What a shyster!
Wow, 21 Jobs? Hard working guy.
I only worked three Jobs at one time when I was starting out. #;^)
And they get mad if you call it “The Sopranos State”!
I’m reminded of the Hey Mon! skit from In Living Color with the Jamaican family bragging about how many jobs they had. If I was at home I would hunt for a video link.
These are not really jobs - they’re retainers. If he does any work, his law firm bills by the hour. If they don’t need him for anything, he gets nothing.
Yet this isn’t just this guy. Granted he is an extreme example, but double dipping is a way of life here in NJ for many public employees.
Check this out:
https://www.nj.com/middlesex/2018/06/5_edison_cops_facing_charges_of_official_misconduc.html
And Murphy wants a bailout as he keeps NJ locked down? The Corrup-19 virus that infected NJ was here long before COVID hit.
Not being familiar with NJ but this sounds like a legal firm with contracted attorneys and not true “public employees”. But at $2M/year I would be auditing their billable rate and the billable hours on each invoice.
Such a dedicated, selfless public servant!
So he is a lawyer who has multiple municipal clients. Nothing wrong per se. What is wrong is that all jobs were through connections and no competitive bidding was taking place.
So the taxpayers get screwed. They pay this guys rates and I am sure they are not low. He can bill whatever he wants.
Corrupt. But as I said, tip of the iceberg.
Not my state. Not my problem.
However, you have to be sorry for the guy: He does need to pay those egregious state and federal income taxes. And that would probably only leave him with $1 million a year.
By the way-the article is somewhat misleading because state employees would have coverage under the state retirement system. And this guy does not seem to be an employee in the context of most of these positions.
They are, the 3 talked about, are all associated with the GOP, is that correct?
Political double-dipping,I wonder how many states democrats have P.O. boxes in?.
“Only in Jersey.”
Hardly. In NY, there is a different variation. Although the state senator or assemblyman may not personally perform the legal work, several cities, towns, and villages within his election district will retain an attorney associated with his law firm to perform the work upon the never spoken understanding that the senator/assemblyman will direct state funds to the municipality in exchange for retaining his law firm. To avoid the appearance of impropriety, the senator/assemblyman is not an equity owner in the law firm and therefore, he does not directly profit from the municipal legal work; rather, he is listed “of counsel” to the law firm and is paid a percentage of the legal fees that he generates, after covering expenses, excluding fees from the municipal legal work. However, even though the municipal fees are excluded, he receives a much higher percentage of the fees that he generates from other legal work than the percentage typically found in an of counsel relationship.
This is not what it appears to be. non of these ‘jobs’ are full time position but contracted. Almost all companies with contract with a law firm to act as their representative in certain areas. Like hiring an architect or bring in a plumber. My company has a labor legal council, we also contract with other lawyers for different services or specialties.
Nothing to see here.
I am amazed about the quality of the reporting. District 10 Assemblyman Gregory McGuckin is a Republican, yet his party affiliation us not mentioned in the first sentence, or even the first paragraph!