberg, the Democratic lieutenant governor candidate.
The decision has political bite, since Weinberg today took the lead in hammering Republican gubernatorial nominee Chris Christie for supporting mandate free insurance that would allow health insurance companies to offer plans that do not cover mammograms, among other tests and procedures.
Weinberg, a critic of Oury and Ferriero when they were in power, said she did not know why Oury made the two $500 donations to her campaign, which date back to 2004 and 2005.
“I’m the one who supported the candidates who wound up getting rid of Dennis Oury in Bergenfield,” she said, referring to the ouster of Oury as Bergenfield’s borough attorney. "Where were the Republicans when I was standing up to Dennis Oury?"
Oury pleaded guilty to concealing his ownership of a grant writing firm that secured $1.4 million in grants for Bergenfield – and $134,000 in fees to the company – after using his political clout to secure the grants. His co-defendant, former Bergen County Democratic Chairman Joseph Ferriero, is set to begin trial on Thursday.
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loretta doesn't get it
no, loretta, you dont get to take money from a guy who admits he's a crook and then turn it around and give the money to breast cancer research so that you can politicize both oury's corruption and breast cancer. that's cheap, you're better than that, stop letting the team corslime make you look stupid. breast cancer isn't politics, stop!
Donate Slush Money Too
Maybe Loretta should add up all the money that she used from her parties slush fund and donate that to breast cancer. Disgraceful behavior from a hypocrite of the first order.
About the only thing certain..
..in this year's election is that Loretta remains bad for NJ.
I'm interested in seeing the debate.
I want to see what happens when Corzine is finally confronted and made to answer for this shameful campaign that he's conducted.
I'm sure...
Dennis would fully support this re-directing of his contribution. Heck, I bet he'd volunteer to provide the exams himself!
As an aside, won't it be ironic if Corzine and Weinberg lose in November because they helped dismantle the very organization in Bergen County that would have helped them win? Hope it was worth it! I'm sure that the poor of this state will be much better off with a "corruption-busting" republican with questionable ethics of his own than the "corrupt" democrats who kept auto insurers from fleeing the state, increased programs for seniors and the underinsured, and supported labor across the board, keeping wages for working people high despite declining labor organizations nationwide. I'm sure that corruption-busting will be just as effective at putting food on New Jersey dinner tables and keeping the kids warm at night as everything the dems have done. I'm SO sure...