Wayne DeAngelo - Bought and Paid For!

Often when you hear a politician like Wayne DeAngelo pontificate on how he is a man of the people, you have to see whether or not he is supported by the people. For example, his signature achievement is the anti-business Paid Family Leave act (ie the Drive More Business Out of NJ Act). Of course, it does't do much for those now out of work in the state when their company said goodbye or those who are not hiring to avoid these kinds of mandates.

A look at DeAngelo's campaign filings are interesting. For the primary this year he collected $96,620 from 65 donors. He had all of 14 individual donate to his campaign. They totaled a whopping $520. The rest, $96,100 came Union and Business contributions. Looking more closely at the commercial donations, DeAngelo received $92,000 from Unions or union related organizations.

A look at his general election filing shows a donation from the expected incoming Speaker of the Assembly Sweeney as payment for his support of $8,200 and an additional $11,200 from state and national unions.

So the next time you hear "man of the people" DeAngelo speak, recognize that he is in office for one thing. To do what his handlers want him to do. And you now know who they are.

Research for yourself here.

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What is DeAngelo's connection to New Frontier PAC and Royal Printing?

In an election season where the Governor and his challenger continue to issue somewhat questionable attacks on the character of each other regarding multiple layers of alleged questionable ethical practices, a very real scandal has been developing in Burlington county. In August of this year, the Burlington County Democratic chairman stepped down over questions around campaign funds. From allbusiness.com:

Burlington County Democratic Chairman Rick Perr, who aggressively targeted local Republicans with corruption complaints while promoting government reforms, will step down amid a controversy over the distribution of campaign funds.

The Medford lawyer notified the party late Monday of his intent to resign effective Sept. 1, following a daylong stream of calls for him to leave.

Perr's departure follows published reports that he and former Democratic County Treasurer Jeff Meyer -- who resigned three weeks ago -- used a political-action committee that typically contributes to Democrats in and around Burlington County to further the political career of a Hoboken official caught in a federal corruption sting.

The Medford-based New Frontier Committee contributed more than $15,000 to election funds for candidates that included Peter Cammarano III -- who resigned last month as mayor of Hoboken following bribery charges -- and more than $26,000 total to Hudson County candidates in recent months.

The questions then progressed to New Frontier's support of Mercer County Democrats and specifically Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo who received money from New Frontier PAC. In addition, there have been several questions in the past related to a company paid by New Frontier PAC named Royal Printing. There are questions about not small amounts of money paid to Royal Printing like this authorization from the Mercer County Freeholders Meeting May 8, 2008:

MERCER COUNTY BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS
AUTHORIZES PAYMENT TO ROYAL PRINTING SERVICES
FOR PRINTING OF OFFICIAL, SAMPLE, ABSENTEE, AND
PROVISIONAL BALLOTS FOR THE MERCER COUNTY
CLERK PERTAINING TO THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
ELECTION AS WELL AS PRINTING COST FOR SPECIAL
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS THAT WERE HELD IN
DECEMBER 2007 AND APRIL 2008. COST NOT TO
EXCEED: $200,000.00. PERIOD: DECEMBER 1, 2007 TO
MAY 1, 2008

The minutes from this meeting can be accessed here.

DeAngelo received a donation of $500 dollars which he says he gave to charity(Sunshine Foundation). What is interesting is that he said he did it before word became public about the scandal. That to me suggests an amount of inside knowledge of the organization not "just another campaign contribution". There are serious questions here and DeAngelo and others need to step up and answer them.

And DeAngelo's Republican challengers are not standing still waiting. They released these questions which are still valid today (from PolitickerNJ.com):

•1. How did Wayne DeAngelo become aware of the New Frontier PAC?
•2. Who did Wayne DeAngelo speak to about receiving a contribution from the PAC?
•3. Who delivered the PAC contribution to Wayne DeAngelo?
•4. Did Wayne DeAngelo ever speak to Rick Perr or Jeff Meyer?
•5. If so, when did he speak to them and what were the nature of the conversations?
•6. Will he volunteer to speak with NJ ELEC to aid them in their investigation?

In this case, silence is not golden.

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