The Associated Press reported this afternoon that Mayor Peter Cammarano, charged yesterday by the feds with taking $25,000 in bribes, said he won't resign.
The report says the 32-year old Cammarano plans to continue running the city as he fights the corruption charges.
"The charges are completely baseless," said Cammarano in a brief statement. "I am entitled to a presumption of innocence. I look forward to my day in court to vigorously defend against these charges and to clear my name."
One of 44 people arrested or charged yesterday, Cammarano is out on bail. He is charged with taking cash payments from a confidential witness posing as a developer as part of a federal corruption probe.
Defeated by Cammarano in a runoff election last month, Council President Dawn Zimmer yesterday called on Cammarano to resign for the good of Hoboken.
So did Councilman Ravi Bhalla.
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Only logical..
If he resigned, how would he fund his defense?
Buildings still need to be built ya know.
Cammarano - What an a*&hole.
Cammarano - What an a*&hole.
Won't Resign? Who does he think he is???
How many others groomed in the NJ dem machine are doing the same thing?
Another wannabe "Dem Boss" power broker. It's discusting and they take an oath to obey the law???
Even just this week? How many bribes were taken in NJ local towns?
After watching that news conference yesterday and seeing the look on the faces of Federal Law enforcement, the only conclusion to make is that we have a corruption crisis in this State of epic proportions. Mostly dem machine controlled, with some local GOP in affluent areas. This has gone on year after year and all the Legislature and the Governors have done is window dressing.
Think about it.
WHY WOULD A BUSINESS WANT RELOCATE HERE WITH NJ HAVING THAT REPUTATION?
WHY WOULD A BUSINESS EXPAND HERE WITH BRIBES AS THE ONLY WAY TO GET A PROJECT GOING?
I think we all are numb from this and really need to think about all the others arrested over the years and the wasted laws passed that didn't stop pay to pay on the local governments. Lets face it people, the State government has lost control of keeping criminal enterprises out of local government. Its a culture of corruption and it's is now generational, and the party bosses now whats going on. Those press releases by Lesniak and Cryan are about as dis ingenious as it gets.
A special prosecutor needs to be appointed out of Trenten TODAY, and each town needs to be ORDERED to form an ethics board ASAP. This board would meet once a month and report directly to that prosecutor's office on every contract passed in that month. It's more government, but in this case, It's an emergency!
This legislation to form local and county ethics board was passed in 1991 (NJ 40A:9-22.4) with no teeth in it. Towns and Counties were only encouraged to form these boards.
Cammarano is Obnoxious
He needs to do the right thing and not embarass Hoboken further. If he is innocent how come so many quotes of arrogance and stupidity are directed towards him in this whole thing? And where were Pete's advisors and campaign workers in this all? Did they see this? What did they know and when did they know it?
Spare the Rod and Spoil the child
Its high time that we had CORPORAL PUNISHMENT for these spoilt arrogant Liberals. He should be FLOGGED, TARRED AND FEATHERED in the streets of HOBOKEN by the Honest Taxpayers.
He Could Always...
..telecommute from Rahway...
Resign or be recalled.
It's over. Vote Column "A" - All the way!
Resign or be recalled.
It's over. Vote Column "A" - All the way!
Recall is a good idea
Now here's a case where recall would really be in order. OK. Don't resign. Let the good citizens of Hoboken throw your arrogant ass out.
But of course he won't...
resign. He needs to have town meetings and public appearances to say that he's an innocent man caught up in a wave of overzealous federal investigators.
Hey Peter, save us citizens of NJ further embarassment and RESIGN TODAY AND RIGHT NOW!! They caught you ON TAPE! Ask the 100+ officials who also claimed innocence only to be found guilty or take pleas if its worth it fighting the Feds.
Every single one of you should resign and face the consequences of your actions!
Cammarano And Blagojevich: Turds of a Feather!
Dawn Zimmer and the WHOLE Hoboken City Council need to initiate a recall process, immediately.
Cammarano is living either in a delusional world of massive denial in which he's desperately clinging to the vestiges of his old life and freedom or he's embarking on a calculated plan to try to stretch this out for years while he collects a salary and builds up a pension and protects the ongoing corrupt activities of others for more years on end.
Again, it may well be that this smart talented pleasant fellow truly believes that he's "innocent" and that he can brazen it out and maybe (if there's enough corrupt/blackmailed/intimidated judges around he'll be let off scott free. Who knows? Maybe New Jersey IS that corrupt!)
If his defense is being funded by taxpayer money it is an abomination. And if it isn't, who is paying for it?
This is from PolitickerNJ (emphases added)
Talk about self serving hypocrisy.
Cammarano is an embarrassment to every law abiding citizen of Hoboken and to the Democratic party.
Cammarano has a right to the presumption of innocence and to plead not guilty and to have a fair trial. But he doesn't have an absolute right to keep his job under these circumstances.
On it's face the case against Cammarano is even more overwhelming than it was against Blagojevich! Cammarano took 25 grand in CASH and made obsequious promises and commitments.
Obviously he's going to try to brazen it out and claim that he had no "criminal intent" and that no actual favors were done and that it's all just a big misunderstanding.
It's shocking to even me that every Democrat in the state hasn't yet publicly demanded Cammarano's resignation!!!
All I can say is that if the whole of the Democratic party establishment doesn't come down on Cammarano and demand that he resign, then it tells us that he must have lots and lots of dirt on lots and lots of people...and it will mean that Chris Christie will likely be our next governor because he will milk the Cammarano hypocrisy and the fact that he's being tacitly supported by the Democratic party for all that it's worth.
(Of course, Christie won't do anything about the systemic corruption if he wins.....he's part of the problem himself!)
What a mess!
Can't recall in the first year
I'm pretty familiar with the state's recall law, and as I recall (NPI), you can't recall someone in their first year in office.
he and all of the other
he and all of the other corrupt pols should be executed. END OF PROBLEM!
O YEA, AND THERE ORGANS
O YEA, AND THERE ORGANS SHOULD BE SOLD ON THE BLACK MARKET AFTERWARDS.
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