Lesley Devereaux

January 14, 2008 - 7:45pm

Observations

Just a few end-of-the day observations:

What would Frank Hague have thought of a Mayor of Jersey City (who is also the Hudson County Democratic Chairman) who could not deliver most of the key Hudson party leadership and elected officials to his candidate for President?  And could the gullible Brad Abelow be the only one who believes Bob Menendez is no longer involved in Hudson County politics?

An impressive list of finance committee members, led by Lewis Eisenberg, has raised just $100,000 for Anne Evans Estabrook’s bid for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination; that’s about half what Dennis Shulman, the blind Rabbi/Psychologist, has raised for his fledgling congressional campaign against Scott Garrett.  Luckily for Estabrook, she put $1.6 million of her own money into the race.  Estabrook still won’t say how much she’ll invest to unseat Frank Lautenberg.

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January 14, 2008 - 12:28pm

Ex-McGreevey official gets 6 ½ years in prison

In one of the stiffest prison sentences from a state court Judge in recent years, former Commerce official Lesey Devereaux has been sentenced to 6 ½ years in a federal prison for using a state employee to work on cases for her private law firm. Devereaux served as Chief of Staff to the Rev. William Watley, who was state Commerce Secretary in Gov. James E. McGreevey’s cabinet.

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