Democrat Fund-raiser linked to Philly probe seeks state contract (non-profits under scrutiny)

GANNETT STATE BUREAU ^ | February 15, 2004 | SANDY McCLURE

[Liz]

TRENTON -- A dental company, founded by a gubernatorial fund-raiser who has received a federal document request in a pay-to-play probe in Philadelphia, is pushing for a state-funded dental plan for New Jersey seniors that would be worth hundreds of thousands in state contracts.

[Liz]

NON-PROFIT Federal officials said investigators are looking into people and following a money trail..... The Youth Leadership Foundation, where the board of directors and sponsors include New Jersey and Philadelphia Democrats and financiers with influence and money, was created, according to its federal tax forms, to aid underprivileged youths in Philadelphia. Until the federal probe was made public, the foundation failed to file required annual reports with Pennsylvania's Department of State, according to Pennsylvania officials. The company is now fully registered after paying a $750 fine. The organization's federal filings show that in 2002, 53 percent of the $302,840 the foundation spent went to program services while the remainder went to administration. As the federal probe broke in the newspapers, the non-profit organization's Web site revealed a number of people with links to the McGreevey administration.

How's about that? I wonder how much money was filtered.....er, ah, make that laundered.......through the non-profit for crooked politicians? And how many other pols are using this scam?

[OPS4]

Liz, this is very interesting news.

Also intersting is how the Dem. Mayor of Chicago Richard J Daley, his brother the cook count commissioner, and the Governor Rod Blagoievich, ran a 40 million dollar scam in a truck for hire scheme in Illinois out of chicago. here is the link. The Dems are still at it.

http://www.suntimes.com/special_sections/clout/

Ops4 God Bless America!

[Liz]

How here's news we love to read.......a non-profit is under scrutiny for political shenanigans. That's right, I said a non-profit.

[Liz]

Thanks for the link. Man, nothing is beneath these crooked pols, is it?

[OPS4]

Nope, and soon to come a follow up I will email to you, in cas you miss the post, "The Big Dig", The biggest dem scam of all, led by Kennedy, Kerry, and the mob in Boston.15 Billion Dollar over run, direct from federal highway funds.

Straight from Oreilly's new book. Stay tuned!

Ops4 God Bless America!

[Miss Marple]

I have long advocated that all 501c3 groups publish their donor lists, just like the political parties. You just KNOW that darn Clinton library is laundering millions in cash every year.

[Grampa Dave]

The non profits have a very secretative/sleezy side. That is their money laundering role for the elite rats for political fund raising and in examples like this one, criminal fraud.

[Liz]

Is Soros' Open Society n/ps on the list? Hah. They sure better be.

[Liz]

I have long advocated that all 501c3 groups publish their donor lists, just like the political parties. You just KNOW that darn Clinton library is laundering millions in cash every year.

The Clintons are the masters at the launder. Naming names is a must.

Also, did you know a recent investigation of a Las Vegas strip club owner involved with numerous corrupt politicians appears to be the first time federal authorities used the Patriot Act in a public corruption probe?

Sources said the FBI sought the records under Section 314 of the Patriot Act. That section allows federal investigators to obtain information from any financial institution regarding the accounts of people "engaged in or reasonably suspected, based on credible evidence, of engaging in .................money laundering activities."

[Grampa Dave]

That is the first question that many of us have re that list.

Or are one of his non profit fronts or Madam Kerry's non profits big donors.

[Liz]

EXCERPT As the federal probe broke in the newspapers, the non-profit organization's Web site revealed a number of people with links to the McGreevey administration. Robert Feldman and William R. Howell, a consultant for Investment Management Advisory Group, IMAGE, were listed as board members and were pictured together as recipients of the foundation's 2001 founder's award. IMAGE also was listed as a sponsor of the foundation.

IMAGE, which operates out of a converted barn in Chester County just across the Schuylkill River from Pottstown, landed $3 million in contracts to manage or invest the proceeds of state bond issues since McGreevey took office. The company, as far back as McGreevey's days as a state senator, can be found as a contributor to his election efforts.

Also listed among the Youth Leadership Foundation's sponsors are a former McGreevey administration official and a firm, affiliated with a McGreevey contributor, who have been tied to billboard deals under investigation in New Jersey.

Pictured as a sponsor was McGreevey's former chief counsel Paul Levinsohn, who served as finance chairman for the McGreevey campaign and oversaw the efforts of others, like Feldman, who were deputies.

Levinsohn, and McGreevey's former chief of staff Gary Taffet, worked with longtime McGreevey contributor Francis L. Doyle III of the Doyle Consulting Group, of Philadelphia, on the billboard deals under federal investigation. Doyle Consulting Group was listed as a corporate sponsor of the Youth Leadership Foundation.

Also among the foundation's corporate sponsors were Commerce Bankcorp Inc. and its investment arm, Commerce Capital Markets Inc.

[Liz]

Teresa's affiliation with the left-wing the Tides n/p is a big red flag.

[hoosiermama]

Someone needs to put all this information in one place.....Just like voter fraud it's repeated again and again across the country....... Different people, Same MO....Why make laws when all the dems do is circumvent them.

[Calpernia]

Democrat Fund-raiser linked to Philly probe seeks state contract (non-profits under scrutiny)

EXCERPT As the federal probe broke in the newspapers, the non-profit organization's Web site revealed a number of people with links to the McGreevey administration. Robert Feldman and William R. Howell, a consultant for Investment Management Advisory Group, IMAGE, were listed as board members and were pictured together as recipients of the foundation's 2001 founder's award. IMAGE also was listed as a sponsor of the foundation.

Thanks for the ping Liz!

[sandydipper]

I am simply stunned - imagine a crooked politician and his support group stealing tax money - gives me the shivers.

[Coleus]

Youth Leadership Foundation

[Coleus]

Phila. School District shuns politically connected firm
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/new_jersey/7879101.htm
Reward in city deal: $1 million
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/7758611.htm

Youth Leadership Foundation: Sponsors (Investment Management Advisory Group, Inc.)
http://www.ylf.org/sponsors.html

NJ TO LOOK INTO HISTORICALLY LOW INTEREST RATES TO FINANCE PORTION OF FUTURE SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/news/2002/p21227a.html

FBI Probe of John F. Street
http://www.seanrobins.com/philadelphia/FBI_Probe_John_F_Street.htm

McGreevey backer pushes dental plan
http://www.courierpostonline.com/news/southjersey/m021504c.htm

January 26, 2004 The Honorable Albio Sires Speaker of the Assembly ...
http://www.citizen.org/documents/NJ_Pay_to_Play_ltr.pdf

Senators at odds on firm's hiring
http://www.app.com/app/story/0,21625,863825,00.html

Panel shoots down senator's move to question treasurer
http://www.app.com/app/story/0,21625,864729,00.html

INDEPENDENT CITIZENS COMMISSION TO EVALUATE GOVERNMENT TRANSACTIONS
http://www.blueribbonpr.org/informes/ingles/Priif.pdf

Trenton, keep focus on improving ethics
After all, the Investment Management Advisory Group of Pottstown, Pa., donated $200,000 to the state Democratic Party and the election campaign of Gov. McGreevey
http://www.southjerseynews.com/issues/december/o120803a.htm

[Liz]

Man, this is scary.....LOL.

[Liz]

Looking at that link...(sniffle) gosh, the Dims are so "tolerant and compassionate" (sob).

[Calpernia]

Sorry if you are getting double pinged; but this story CAN'T be missed!

Democrat Fund-raiser linked to Philly probe seeks state contract (non-profits under scrutiny)

As the federal probe broke in the newspapers, the non-profit organization's Web site revealed a number of people with links to the McGreevey administration. Robert Feldman and William R. Howell, a consultant for Investment Management Advisory Group, IMAGE, were listed as board members and were pictured together as recipients of the foundation's 2001 founder's award. IMAGE also was listed as a sponsor of the foundation.

Thanks again for the heads up Liz!

Thanks for posting on the NJ Message board Coleus!

EVERYONE, get this story out!