Posted on 10/03/2007 11:22:58 AM PDT by airedale
Did The Press of Atlantic City, N.J., help drive Mayor Bob Levy into hiding? The mayor, whose falsified claim that he was a Green Beret in Vietnam was exposed by the paper last year, has been essentially missing since Friday. Some wonder if that story, which has not been disputed, sent him on the road to troubled times.
Levy's office reported Friday that he had taken a medical leave, his third this year, but did not disclose why or where he went. Many in the casino capital of the east point to his odd behavior ever since the Press revealed that he had lied on campaign literature about being in the special forces unit during his Army career.
Now in this city known for its share of political corruption, including a recent city council bribery scandal, a politician lying on his resume might not be considered the spark for a political meltdown.
But ever since the paper revealed Levy's lie, reporters say he has slowly withdrawn from political life and remained unreachable by journalists.
"The mayor has been unable to get a hold of for most of the last year," said Press Editor Paul Merkoski. "He would show up at some public functions and dash out."
Since the paper disclosed his falsified military claim, a recall campaign has started and an investigation launched by the Department of Veterans Affairs to see if Levy improperly used the claim to gain benefits.
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(Excerpt) Read more at editorandpublisher.com ...
Robert W. Levy, Sr., is a Democratic politician and the mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Campaigning in the mayoral election of 2005, Levy repeatedly represented himself as a decorated member of the US Army Special Forces (“Green Berets”). On 10 November 2006, after being challenged by the POW Network, Levy admitted that he had never served in the Special Forces. Levy stated that he had exaggerated his service, where as a member of the U.S. Military, he went on different missions with Special Forces personnel who needed his communications expertise.[1]
Mayor Levy has been criticized for endorsing city council candidates in a manner that may be contrary to the Hatch Act of 1939.[2]
Bob Levy is a lifelong resident of Atlantic City. He was a former chief of the renown AC lifeguards and Atlantic City's Emergency Management Director. His career as Mayor got off to a shaky start as he was a supporter of council president Craig Callaway see Craig go to jail in this clip. (http://www.southjerseyvideomagazine.com/html/2007/03mar/03132007callaways.htm.)
Another phony soldier. (s)
No wonder the left is in a snit over the plural.
How dare anyone question this man’s military past. He is a Democrat so he is above reproach. Also, he is a Demmocrat from NJ and we all know they are the most trustworthy and law abiding of all humans on this planet.
(Sarcasm lamp is lit)
I don’t know - if he’s retreating from the public due to exposure of his lie, maybe he has at least a smidgen of a conscience!
Maybe he’s gearing up for a Boorda?
I think it would serve Rush and everyone else to compile a comprehensive list of all the phony soldiers that have popped up, been slapped down and "disappeared" over the last ten years...
Arkancide?
Yep, not a phoney soldier, just a phoney Green Beret.
Which begs the question: why lie about it?!
Sad he felt he had to embellish.
And yet, he’ll still collect a nice pension from the real suckers of NJ.
How can these folks lie so? Don’t they realize everything is on record somewhere? I can’t believe how arrogant and really stupid they are.
I also noted he retired out of the ARMY , had a CIB and is (or was) expert in the use of at least one weapon. He dodged more than pizza while in country - it sems......
In many cases, people who leave the military and enter politics end up debasing themselves. Jack Reed, Randy Cunningham and Wesley Clark are examples.
From green beret to brown turd.....
He had jump wings too.
He probably got lying lessons from Kerry.....
The timing of this is ripe for Rush, and since its a democrat, could through cold water on what’s going on in the Senate.
A mayor of a major city going into hiding? It’ll have legs too.
Does Rush know about this? If not, it should be brought to his esteemed attention.
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