Mayor of Hoboken Sets New Record

Peter Cammarano, mayor of Hoboken, set a new record in New Jersey politics when he was arrested-- along with 44 others-- just twenty-two days after being sworn into his office.

So they're in good company along with half of the City Council of Jersey City, as well as a members of an insular community of Syrian Jews from Brooklyn, NY, & Deal & Elberon, NJ. Its been a fun morning watching this unfold. First reports mentioned two dozen arrested, then that number became roughly 33, it now stands at 44. Knowing how corrupt New Jersey politics can be this has been a lot of fun to watch. Although, we're all a little concerned here in my office since Jersey City is one of our clients & at this point there might not be anyone left in the City with the power to sign our checks.

Edited to add delicious irony:

I am giggling with glee over this. The whole thing, really. After so many years of inaction by the prosecutor's office...it's great to see these fucks finally get in trouble for what everyone KNEW was going on.

I work for an urban redevelopment consulting firm, so we deal with a lot of local NJ pols in our work, they're all pretty scummy, its hard to imagine a state much more corrupt than this.

Needless to say, there's been a few high fives in the office today, & one of the partners is giggling like a school-girl in their office.

It is often joked that the only place more corrupt than NJ is New Orleans. I think the joke may be wrong.

Not defending NJ in any way, but Philly doesn't have that good of a reputation either, you know?

I'll keep that in mind the next time forty-four (44!) Philadelphia officials get picked up all on the same day. The FBI had more wire in City Hall than Comcast did & all they got out of the deal was one conviction & one acquittal. I mean, sure Philadelphia is corrupt as the day is long, but at least we're apparently better at hiding it.

Also, I'm hearing disturbing rumors about body-part selling on the part of the rabbis. Anyone else hear anything about this strange rumor?

Tony is not pleased.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090723/ap_on_re_us/us_nj_corruption_arrests

Yeah, I just read this in the updated New York Times story:

^^^^^ I read that, as well. The headline seems too monstrous to be true: "Rabbis harvesting human organs for profit."

In fact, it's so weird it sounds like it was lifted almost word-for-word out of some fundamentalist hate-group literature.

Holy shit!



Why didn't I think of that?

Oh no, nobody does corruption like Louisiana. We may not have invented the Good Ol' Boy system, but we raised it to an art form.

Is this why New Jersey was closed for the summer?

I wonder how much I can get for my spleen?

The joke IS wrong. NJ is THE most corrupt state in the union, bar none.

You know, this is really a win-win-win situation. People usually just give their organs away when they die. Why not get a little money for them when you can use it? People needing organs don't have to pray for someone to die to get the kidney they need OR THEY WILL DIE, and someone makes a tidy profit. This is why Jews control all the money - we're just smarter than you.

Not content with hording money, they're now hording knowledge.

Apparently organs as well. My god, where will it end?

They'll cut out the middle man and start the direct harvesting of brains.

Now this is starting to sound like a pamphlet passed around Berlin, circa 1935.

After setting a record for stupid when he got busted yesterday, less than a month into his term, the Mayor of Hoboken is now pulling a Blogo. This story is going to keep getting funnier, weirder, & probably wind up taking down at least a few more people before it wraps up. The Mayor of Jersey City is attracting some attention, now, too.

So many incumbents are getting taken down in this thing, I'm now considering running for mayor somewhere in North Jersey. I'm torn on using the campaign slogan 'Dangerously incompetent, but at least he's openly corrupt.' or 'Hey, you know you could do a lot worse.' Either way, I promise my office will always be for sale to the highest bidder, continuing the fine tradition of New Jersey politics.

Too incompetent, to be corrupt is better then your first slogan but I like the second.

I'm just incompetent enough to be corrupt, but not enough to actually accomplish anything for the public. I also am toying with "is he really worse than the devils you know?"

But, are the girls hot in New Jersey?

They are.....and despite the rumor to the contrary...they DO get picked up at least once a week.