Showing posts with label Bribes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bribes. Show all posts

Monday, April 1, 2013

Are Louise Theberge And Other Gloucester Officials Being Blackmailed?

Are Louise Theberge and other Gloucester County government officials being blackmailed?  It's a fair question at this point.  As we have pointed out on this site., Louise Theberge is not only the chair person of the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors, she is also on the board of the Gloucester Main Street Preservation Trust.

  Hilton Snowdon is the Director of Tourism for Gloucester County as well as on the Board of the Gloucester Main Street Association.  Both of these are serious conflicts of interest.  So we are wondering why these two people as well as others under county employment, who are now deeply embedded with these organizations would even risk getting into the middle of such serious conflicts of interests.  One reason we came up with and are now asking is are these government officials being blackmailed into these outside positions?  Are they being bribed to be a part of these conflicts?  Is it a combination of blackmail and bribery?

  Again this is why it is very clear that the conflicts of interest are such a serious threat to the county.  No one knows why these people are doing what they are doing.  We also have no idea who is pulling the strings behind all of this.  These are such clear violations to the public trust that there can not be any public trust with these officials anymore in our view.

  Of further interest, Louise Theberge had announced earlier this year that she was not going to run for another term.  Then she changed her mind and decided she is going to run for yet another term on the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors.  Was she told that she had to run again in order to ensure that certain deals go through?  Blackmailed into running again or perhaps bribed into running again or even both?  Again, these are fair questions in light of the circumstances.

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Is Gloucester Main Street Preservation Trust Bribing Gloucester Officials?



The video above is provided by the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors and the clip is used under the fair use act of the US.  In Gloucester's own Board of Supervisor's meeting, you will see Anne Ducey-Ortiz admitting that the Gloucester Main Street Preservation Trust provided food during meetings with Gloucester County Officials.  One of these officials is a member of the Board of Supervisors.  Seems innocent until you start to look at the rules and regulations that government officials must abide by to avoid even the appearance of  a potential bribe.  We went to one of our inside government contacts to get more information on this.  What we were told is that in the Federal Government, a gift of up to $20.00, one time, is acceptable, but even something as simple as on going taking of a free cup of coffee is considered to be a bribe by the Federal Government.

  In other words, a one time meeting between Gloucester Main Street Preservation Trust and Gloucester County Government Officials could have food as long as the amount was kept below or at the top level of $20.00 per person.  More than one time on accepting food during a private concern meeting under federal regulations and the officials would now be under investigation for accepting bribes if they were federal employees.  We do not know what state law says on this at this time but we are going to look into it.

  We are not saying that bribes have taken place, but we are saying that it looks like bribes may have actually taken place and requires further investigation.  Another question that needs to be asked is why is a private concern such as the Gloucester Main Street Preservation Trust so tied up with Gloucester County Government and why is Gloucester County Government so tied up with a private concern?

  Which we still have another question.  What is a Gloucester County Official, employed by the county, doing on the board of a private concern as the Gloucester Main Street Association?  This is a very clear conflict of interest.


Note the name on meet the board above from the Gloucester Main Street Association, Hilton Snowdon.


Now note the same name from the Gloucester County Government Site, Hilton Snowdon as the Tourism Director.  Clear conflict of interest.  But then again, these are the same people that have consistently shown violations to the public trust by allowing numerous other conflicts of interest to continue to exist throughout the county such as Animal Control Officer Jeff Stilman's Pet Cremation business, Carl Shipley's Carpet cleaning business and another Animal Control Officer's Buy It Used Store that looks like a county used furniture outlet store.


NOW FOR BREAKING NEWS!  While we were putting this altogether, we just found a major conflict of interest.  Louise Theberge is on the board of the Gloucester Main Street Preservation Trust.  This screen capture proves it.


Under other board members, Louise Theberge, Chair of the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors is listed as a member of the Gloucester Main Street Preservation Trust.  A serious conflict of interest.  No wonder the county lets others get away with all these other violations.  

  So what we really have uncovered here is two non profit organizations, the Gloucester Main Street Association and the Gloucester Main Street Preservation Trust has successfully infiltrated the Gloucester County Government and become a secret government that private business or citizens have no chance of winning against.  These two private non profit organizations fall under the Cook Foundation also located in the Main Street Village located at the old Coke Building.  

  Now for the final question of why the Gloucester Main Street Village has been expanded beyond the original 2010 Frazier plan that was only covering the Gloucester Main Street area businesses.  The answer as to why it was expanded is very simple.  The statistics under the Frazier plan most likely did not support business investment into the Gloucester Main Street Village as it then stood.  It could not support it now.  In order to inflate the statistics to show that the concept could be sold, the big box retailers had to be incorporated to get the proper numbers.  Without those numbers a reasonable business person would not look the other way, they would run the other way as fast as they could all the while laughing at such an absurd presentation.

  One can easily see by spending a day counting foot traffic in the Gloucester Main Street Business District, that there are not enough people to support a new business unless that business was very unique and special and could attract business no matter where it went.

This is your tax dollars being used against you in the most foul violations to the public trust we have seen to date.


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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

March Is Bribe Your Local Official Month

There are days, weeks, months and even years dedicated to various special interests.  Last month was Black History Month.  Well in our opinion one of the special interests that gets little or no attention is our local officials.  So we have decided to dedicate the month of March as Bribe Your Local Official Month.

That's right.  March is now the official month for bribing your local official.  There are plenty of good reasons for doing so too.  Want to lower your property tax bill?  Bribe a local official.  Want to hurry along a zoning matter?  Bribe a local official.  Want to get special permissions to do something?  Bribe a local official.  Want to bump off your business competition? Bribe a local official for a codes compliance issue for your competition to get hit with.  Get creative with what you want to accomplish and then figure out which local official you need to bribe to get done what you need to accomplish.

  Don't be stingy with the bribe either.  In fact, be very generous with it.  Bribing officials is the American way.  Why should you miss the action?  In fact, we highly recommend that your bribe be very generous as we will now show you how to get your money back.  We are going to designate April as Blackmail your local official month.  Accomplish what you need to with bribes during the month of March and make sure you record and keep good records of the bribe.  Once you have achieved what you set out to do, during the month of April you get to Blackmail your local official for taking a bribe from you.  Get all your money back and then a nice little profit to boot.

  If Blackmail is not your thing, not to worry, May is going to be official take down your local official month.  You can then expose your local official for having taken bribes from you.  Now for you truly black harts out there, using all three techniques is the ultimate game for a real laughing riot.  Not to worry, there is more to come.

This post is meant as entertainment only.  Please consult your local officials for actual rules, regulations and information for covering your actual needs.


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