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Thanksgiving is almost here and it’s certainly time to give thanks and Hoboken extends same to the Boys of Summer in Newark for their diligence in uncovering a massive data theft conspiracy ring in town.
Beyond that we’re looking at the holiday season. Who’s on the FBI’s Christmas wish list?
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After a solid week of silence the Hudson Reporter’s Al Sullivan got the memo on what to say about the FBI uncovering a massive data theft ring conspiracy at City Hall. If you thought he would focus on the conduit who’s already confessed or the implications of the damage done to Hoboken, you’d be completely wrong.
This past weekend, Al Sullivan showed what happens if you get in the Old Guard’s way. He could barely contain his enthusiasm to take on the “bloggers” who “blatantly and unfairly accused” Council members Michael Russo and Beth Mason and her minion of being connected to the Data Theft Ring.
A rare weekend story from Jessica Rosero on Hoboken Patch noted charter school discontent surrounding the dispatch of the Hola school director Maria Acosta.
The apparent dismissal is the latest in a wave of others at the charter school. The lasted was noted in a November 10 email by Hola board president Jen Sargent stating Acosta had been placed on administrative leave.
There’s no stated reason why Acosta was suddenly let go during the school year. The Hola Board is not saying but there’s hints of an emerging pattern noted on Grafix Avenger.
This weekend MSV read about the latest propaganda salvo in damage control mode for MORTe in a new Beth Mason ad. Here is the ad, courtesy of reader, The Chief:
How many individual pieces of false information can you identify in this Beth Mason ad?
Did you note the little article clip via Beth Mason’s “news source” Hoboken411?
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Ugh. Cripes, folks, sorry about this… those voices in my
head got extra-loud last night and triggered another one of my “episodes,”
where I slip all the way into one of my multiple personalities and stay there
for a while. This time, I seem to be stuck in the mindset of Sal Mulligan, a
hippie burnout and failed writer who pays his bills and gets his jollies scarfing
down talking-points memos scripted by evil-genius spinmeisters like myself and
regurgitating them, sight-unseen, into Walter Winchell-style gossip-rag
soundbytes.
Beth Mason who claimed the public was not permitted to make “false statements” in City Council is airing another ad on the hospital on behalf of MORTe attempting to offset the huge damage incurred when she and MORTe came within a hair of sabotaging the hospital’s sale.
Does anyone find it odd Beth Mason continues to pump big dollars into a massive hospital disinformation campaign full of false statements in every public forum in Hoboken be it the City Council or local airwaves?
Her henchman, the Hoboken411 minion who is not paid for friendship no longer comes to City Council meetings airing not just false statements but fabricated packed diatribes followed with same on Hoboken411 – usually within a day. (We’re trying to recall a complaint by Councilwoman Castellano on any of it and can’t come up with even one.) After years of official unemployment, the wee man of a thousand screen names landed at least a part time job doing traffic reports for a local radio station. There’s at least 100 Pakistani cab drivers tuning in on the graveyard shift awaiting his spin on local traffic.
From the desk of Assemblyman Ruben Ramos:
=&0=& (TRENTON) – Assemblyman Ruben J. Ramos, Jr. is sponsoring legislation that would expand the options available to prosecutors and victims to address online identity theft. The bill (A-4143), entitled the “Digital Impersonation Prevention Act,” would make impersonating a person online a crime punishable with a fine of up to $1,000, a maximum prison sentence of one year, or both. In addition, a person who is harmed as a result of another’s person’s “digital impersonation” may bring a civil action for statutory damages of $500 per occurrence, compensatory damages, and injunctive or other equitable relief against the violator. “Under this bill, prosecutors would have the option to charge defendants with a violation of either statute or both, depending on the severity of the crime. For example, prosecutors could seek a fine, in addition to a prison sentence and restitution, for serious offenders, while using the digital impersonation charge for relatively minor offenses,” said Ramos (D-Hudson). “The Digital Impersonation Prevention Act also allows the court to award statutory damages. This increases the potential damages that can be awarded in all online identity theft cases, and ensures victims who may have a difficult time putting a monetary amount to the damage caused by the impersonation, will still have a chance to receive compensation,” added Ramos.” The bill makes it a third degree crime for a person knowingly, with intent to defraud, and without consent, to credibly impersonate another actual person through or on an Internet website or by other electronic means for the purpose of harming another person, transmitting unsolicited bulk messages or commercial solicitations, or copying or accessing a contact list. The bill comes on the heels of the case of a Belleville woman accused of creating a fake Facebook page in the name of her ex-boyfriend, a narcotics detective in Parsippany. The attorney for the accused argued the indictment against his client should be dismissed because current law does not include “electronic communications.” A judge earlier this month ruled that digital impersonation can be covered under current identity theft laws, however the bill sponsored by Ramos affords more flexibility to prosecutors and victims, and offers additional remedies. “We are living in a world where what we know, or what we think we know about other people is often extracted from Facebook and other social media sites,” said Ramos. “This bill not only attempts to dispel any ambiguity about what is considered identity theft in New Jersey, but give those who have fallen prey to bullies and criminals online more ways to right the wrong.” =&1=& Per MSV policy, we’ll not add any editorial to this release as any elected official’s that comes direct. We’ll note however that this likely does not include any Inane Blowhardy screen name done for political operative purposes, i.e. recently appearing here: Col. Stevens, prosbus, Hoboken Questioner, yesm, Professor Pinetop, theyalltalk, youme66, blooddiamonds, darfakles, boink, Redhaven, Enough, YimYam, Madison Monroe, bokenbart, BobindaBoken, Skyclub, TommyTune, wakeup07030, and countless others known as Lame that some prankster recently posted here. Bludiamonds we suspect you are the naughty poster.
The Freeholder election where challenger Kurt Gardiner surprised well funded county backed incumbent Anthony Romano was quickly overtaken by the FBI arrest of the confessed City Hall IT manager Patrick Ricciardi.
But it’s worth taking a look at that election again. Why? Kurt Gardiner’s tally initially thought to be in the 1500 range officially concluded with an amazing 1724 votes!
| Giant shocker: Kurt Gardiner’s final vote tally was over 1700 votes in the Freeholder election His viral campaign turned out to be the biggest resistance to the Hudco tax machine across all of Hudson County. |
A review of the election results by ward and district shows Kurt Gardiner fared best in Hoboken’s 2nd ward where residents angered by the Beth Mason led sabotage that almost closed the hospital went out to vote in a sleeper election allowing the Jolly Green Giant to take the 2-3 district outright.
Talking Ed Note: What the trade was between the Russo clan and Union City Mayor Stack is unclear but our original source said it had to be something significant. Perhaps the Feds can find out at the right time.
Grist for the Mill: Michele Russo shut down again on Union City BoE job with health benefits
=&1=& MILE SQUARE VIEW EXCLUSIVEIf you don’t get the taxpayer loot, the Russo clan motto is try, try again and let no concept as shame, or the law stop you. All’s fair in seeking the bottom line by hook or by crook. Usually it’s the latter, but you are no crook until the door cell sings shut behind you and maybe not even then.