Old McGreevey staff keeps their money to themselves
By Wally Edge | July 27th, 2006 - 4:09pmRotarian-American congressional candidate Paul Stuart Aronsohn has raised just $750 from his top eleven colleagues from the office of Governor James E. McGreevey, where he served as Director of Communications from 2002 to 2003. Policy and Communications Chief Jo Astrid Glading, now the Assistant Public Advocate, gave Aronsohn $500, while Deputy Chief Counsel Emery Ungrady, now with New Jersey Transit, contributed $250.
None of the other nine senior McGreevey staffers listed in the 2002 edition of Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual have made a contribution to Aronsohn's campaign to unseat Republican Scott Garrett in the fifth district: Chief of Staff Gary Taffet; Deputy Chiefs of Staff Amy Mansue, Kevin Hagan and James Gee; Chief Counsel Paul Levinsohn; Chief of Management and Operations James Davy; Policy Counselor Mitchell Ostrer; Authorities Unit Director Paul Josephson; and Appointments Director Tara Dowdell.
According to Federal Election Commission records, most of the original McGreevey senior staff have not made any federal campaign contributions this cycle. Josepson has donated to Senator Robert Menendez, Congressman Frank Pallone and the Democratic State Commitete; Hagan has contributed to the Democratic National Committee and the DSC; and Mansue has given $250 each to GOP Congressman Michael Ferguson and his Democratic opponent, Assemblywoman Linda Stender.
To be fair, Garrett's FEC report does not list any contributions from attorneys at Sellar and Richardson, the law firm where he worked before winning election to Congress in 2002.
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Mitchell Ostrer is a sitting Judge in Chancery Division and ther
Mitchell Ostrer is a sitting Judge in Chancery Division and therefor not in a position to be permitted to make political contributions. Some of the others may have had to spend so much on legal fees that they do not have cash left for the Rotarian American candidate for Congress. But your analysis does support the notion that these people were never about the Democratic Party, it was the McGreevey cult of self enrichment.
Why does Wally have it in so much for Paul Aronsohn?
Why does Wally have it in so much for Paul Aronsohn?
Have you met Paul Aronsohn? Wally is being kind actually
Have you met Paul Aronsohn? Wally is being kind actually
Has Golan made any contributions?
Has Golan made any contributions?
aside from getting McGreevey out and into Marc's arms.
aside from getting McGreevey out and into Marc's arms.
Amy Mansue gave $250 to Fergie and none to our favorite Rotarian
Amy Mansue gave $250 to Fergie and none to our favorite Rotarian?
I love it.
In breaking news the Rotary club has endorsed Garrett for the ge
In breaking news the Rotary club has endorsed Garrett for the general and in addition Anne Wolfe for the 2008 District 5 primary;)
It is rather obvious that there is some type of personal vendett
It is rather obvious that there is some type of personal vendetta with Arohnson. Insiders know what it is and this page is being used as a forum to push a personal agenda. It's time for "Wally" to fess up to this.
When this site began it used to be a good place to come for insider news. It is now nothing more than a gossip mill where political players openly admit to making stuff up as "anonymous sources" to get things in print that would otherwise never be published.
Hey, JayW2k6, does the W stand for Waaaaaah! or just Whiner?
Hey, JayW2k6, does the W stand for Waaaaaah! or just Whiner?
Did any of these people flush money down the toilet instead? Pau
Did any of these people flush money down the toilet instead? Paul, do any of those irritating housewives that follow you from town to town give you money or do they just bake you cookies? He has no standing to complain since he hasn't contributed time or money for anyone else's race in the 5th.
Now that's intelligent
Now that's intelligent
Dennis McNerney and Uncle Joe probably dont answer the phone whe
Dennis McNerney and Uncle Joe probably dont answer the phone when PfizerBoy calls now.
They never did. Trust me. His campaign has been a silly, quixoti
They never did. Trust me. His campaign has been a silly, quixotic journey from the beginning. Everyone knew it and he only got the nod because he claimed he could outfundraise everyone and is a pompous name-dropper.
Hey, maybe some of them feel they may need the money for defense
Hey, maybe some of them feel they may need the money for defense attorneys, as their scandals are busting out in the open during the Corzine Administration, e.g., the BPU fiasco.