Talking Ed Note: Submitted for your approval and further thought/opinion:
=&1=& =&2=& According to a January 9, 2014 deposition in the Bajardi v Pincus civil litigation, decades long Hudson County political operative Tom Bertoli describes how the use of “frivolous lawsuits” was broached against the escalating impact of Hoboken residents commenting online, re: bloggers. Detailing the Beth Mason campaign as an epic disaster, Bertoli testified what led to him leaving her campaign and Mason’s distant third place finish to fellow council members Dawn Zimmer and Peter Cammarano. A long time Hudson County political operative, he admits to inadvertently putting together a toxic political stew in the Mile Square, introducing Beth Mason to James Barracato who he says began working for her full time in 2008. Barracato was recently named as the mastermind of the infamous Nazi Truck. Bertoli on a list of defense witness last month in the Lane Bajardi trial didn’t have to testify as the entire case was abruptly thrown out of court. His deposition testimony however was determined so explosive, so damaging to Lane Bajardi in advance of the trial his attorney Jonathan Z. Cohen would issue a subpoena to the Mayor of Jersey City, Steve Fulop. Although, Mayor Fulop had absolutely zero bearing on any aspect of the civil proceedings, Bertoli has been a long time political advisor to Fulop’s rising political fortunes in Hudson County and beyond. Beth Mason and her family gave over $50,000 to Fulop’s opponent, former Jersey City Mayor Jerry Healy in the 2013 Jersey City mayoral race. Issuing a subpoena for Mayor Fulop to testify as a witness was thought by the defense counsel a way to see Bertoli stopped from appearing. The sworn testimony Tom Bertoli gives below offers ample reason as to why. Bertoli describes his role on the 2009 Beth Mason for Mayor campaign: The subject of the Beth Mason people discussing using the courts to stymie bloggers with “frivolous lawsuits:” Suing “bloggers” i.e., online commenters in the Hoboken blogosphere and Lane Bajardi: Lane Bajardi being a “smart” political operative for Beth Mason: The Lane Bajardi – Kimberly Cardinal Bajardi lawsuit as a Beth Mason asset for political purposes with the Nazi Truck and midnight fliers in the November 2012 Move Forward campaign: During this portion, Pincus is directing questions to Bertoli and the discussion turns to the Lane Bajardi – Kimberly Cardinal $2,000,000 civil lawsuit: =&3=&: More on all this surfaced with a Grafix Avenger story and how the wave of news coming out about the Lane Bajardi Kimberly Cardinal litigation is upsetting the Old Guard: =&4=&
The following is a true, complete email from September 13, 2011 during a critical stage of the complex sale of Hoboken University Medical Center between Beth Mason “business partner” James Baracato, Kimberly Cardinal Bajardi and Sara Stojkovic.
The Star Ledger misreported the closure of HUMC in tandem with Hoboken411?
Accident?
It’s no stretch to conclude that Dawn referenced in the email is Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer who was fighting to save HUMC.
=&0=&: This is not Part III of the Hospital series. Call it a taste. =&1=&: The originalMSV story pointing out both Jarrett Renshaw of the Star Ledger
Joe Concha a TV & Media news and pop-culture analyst offered the following in reply to MSV’s Friday revelation of Lane Bajardi’s response to his April 2009 inquiry about Bajardi ghostwriting political content on Hoboken411.
“This is why – while I miss the food, remaining friends and an ability to order liquor to the apartment in under 20 minutes- I don’t miss Hoboken since moving to Wyckoff. Lane and Perry are breathing examples of everything that’s wrong with the Mile Square City, and why they’ll always be more punchlines than players.
In late April 2009, the Hoboken political scene is sizzling with its mayoral and council at-large seats up for election in early May. With days left in the hotly contested race, three major candidates are vying for the top prize for Hoboken mayor: Council members Dawn Zimmer, Peter Cammarano and Beth Mason.
Amidst that battle, Joe Concha the editor of a Hoboken website RealHoboken, sends an email to Lane Bajardi inquiring if he’s ghostwriting at the notorious Mason sponsored website Hoboken411.
In Part I of the hospital series, an email from early 2011 from James Barracato, a years long political operative for Beth Mason optimistically mused, “They can really destroy the administration if they work things properly.”
From the Old Guard perspective, Mayor Zimmer had kept them blocked out of the bidding process and the complex workings over months to reach an agreement with the winning bidder HoldCo. The City of Hoboken with $52 million in bonds had every reason to want to see the deal succeed. Its failure could ultimately harm Hoboken and lead to massive municipal layoffs and the cusp of bankruptcy if not outright insolvency.
We’re just getting warmed up!
Hey there lads and lasses, if you want another tasty treat of the Hoboken Truth, then you need to spread the word. Get out and share today’s breaking Nazi Truck story on your Facebook and Twitter. (Shoot share a few of MSV’s Bench SLAPPED series while you’re at it.)
For those who consider themselves part of the Mile Square reform movement, wake up!
The handy buttons are available at the bottom of the story lower left. Beth will thank you later.
In an exclusive interview with the former business owner of the video truck connected to the 2012 Move Forward BoE campaign, better known as the Nazi Truck, Noel Torres stated all the transactions from payment to the controversial videos came in transactions via Beth Mason political operative James Barracato.
The Nazi Truck is notorious for flashing swastikas on two separate nights in an attack video against Grafix Avenger and numerous officials connected to Hoboken’s reform movement back in the fall 2012 Board of Education election.
The prism of Hoboken politics is under a microscope as the dark underbelly of the hyper-political partisanship of Beth Mason and her political operatives is exposed.
Much discussion in yesterday’s story related to the Hudson County View story. Perhaps it’s time for a little light hearted humor.
An original email from September 19, 2010: