New Jersey Must Cough-Up $271 MILLION.

May 9, 2011 at 7:15 P.M. Spacing has already been affected twice, so far, today. This is getting to be fun.

May 9, 2011 at 11:22 A.M. Attacks on this essay may be expected for the first several days after the work is posted as part of the usual harassment campaign. Efforts are underway to prevent me from renewing my security system, which is useless right now. I may not be able to continue writing from my home. If so, I will work from multiple public computers throughout the city. I will be adding sources to this essay soon. More arrests are expected in Hudson County.

Patrick McGeehan, "New Jersey Must Return $271 Million Spent on Hudson Tunnel, U.S. Insists," in The New York Times, April 30, 2011, at p. A16.

"On Friday, the Transportation Department flatly repeated the state's arguments for refusing to repay $271 MILLION that was spent on a project, cancelled last year, to build a pair of rail tunnels under the Hudson River. The message to Gov. Chris Christie was blunt: repay now or we will collect the debt the hard way. Plus interest."

A large sum of money in connection with the cancelled tunnel project seems to have vanished like Governor Christie's "slim-fast diet plans." An unresolved mystery concerns the whereabouts of the missing cash since little actual work of any kind seems to have been done other than "meditating" about where to dig the new hole. This "meditating" rarely costs 271 million smackers. Allegedly, there are some "blueprints" around that were pretty expensive -- I guess.

I just spent $52 on NJ Transit to travel from New York to New Brunswick (a fifteen minute journey by rail that takes 45 minutes), which is about what I spend to go from Manhattan to Boston. Yet fees paid to NJ Transit or Amtrack are insufficient to cover costs and much-needed service improvements, including better and more up-to-date rail technology that makes us competitive with France's TGV or China's new high efficiency rail service.

If you travel by rail in Europe you will be shocked in the difference in the quality of service available. How much of my $52 went to Angelo ("The Horn") Prisco I cannot say. Let me guess: the Tessetta brothers have the cash. Somebody should call Maria Noto, Esq. and see if the money is in her trust account.

I can neither confirm nor deny that Mr. Christie and Senator Menendez have employed the same personal trainer in their weight loss efforts. I know, boys, I've been there. It's hard to push away from the table -- especially when the federal government is picking-up the tab. Try the Baked Alaska, Chris. It is to die for. ("Will Governor Christie End the Nightmare?")

Now the state must find the federal government's cash by leaning on some "Godfathers" in Hudson County. Big Nicky Sacco in North Bergen is sweating profusely. Bob Menendez does not speak English all of a sudden. ("North Bergen, New Jersey is the Home of La Cosa Nostra" and "Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?")

"In a letter to New Jersey Senators and representatives in Congress, Ray LaHood" -- his name suggests N.J. roots! -- "the transportation secretary, warned that his department 'had many tools under the Debt Collection Act to recoup the lost federal taxpayer funds, including witholding future state funding from a wide variety of sources.' But in consideration of the current economic challenges burdening New Jersey,' Mr. LaHood added, he hoped to 'develop a workable payment schedule,' and avoid having to resort to those collection methods."

I do not owe any money to mafia or organized crime members. I have never been charged with theft of any kind. All of my trust funds were accounted for. If Marilyn Straus owes any mob members cash -- in New Jersey or Florida -- she's not paying. You are welcome to come after me. O.K., boys? Feel free to use your friends in New Jersey's state police or the Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE). ("New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" and "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" then "Is Senator Menendez a Suspect in Mafia-Political Murder in New Jersey?" and "Organized Crime Group in New Jersey's State Police.")

The Jersey Boys are hurting at the moment. Resources for the mob are disappointing this year, along with vanishing new opportunities for theft from the public treasury due to a frugal Republican governor's budget. Mr. Christie actually said: "We will have to 'tighten our belts.' ..." Was Christie joking? Kim Guardagno can't help. ("More Mafia Arrests in New Jersey" and "The Gang's All Here!")

This is unheard of difficulty in New Jersey with a Democrat in the White House. Worse, the Republican governor in Trenton has presidential ambitions. In my own humble way, I hope to have cost the Jersey Boys millions of dollars and to have helped put away a few of them -- like two hundred or so. This is only the beginning, fellas. The best is yet to come. Mr. Christie's response:

"We are not paying the money back."

Neither is any woman I know paying out to loansharks or pimps no matter how many politicians are paid to provide assitance to mob enforcers in New Jersey. (Again: "Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?" and "Is Union City, New Jersey Meyer Lansky's Whore House?")

" ... Interest on the debt will pile up quickly. The federal government currently charges interest at a rate of 1 percent a year, which in this case amounts to more than $50,000 a week."

$50 thousand a week sounds a little steep. The juice is still running, boys. Obama will use a baseball bat on your legs, as it were, if you don't cough-up the lettuce. Senator Bob says: "I just wanna wet my beak." (See my forthcoming essay: "Obama Got Ossama!")

"The dispute dates to last fall, when Mr. Christie, a Republican, chose to halt construction on the tunnel project, known as Access to the Region's Core, or the ARC Tunnel, which had just begun and was projected to cost $8.7 BILLION. The federal government had pledged to pay $3 BILLION of that cost, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey had committed $3 BILLION more." ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State.")

Christie figured out that mob-based "cost overruns" would result in New Jersey forking over another $3-4 BILLION."

A Washington law firm has been hired to prevent collection of the "missing" funds from New Jersey. " ... Patton Boggs, a Washington law firm, [Republicans from the hinter lands with shotguns!] ... [are] the lawyers who have billed the state and New Jersey Tansit about $800,000.00, [for "preparation"? and who have] argued that the state stopped the project because of unforeseen costs that were beyond its control." ("Justified -- A Review of the FX Television Series.")

That's your story and you stick to it, Chris. Washington lawyers make the mafia look like boy scouts. What a scam. Get this:

Jean Reimbach, "County Suit Accuses High-Powered Law Firm of Negligence," in The Record, April 29, 2011, at p. L-1.

DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick, Cole and Wisler is a shady, and allegedly, CORRUPT law firm that is connected to Democrats in the Garden State. These so-called "lawyers" are suits that feed on public money and are called "Welfare Queens" in the profession. Tax Code "slimeballs" is another choice term for these guys and gals in gray suits -- even Maria Noto, Esq. is preferable to these people! -- who run the ethics machinery by "serving" on the county and state ethics committees, or the sold-out judiciary. ("Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet!" and "Corrupt Law Firms, Senator Bob, and New Jersey Ethics" then "New Jersey's Politically Connected Lawyers On the Tit.")

"Bergen County is suing a powerful Teaneck law firm for malpractice, alleging that its negligent handling of a legal matter involving Bergen Regional Medical Center could cost the county millions of dollars."

Maybe DeCotiis was getting a kickback from the other side, allegedly? I seem to remember Judge Phil Bolstein having some comments to make about DeCotiis. I wonder whether they were friends? Bolstein may be dead by now. I wonder whether Bolstein ever visited my sites. ("Eric Wisler, Esq. is an Ethical New Jersey Attorney.")

"The lawsuit filed in state court against DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick and Cole, and former managing partner Eric Wisler -- alleges the defendants were 'careless, negligent and reckless' in providing professional services to the county."

Was Debbie Poritz compromised in her judgments by a smoking lesbian relationship(s) with Diana Lisa Riccioli and/or others? I wonder whether Bolstein also attends services in Short Hills? ("Trenton's Nasty Lesbian Love-Fest!" and "Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "New Jersey Prosecutors and the Mafia.")

How much, if any, of the fees paid to DeCotiis were coming back under (or over) the table to the Democrat machine? Perhaps Anthony Coviello, Esq. knows the answer to that question and has visited my sites. Whatta-ya say, federal District Judge Jose Linares? ("Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks.")

To my knowledge, for some mysterious reason, no Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE) actions have been intitiated against the DeCotiis firm, aside from the problems for Mr. Wisler. This apathy on the part of the soiled Trenton OAE may result from political favors for the connected law firm which has close ties to the likes of Ms. Poritz and Mr. Rabner (to say nothing of Anne Milgram, Esq.) as well as several former Democrat governors, like Florio and McGreevey, also that guy from Wall Street who had a thing against car safety belts -- Mr. Corzine.

Hey, Terry Tuchin. Are these your "ethically-superior" lawyers from the Garden State? We have all grown, Terry. ("Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture.")

Sources:

John Brennan, "Xanadu Gets New Name and Operator: 'American Dream' Opening Set for 13," in The Record, April 29, 2011, at p. A-1. (How much can you steal in New Jersey?)

Karen Rouse, "Turnpike Toll Collectors Close to Deal to Save Jobs: Sharp Pay Cuts Delay Move to Privatize," in The Record, April 29, 2011, at p. A-1. (The money has to come from somewhere to cover the thefts. Why not put it on the working man? The politicians believe that many workers are never going to figure it out. I have news for you politicians: the people are not as stupid as you think.)

Ted Sherman, "Lawyer Gets a Fair Trial Start: Racketeering Charges Are Restored," in The Record, April 29, 2011, at p. A-4. (Paul Bergrin, Esq. is going down this time. New Jersey leads the nation in child-porn and -prostitution and forcing "adult" young women into heinous forms of prostitution.)

Richard Cowen, "Ax for Grant-Writing Firm?: Water Agency Pay is $5,000 a Month," in The Record, May 4, 2011, at p. A-21. (50% comes back?)

Erik Schilling, "Woman Illegally Practicing Law, Prosecutors Say," in The Record, May 4, 2011, at p. L-3. (I wonder how Alexandra Ramirez is doing? Who was asking for favors, Alex? Gilberto Garcia? Mary Anne Kricko? Terry Tuchin? Edgar Navarette? Do you -- or anyone claim -- that I owe a "secretary" one dime? I want those torture files, Mr. Rabner.)