Democrat Culture Of Corruption #49: Pleasantville School Board President James A. Pressley
Hat Tip Michelle Malkin
United States District Court in New Jersey has the criminal complaint…
11. On or about September 21, 2006, defendant PRESSLEY and CW-2 met in a car in a restaurant parking lot in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. During the meeting, defendant PRESSLEY accepted $17,500 in cash – representing the remainder of the $25,000 defendant PRESSLEY demanded on September 13, 2006, as described in paragraph 10 – in exchange for exercising his official authority as a PBOE member in favor of the Insurance Brokerage Business. In addition, defendant PRESSLEY demanded an additional $35,000 for his past and continued official assistance to the Insurance Brokerage Business. Defendant PRESSLEY instructed CW-2 not to send defendant PRESSLEY e-mails relating to the corrupt agreement because the e-mails were “on [defendant PRESSLEY’s] computer which came to [defendant PRESSLEY’s] phone.â€
12. In discussing the additional $35,000 payment, defendant PRESSLEY touted the importance of his vote in maintaining the insurance business authorized by the PBOE resolution of September 12, 2006, by stating that defendant PRESSLEY was the “deciding vote on taking the contract back [from the Insurance Brokerage Business].†To further demonstrate his value to the CWs, defendant PRESSLEY reiterated that he was the reason why the PBOE voted to award the insurance brokerage contract to the Insurance Brokerage Business, stating: [T]hey wanted me to make the motion to get it done. They couldn’t have done it if I didn’t do it. If I show you my official minutes from my [school] board, they all depended on me . . . They all looked at me [and said] ‘Pressley, do you wanna do it?’ . . . When it comes to [expletive] like that, they look at me … it had my motion.
This scandal is part of the Democrat New Jersey 11 that were busted in a political corruption sting. The FBI set up a fake company in which it offered to pay out bribes to officials in that state… the New Jersey Attorney General’s office has made all the complaints available. Word is that this sting has only scratched the surface of the corruption in the state that they call ‘the armpit of the nation’, which ironically happens to be one of the most solidly liberal states in the union.
UPDATE: Forbes.com has some more details on this latest wave of Democrat Culture of Corruption.
Check out Political Vindication’s entire list of Democrat Culture of Corruption!
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