Farber Misses Hearing, May Face Contempt

NJ.com - Star Ledger ^ | 9-30-06 | Rick Hepp

[kylaka]

A municipal prosecutor may ask a judge to cite former Attorney General Zulima Farber for contempt of court after she failed to appear yesterday as a witness in a traffic case against her boyfriend, Hamlet Goore. The case stems from the now- infamous Memorial Day weekend traffic stop in Bergen County in which Farber went to the aid of Goore after he was ticketed for driving on a suspended license. The incident ultimately led to Farber's resignation last month when a special prosecutor found she had violated state ethics rules by going to the scene. At the time of her resignation, Farber said she planned to take a vacation and put the whole thing behind her. That vacation took her to Mexico -- where she and Goore were yesterday when they were scheduled to be in court.

[kylaka]

In case there is any last misunderstanding about what Zulima thinks of the criminal justice system.

[trashcanbred]

Living in this state...sometimes I want to just puke.

[Ready4Freddy]

Direct link to the article - http://www.nj.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1159590191111350.xml?starledger?nnj&coll=1

[rawhide]

When you are a democrat, in NJ especially, the laws and the courts mean absolutely nothing!

[Ready4Freddy]

Can't imagine why Farber was supoenaed in the first place - she wasn't at the scene originally (according to this article), and would have nothing to add as evidence in a driving while license suspended case.

[BIGZ]

Affirmative action in action.

Probably a carter or clinton apointee.

These people judge us?

[kylaka]

Thanks for providing the link.
It seems Goore's license was not properly restored after being revoked. I suppose the issue is whether Farber "greased the lines of communicaton" between DMV and the officers who made the stop on Goore. Goore's license was actually restored on a Sunday (they day of the stop). Don't try that trick at home if you are Joe citizen. DMV is locked up tight on Sundays for the rest of us chickens.

[kylaka]

No. A Florio, McGreevey, Corzine appointee. Thankfully, some judges and political hacks never make it as far as a presidential appointment. I think Zulima has reached the limit in her public career, and seems hell bent on trashing her private employment prospects as well. As a former county prosecuter, and former State Attorney General, she probably has a comfortable and secure pension for a couple years worth of work.

[TheMole]

This story needs a picture. Who's a sadder case - the Gov or the (ex)AG?

[Lancey Howard]

They are both really, really sad.