A Bob Menendez Flip Flop
Just wanted to remind everyone about another contradictory story Bob Menendez has told concerning his rental deal with a federally funded non-profit agency.
1996 Excuse:
“Menendez said he had no hand in arranging the lease, which was handled by a real estate agent and lawyers for the North Hudson Community Action Corp., and did not realize his building would be housing a federally funded agency until after the deal was done.” -- Jersey Journal - 1996
2006 Excuse:
“Menendez said he didn't see any conflict of interest in the rental arrangement because the House ethics committee gave him a verbal green light before the lease agreement was finalized. He also argued that he rented the property at below-market rates.” -- Philadelphia Inquirer - 2006
Below market-rates to all comers? House ethics committee "green light" before, after or never? This is one of the reasons Bob Menendez is under criminal investigation.
1996 Excuse:
“Menendez said he had no hand in arranging the lease, which was handled by a real estate agent and lawyers for the North Hudson Community Action Corp., and did not realize his building would be housing a federally funded agency until after the deal was done.” -- Jersey Journal - 1996
2006 Excuse:
“Menendez said he didn't see any conflict of interest in the rental arrangement because the House ethics committee gave him a verbal green light before the lease agreement was finalized. He also argued that he rented the property at below-market rates.” -- Philadelphia Inquirer - 2006
Below market-rates to all comers? House ethics committee "green light" before, after or never? This is one of the reasons Bob Menendez is under criminal investigation.
Labels: Bob Menendez, New Jersey, Political Corruption
Posted by Enlighten-NewJersey @ 12:46 PM
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6 Comments:
It doesn't matter. The idiots in this State will vote for him anyway.
I agree. I really hope I'm wrong, but I think it might be too little, too late.
Menendez's people have been a spending juggernaut, buying whatever television and radio airspace they can and it seems like the Kean campaign is waiting until the day after Election Day to fire their cannons.
It's very frustrating to watch.
as a former nj resident watching from afar i can only say that i sympathize with you. my bet is that menendez wins by a "sharpe james" margin, then is indicted sometime after he takes office. is forced to resign. and the muni bond salesman in trenton appoints yet another unelected official in nj.
Wait a second folks.
The biggest contradiction in all of this is that ten years ago he said he had no hand in the rental at all; he said didn't realize that it would be rented to a federally funded agency until afterward.
If that was so, what reason did he have to seek an opinion, verbal or otherwise, on whether the proposed rental of the building was ethical?
Enlighten's point is that of those things cannot possibly be true. One or the other might be true, or both could be false. But both of them cannot possibly be true.
That is something that Menendez should be very publicly challenged on, and before the election.
tro,
We got the point. We are lamenting the sad reality that only in New Jersey would a guy this cruddy even have a ghost of a chance at being elected, much less being a favorite to win. (Except for, maybe, Massachusetts)
If voter apathy weren't so prevalent in New Jersey, Kean would be winning by a landslide right now. Remember that it is apathy and nepotism that Bob Menendez has thrived on his entire political career.
As Yogi Berra once said however, it ain't over till it's over.
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