Fitzgibbons fined for ELEC violations
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8/13/2009:
Hoboken411 reader Phil Cohen wanted you all to know about a decision that was reached last week in an ELEC Law violation case against Hudson County Freeholder Maurice Fitzgibbons:
Ordered to pay a $2100 fine
“Attached is the recent Final Decision of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (“ELEC”) which imposes one of the largest penalties I have seen coming from ELEC in recent memory. ELEC found long-time Freeholder and former Chair of the Hoboken Democratic Party, Maurice Fitzgibbons, had violated major requirements of New Jersey election law.
Amazingly, Mr. Fitzgibbons repeatedly failed to file timely campaign reports in the 2005 general election when he was running for Freeholder, as required by the New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act, N.J.S.A. 19:44A-1, et seq. (the “Campaign Reporting Act”). Mr. Fitzgibbons filed his three required R-1 forms (reflecting Reports of Contributions and Expenditures) 429, 412 and 381 days late!
Considering all the factors in Mr. Fitzgibbons case, an ELEC commission unanimously voted (4-0) to reprimand Mr. Fitzgibbons, and order a penalty of $2,625.00, which it agreed to reduce to $2,100, if Mr. Fitzgibbons timely made all of his required penalty payments, psuant to N.J.A.C. 19:25-17.3C(e).”
12 Responses to ** Fitzgibbons fined for ELEC violations **
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August 13th 2009 - 07:13:16 |
DANT DANT DANT AND ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST ! DANT DANT DANT ANTOHER ONE BITES THE DUST AND ANOTHER DOES AND ANOTHER DOES ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST !
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August 13th 2009 - 07:17:45 |
Did your parents have any kids that lived?
In response to kal-el who said:
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August 13th 2009 - 07:58:06 |
A $2000 Fine.. Well I am sure Fitzgibbons learned his lesson and will never violate any law again..
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August 13th 2009 - 09:43:26 |
years of dithering, followed by a chump-change fine. this will
surely be a fine deterrent against future violations 
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August 13th 2009 - 12:26:41 |
That ’s all? This douchebag has never paid his employees, people would literally go into fitzmedia and grab computers and stuff to amke up for the loss, thats why we got Bill Campbell in city hall, bounces checks and what all. ugh
too small a fine!
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August 13th 2009 - 13:32:18 |
These penalties should really be stiffer. Was he being trated nicely or was it that the laws in place are weak?
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August 16th 2009 - 20:33:19 |
Any candidates who do not file ELEC reports on time ought to be declared ineligible for the offices they are seeking. Fat chance. Politicians, like other groups(police, fire, teachers, doctors, lawyers,etc.) all look out for their own. But the public should demand tougher standards for pols. The time is ripe.
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August 16th 2009 - 20:35:44 |
Hey Rice Cake: You know that your own candidate Zimmer had also been late with her ELEC reports in the past? Are you going to make your supergenius law retro-active?
Such a douchebag.
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August 16th 2009 - 21:09:06 |
RYBice,
According to esteven’s post on 7/21/2009, both Zimmer and Cammarano were 3 weeks overdue with elec reports. Guess Zimmer should be fined and declared ineligible to run for Mayor.
estevens:
“Update: Neither Zimmer nor Cammarano’s post-election filings are available on ELEC as of this morning. Filings were due three weeks ago. Who cares?”
http://hoboken411.com/archives/18031/comment-page-5
In response to RYBice who said:
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August 16th 2009 - 21:19:23 |
Who cares?
Not the supporters whose candidate or officer is in violation of such a statment.
Hypocrisy meet Hoboken, Hoboken meet Hypocrisy.
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August 16th 2009 - 21:53:18 |
Yes. Why should they be able to hide where their contributions come from until after the election? Fat lot of good it does then to know who who bought influence. And yes, the influence can be good, such as individual small contributions from citizens interested in good government, or it can be developers or unions relying on a sympathetic elected official. But we need to know before the election.
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August 16th 2009 - 22:09:42 |
My comment #11 in response to jman01 #9.
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