The Democratic mayor of Monroe Township is in trouble. He's accused of nepotism, sexual harassment, tax evasion, pay-for-access, racial discrimination, and violation of town ordinances.
Among other things, Mayor Michael Gabbianelli allegedly provided a job as a police officer to his son, Michael Gabbianelli Jr, despite an anti-nepotism ordinance. He also is alleged to have discriminated against an African-American roadside vendor pursuing a sales license in favor of other vendors who are white. To some people, the most egregious of all these charges is that hizzoner blatantly lights up and smokes on government property in violation of town ordinances.
Given these alleged transgressions, it is inevitable that Gabbianelli will face increased scrutiny, maybe even removal from office or prosecution. But there's an almost foolproof way the mayor can alleviate or even avoid the consequences of his actions.
As reported by the fine folks at CrooksandLiars, watch Democrat Representatives Anthony Weiner (NY), Charles Dingell (MI), Jan Schakowski (IL) and our own Frank Pallone completely own Subcommittee Chair Joe Pitts, Joe "Poor, poor BP" Barton and many others on the lack of a constitutional basis for HR 358, The Protect Life Act, a.k.a. the House abortion bill. The fun starts at 34:45 or so, with Rep. Pallone's biting remarks coming at around 39:00 and then again at about 60:00.
Representative Scott Garrett and Representative Anthony Weiner sat down on Fox 5's morning show to discuss the health care debate. One of the important things they discussed was whether or not Congress actually will read all 1,000 of the bill.
Garrett, for his part, has put his money where his mouth is on this one, signing up to co-sponsor H. Res. 554. I've written before about the "Read the Bill" campaign, and I'm really happy to see Garrett on board.
And here's the video of the exchange:Weiner called Garrett out on the government getting in the way of patients and their doctors asking if he opposed Medicare. Garrett responded talking about the sustainability of the program.
Among other things, Mayor Michael Gabbianelli allegedly provided a job as a police officer to his son, Michael Gabbianelli Jr, despite an anti-nepotism ordinance. He also is alleged to have discriminated against an African-American roadside vendor pursuing a sales license in favor of other vendors who are white. To some people, the most egregious of all these charges is that hizzoner blatantly lights up and smokes on government property in violation of town ordinances.
