Ghee , right up front, in your face kickbacks....and they see nothing wrong here !!! But they will charge you when you leave this State ..an exit tax...Balls , but no brains in Trenton.. short lived for , four years.....Then new pond skum will surface...and rule for, four more..until WWJD appears and then NO taxes at all , just a lot of finger pointing , and three denials before the rooster crows.....

Just another case of who you know in the NJ political system. I'm sure this wasn't the best pick for the taxpayers but they never seem to worry about that, we're just here so they could pick our pockets.

The APP article says they are charging $130 for a cubic yard, and that they have so far collected about 2.9 million cubic yards.....hmmm....funny I come up with 377 million so far?....when all articles say the contract COULD be worth up to 100 million. Talk about skimming.

Why am I not surprised? Politics as usual in this county! they should have gone with Phillips & Jordan, from North Carolina, best company with the most experience in disaster clean up and no political connections in this state! Now I know why they did not.

amazing how the GOP guys gets top billing, not the mayor of Belmar.. Oh no
Jerks

our own NJ ppl are fighting for jobs, or taxes are going sky high with no end in site & you JERKS want to give 100 million to Florida??? ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!! I think we should forget about a million man march on Washington.... i think we have to start in TRENTON!!

This is BAD BUSINESS with BAD PRESS. The politicians and appointees have no business being compensated one dime for any payments to be made for clean-up efforts. That is so wrong and so unacceptable to all of us. The politicians and appointees are in positions of power, but have NOTHING to do with the actual work involved. What a waste and what a sham. They're hands don't even get dirty --- they just get "greased". AshBritt should be REMOVED as a contractor --- let's "clean up" the act before we "Restore the Shore".

Well what a surprise

Gee, Gilmore a thief, he is an attorney and a republican. Lets guess who will be next---Lacey, Kelly,Acrapolis, etc etc etc?

Here we go....

Where's a bookie when you need one?? I would have bet the farm that Gilmore was benefitting from a NJ disaster.This guy makes Jesse James look like Mother Teresa..

Sandy may finally cleanup Ocean County.

What do you expect when the voters keep electing Lawyers who are told by their firms to "bring home the bacon" ? Do you think this happens only in Ocean . Take a look at Monmouth and most other Counties . Law firms are taking over Towns and School Boards all over the State . Wake up and throw the bumbs out .

Just as others have said, this is "in your face political corruption"

"Bob" Armstrong for Ocean County Sheriff in 2013

Gee, what a coincidence that our boy "Georgie" is connected to this. Don't worry, he'll wriggle out with a "little help from his friends" like he always does.

"George Gilmore, the Republican chairman of Ocean County; Maggie Moran, a former top aide to Gov. Jon Corzine whose husband is the mayor of Belmar"

so typical of NJ dem repub no difference both corrupt & 1 in the same

It seems like a regular thing with the County Freeholders and State Of Rip Off (New Jersey) More money going in the pockets of friends or family of our Politicians, No bid contracts should not be allowed but only in New Jersey and Ocean County, Everywhere else or anything else has to go out for bids. I understand you want everything cleaned up me too but do it the right way Not the way that puts money in your pockets or family or relitives pockets.and to John the Republicans keep getting elected because the promise and take care of their seniors who are majority votes in Ocean County and State. Nothing will change it till the voters wake up and smell the coffee.

Hire our own Companies From New Jersey and give our people jobs, Not everyone else( Tired of the Bull in Jersey and Ocean County)

Well...we knew this would happen...Keep this in the spot light for all to see....they should not profit on people who are suffering....this is actually quite sickening....

If anyone thought for a second with Federal Millions coming
into Ocean County, the Gilmore Political Machine would not be
involved?
From what has been published by the Star-Ledger, AshBritt Florida
based was provided waivers on business and environmental regulations,
and gave the firm unequaled access to towns, Christie's excuse was
to provide quick action and the waivers to kickstart the recovery
in the aftermath of Sandy.
Heard that some file the necessary paperwork weeks ago and nothing
has arrived $$$$$
Money and the Ocean County Republicans could care less about
the residents ... current seated Stafford mayor and council are a solid
partisan group ... the empty words and tears are all you will get.
As said "watch what you wish for?" Referring the November 2012
municipal partisan election.
I was told a class-action law suit should be in order ... the nearly
3,000 Beach Have West home owners should be getting a formal
organization together ... the very few who speak out will have NO
effect on who's sitting on the Stafford Council ...
Gilmore's response was that he had signed a privacy clause in the
dealings with AshBritt, as a paid ???
Christie and Gilmore are tied at the hip.

What a shocker? Is there one politician in NJ that is not corrupt? amazing how this Florida company managed to get this contract while so many NJ companies are starvimg for work! Pathetic and disgraceful...Christie needs to stomp all over this ripoff!!

I asked to see all of the employee names and hours put in by our local civil servants for work done in our area and submitted to Fema for reimbursement. Of course that never happened but I felt and still do feel strongly that people living in these areas should have been required to sign time sheets or whatever to indicate that the hours for work covered labor actually done.

I kept reading about how town employees were dropping dead of overwork on Good Luck Point and it just didn't add up with what I had been seeing out of my windows. They even mentioned they worked Thanksgiving day out here and believe me very few folks were around and I knew every one of them because they are my neighbors. No garbage or debris trash removal or even brown can pick up was going on at all.

Businesses don't run this way and we are letting government at all levels just submit things in our name that quite possibly do not reflect reality. And as a response to those articles about civil "servants" being exhausted from working in these areas, all sorts of replies to the Patch made we who had been hit huge jackpot winners because it sounded as if we were getting much more than our due.

Couldn't be further from the truth. We've had to fight for every bit of the just minimal sanitation help we could get. And that is all we have received. No jackpots out here.

When you have a picture of Corrine's manager hugging Christies and everyone is smiling , you know the fix is in.
And most of you were so happy the 50 billion was passed and your debt went even higher as long as you were getting your money. Only problem is you still don't have your money and never will and the debt just keeps getting higher. Baaaaaa !! Baaaaaaa!!!

George Gilmore is a criminal. Just because he didn't take a bribe from Solomon Dwek doesn't mean he is clean. Of course he didn't comment on his 5 figure "fee" for getting ashbritt the job. I hope the amount is published. On a side note I want to see what TR does with the property tax bill on the riverfront castle he has been building piece meal the past 3 years. Just look at the materials used to build the home and you know he is dumping "hiding" millions in that house.

Taxpaying residents are merely paws ...
a very few of the connected have control over
what's going on in Ocean County ...
All the butt kissing events are the usual
smoke screen ... Christ's town hall meetings
all empty and for show ... actual
performance or a report card on their actions
are the best approach ...
Patch start up Manahawkin Sandy Report Card 2012-2013.
I was told that a Council persons job was merely a part-time
job "what do you expect me to do?"
Recent Mayor and Council $10-MILLION PLUS PAYMENT OF THE BILLS ...
HAS ANYONE SEEN THE REPORT ON DETAILS POSTED
ON THE WEBSITE???

This is most likely just the beginning of another huge scandal and example of how both the R's and D's are crooks. Just another reason that the election system must include a viable third choice, either a third party or Independent. This should start right here in Brick.

OOOP S 'PAWNS' AS IN
hostage, puppet, dupe, instrument

What a bunch of clunkheads we have for politicians . I guess we deserve the reputation nj has for the most crooks in the nation. The donut we have for governor is probably in on this too .Why he agreed so quickly to the f---ked up fema maps is so his buddies get paid quicker. Lets grapple the donut out of office !!!!

BEEN OFTEN TOLD "IT'S JUST POLITICS, WHAT
ELSE CAN YOU EXPECT"

OC-GOP THE MOST LIBERAL OF ANY REPUBLICAN
GROUP I HAVE EVER WITNESSED ...
TROOC WAS RIGHT ... Republicans IN NAME ONLY!!!

FLORIDA senator marco rubio -FLORIDA congressman ted yoho - FLORIDAcongressman ron desantis - ALL VOTED NO FOR SANDY RELIEF AID !!!! so what does christie do?
he rewards a florida firm $100 million dollar no bid contract ! GUESS THOSE CONGRESSMAN AND U.S. SENATOR CAN NOW BOAST ABOUT BRINGING JOBS BACK TO FLORIDA ! THANKS CHRIS - YOU'RE THE MAN !

Despicable! I hope the Dept of Justice is noting. These are FED funds and they are still prosecuting for Katrina misuse/abuse.

ASHBRITT was hired 5 days after Sandy hit us ( without bidding ). Our residents who lost everything still have not received any money in 4 months !!! Guess 100 million dollars in expenditures for the clean up is more important then restoring our neighbor's homes and properties. How much can a clean up cost if Toms River only got $52k for property loss on the barrier islands...

Interesting article, and in case people are not aware in Wall Twp. the Monmouth County Prosecutor's office is investigating the former school super James Habel, and Wall Municipal is being investigated by the State of NJ Comptroller's office regarding contracts, health insurance and land deals.
What a world we live in!

something stinks here........Boss Gilmore need to be transparent in this relationship now!!!

Can we now wake up and see that both parties are robbing us blind? Granted, the Dems are worse, but they both have their hands in our pockets. Vote in the Primaries, and vote for the guy who isnt the Party pick.

Boener and the other Repub. obstructionists delayed Sandy aid because of "pork" and NOW the truth comes out: Christie's campaign contributor AshBritt got an inflated no-bid contract without waiting. Get rid of incumbent politicians (GRIP).

Gilmore, will, or has already, who knows how much he charged Seaside Park, who is using AshBritt by the way, to put their temporary borough hall at his office building on Allen St, make millions off of our suffering. Sandy was a horror story for millions, but for some she was a gift from the devil himself.

Why do people expect anything different? This is New Jersey and our politicians have corruption down to a fine art. If it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck and has webbed feet, it's a duck. In NJ if someone gets a job from a state contractor, gets relative hired by a contractor, or is related to a contractor, gets flown somewhere on a private jet, gets hooked up with women of ill repute, or just plain takes bribes.....this can't be a New Jersey politician because we all know they're as pure as the driven snow.........except for the dozens in the slammer that is.

This was a money making deal for all politicians and the contractors. Why in hell would you take all the debri and pile it in several locations and then reload it into the trucks again to only take it to the landfil when it should have been taken there on the first load. Instead of letting the scrappers go in and take all the metal or the towns taking it to the recycling centers they just made excuse after excuse why they could not do it the right way the first time. They piled it in lots all over the towns hit by sandy where toxic waste drained into the soils where people will soon be walking, playing and walking animals. They created another reason why they have to raise the prices by doing this. This reminds of when Berkeley township took soil from the old landfill in the back of there yard and dumped it at Al Liter ball field where kids now play. They never even tested the soil to see if it was safe to use. Barnegat saved thousands of dollars by letting scrappers come in and take anything they can recycle and take it away. They never even stopped anybody by doing this knowing it was saving them thousands of dollars in dumping fees. Unlike seaside and other towns who stopped them and fined them and locked them up for making an honest dollar in the economy we are in know. Know Governor Christie Cream wants to reopen Seaside this spring with hundreds of calls for gas leaks and electrical problems. Get a scanner and listen from sun light to sun fall on the calls coming in..

I will be the lone voice to say that I'm glad that they came in and hauled away all of the debris in front of people's homes. Yep, Gilmore had his hand in the cookie jar. He just can't seem to help himself. But, I don't have a problem with it being a FL company. When I think of hurricane disasters, I figure that FL companies have a lot of experience. It's a management company, and they're using 71% NJ contractors. Works for me. We had a mess in PPB, and before Ashbritt was hired, one of our Councilman actually suggested that the residents go out to the curb and segregate their garbage. Yeah, that's what people who just had to put all of their lives' belongings on the curb wanted to do. Know how most people have been choosing contractors? By word of mouth. If your neighbor uses them, and your neighbor is happy, then you often choose them too. I figure it's the same thing with this type of disaster, and I read that Ashbritt was recommended by a Southern State governor (might've been Louisiana?) Allowing people to garbage pick might've cut down on the garbage in the dump, but it also opened towns up to people coming into the town, and many residents didn't like to see people picking through their personal belongings. As for contamination, was it better to leave that garbage on residential properties for longer periods? Second-guessing is what leads to delays, and we can't afford any more delays. If you want to replace Ashbritt, fine, but get the job done quickly.

To I have spoken:
I don't know where you heard such nonsense, apparently, someone has given you bad information.
"Bob" A.

Dolores

12:41 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Why am I not surprised? Politics as usual in this county! they should have gone with Phillips & Jordan, from North Carolina, best company with the most experience in disaster clean up and no political connections in this state! Now I know why they did not
Anything for the party of NO right Nicky?

I Don't vote Republican and will never Vote Republican, I live in Ocean County for 51 years and know who's Currupt and its our Freeholders. You can't stop it because they keep promising our seniors the world. All Politicians are Corrupt but Ocean Counties are the worse. You Know it Matt and I agree 100%

New Jersey is sickeningly consistant with political hacks and their theiving. Can't this state do anything right. Does everything have to be tainted with the slime of corruption in this state? Governor Christie, please straighten this out before all the money meant to help the poor desperate people who have lost so much disappears into the pockets of these greedy pigs. And while your at it, can you tell me why Senator Menendez has not resigned? Does he really expect people to believe he paid back that sleezy tax evading doctor for those two trips to wherever in the third world he went, TWO YEARS LATER and then only when it had been discovered. I am so sick of this rotten dishonest state.....can't wait to get the hell out of here.

He is know different than Obama. Did you see him on Letterman what a disgrace . He should spend his time helping getting the 40000 people with out a home rather than doing comedy tv shows it is no joke for these poor people and I couldn't believe it when I saw him and his wife at the super bowl. People suffering and he is partying. I can't believe I voted for him and got a dozen family members to also. I will give him 3 months to do the right thing or time to change our vote.

We can not get help raise our house because it not our primary residence but the scum ball Gilmore and his republican dirt bags can pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars. New Jersey is the rectum of the world.

All we can do is hope and pray that the FBI looks into it and gets to the bottom of it. The best days for the citizens of NJ are when they newws headlines read: " FBI arrests 12 NJ politicians"

Oh well the New Jersey Den of thieves at it again, no big surprise. Lets see the Mayor of Point Pleasant said he hired independents for 26 dollars a ton, Ash Britt 100 a ton and they don't even own a truck. We would all do ourselves a big favor just to move the hell out of Jersey.

Let's drag him out of his house and Hang 'em!
But you'll need a lot of rope there a 1000 more out there just like him!

Seems like anything with Gilmores name means it needs to be investigated. The republican clan needs to be dismantled.

Only $52K towards the clean up of the barrier island? Is that true?

The politicians want to fix things that are 2nd nature to getting peoples homes repaired first. Most of these guys could care less about the people suffering . The freeholder wants to dump 5 million into berkely park . The amount is rediculous . This is something we can wait for maybe 8 years like people on the gulf coast who still are not back to normal. Where are the barges in the bay for clean up . has any one seen them. Mark my words we will have a storm and because Christie will drop the ball and everyone will be flooded again. Oh yeah has any one out there seen their taxes go down or has the Gov done anything to save you money. When you call his office they play the blame game on the last Gov. My taxes have gone up every year he has been in office and not to mention the tolls. Wouldn't it be nice if he would give people a break on tolls when they go to work since it is the only major road to the north. They do this in NY.

Sounds like when Chris was the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey. And there was the BID RIG...or is that no bid rig. Wasn't that investigation on mostly Monmouth County Dems? So who is the US Attorney of NJ now. Maybe he needs to look and see who is on the other side of the fence. Hmmm, and that brings to mind a statement made regards the Bid Rig indictments. Political boss George Gilmore says (I wont us quotation marks, but something like) - thank God we don't have those problems here in Ocean County! Hmm. Oh wait, its not the municipalities problem we relied on the County, and they say - oh wait its not our problem we relied on the state contract. They all seem to know nottin, and as always it ends up the taxpayers problem..so sad.

jerseyswamps, "Tuesday, August 14, 2007 OPERATION BID RIG
The Asbury Park Press' 15 - part series on the FBI's big Operation Bid Rig............
......Let's get real, though. Both the Democratic Party and the Press will attempt to exploit this issue to the fullest extent. Although Bid Rig is regarded as a Republican scandal, a load of Democrats were involved too."

...forgot - just like now? quote above from: Monmouth County Republican Blog: OPERATION BID RIG

Don't you know all "Lawyers have a license to steal". Remember the second home owners cannot vote. I think the people of Ocean County and TR need to do a better job when voting but again you will always find crooks in politics. If there wasn't any perks or bonus they wouldn't waste there time.

22 and change a yard to pich up and deliver within 15 miles a little rediclus 120 yrd truck 10 loads a day 26400 a day per truck no bid contract

I'm sorry WHAT exactly does Gilmore DO as an employee of AshBritt and HOW exactly ISN'T it a conflict of interest???

Mexico is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. It's just not a coincidence that a lot of illegals from there head to New Jersey as it feels just like home here. They should change the motto on our license plates from "The Garden State ( which it isn't much of a garden anymore) to " The Corruption State" which is a much truer statement.

@Joseph Woolston Brick, corruption is the only current growth industry in New Jersey.

"Bob" Armstrong for Ocean County Sheriff in 2013
To: I have spoken, Are you serious? You are OK with the Gilmore machine?
I can't wait for the IRS Criminal Investigation Division and the FBI to make the next arrest(s) in Ocean County. Ocean County Politics needs a "clean sweep" just like the Toms River Board of Education. New Sheriff in Town......"Bob" A.

wow this is getting crazier by the day....gilmore / ritacco come on ...and the line forms to the left! we are in such a mess

It's this bad. Even if you like a certain politician, every voter has to decide to not re-elect any incumbent ever. And one civil "servant" job per nuclear family would go a long way to thinning out the bandits.

Gets better by the minute.
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/02/head_of_lobbying_firm_hired_by.html

Can someone explain to me, "Why do we continue to HAVE to learn lessons the hard way, when it comes to government contracts?" "Government Oversight" is truly an Oxymoron! We should be reviewing, monitoring and auditing government contracts each step of the way! Not AFTER the costs over-run, BEFORE they get a chance to!
...and please, No "Well, it's the crooked politicians" or "You can thank Christie for that!" or "It's those damm Republicans (or Democrats)!". Those answers don't explain a thing! This is so simple it's sickening! Cost Control 101. You select the lowest "qualified" bidder; you sign a contract; and you MONITOR the work, TRACK the loads; REVIEW & SCRUTINIZE the invoices. WTF is so damm difficult?!!! I did it on a $650M contract. It came in under budget and on-time! This isn't only at the state level, it's at EVERY level of goverment!!!!
And you know what? You can't blame the politicians. WE voted them in!!! Maybe YOU didn't, and maybe I didn't, but WE THE PEOPLE did!!! Shame on us for not DEMANDING more out of those we vote in. We get what we deserve.

Stafford Council Meeting Tuesday night ...
Voucher Resolution Authorizing the payment of bills
in the amount of $18,615,769.38.
The poor residents who showed up for Public Comment
session appeared to be left in the lurch ...
the council and mayor did not appear to have much
information and advised residents to speak to their insurance
companies ... I for one did not hear much in the way of
FEMA $$$ or cost of permits, etc.
The amount of time that has passed vs the type of information
provided last night was retarded ... lacking depth ...
just another kick down the road ...
Heard from a legal group the nearly 3,000 residents should be
looking into a class action law suit on who approved the
construction and codes vs the number of flood damages over
the amount of homes and when they were built at current flooding
conditions ... incremental storm water drainage systems ...
too many may have been allowed to build at out dated levels ...
has anyone ever looked at the area from the satellite???
40 x 80 foot lots on lagoons and crammed against each other,
a plan for disaster waiting to happen ...

OVER $10-MILLION NOT $18-MILLION ... typo.

Stafford Council Meeting Tuesday night ...
Voucher Resolution Authorizing the payment of bills
in the amount of $10,615,769.38.

Director Freeloader Kelly and Freeloaders
Approve $7.5 MILLION PAYMENT TO FLORIDA BASED
ASHBRITT FOR STORM DEBRIS REMOVAL ...
"COUNTY WILL NOT BE IN THE DEBRIS REMOVAL BUSINESS"
BARLETT'S TALKING OUT OF TWO SIDES OF HIS BRAIN...
THIS IS HIS QUOTE ... HE ALSO STATED THE DEBRIS REMOVAL
IS UP TO EACH TOWN ... THEY KNOW BEST???

As I told Keith I had hundreds of tapes about the corruption in Berkeley Township I find it is time to let them go. Yes it is time to upload all tapes 2 at a time for as many days to do all. This will be via YOU-TUBE I will send the link out all names will be BERKELEY TOWNSHIP CORRUPTION. The first is an employee telling me and my wife how a supervisor made them deliver furniture from Jackson to his home in Bayville and back to Jackson with a freezer. Then he tells me the supervisor asked and recieved a nude picture from a female vendor and he was going to buy stuff off her for the township and much more. Please this goes on and on with each tape i release. There is nasty language and cursing so please forgive me. But when you do this it must be done knowing thats going to happen. I hope the patch lets this be read by all so you will also see all the governoring bodies from the township to the county and the Governor knew of this by me. Even the prosecutors who said they wanted the tape and was investigating it then told me they decided not to because the higher politicians said not to because it will cause people to be locked up. NOW IT TIS TIME YOU ALL SEE WHAT REALLY GOES ON WITH TAXPAYERS MONEY FROM THEFT OF TIME, DRUGS WHICH YOU HAS TO BE TALKED ABOUT TO GET CONFESSIONS TO RACKETEERING, MOLESTING A FEMALE EMPLOYEE AND JUV ENILE AND MUCH MORE. The list goes on and then crimes are still being committed today with the phone calls and pictures I get. JUDGEMENT DAY IS HERE!!!

The Record-Star Ledger 0302-2013 - Probe to follow report that AshBritt hired felon's
unregistered company. "the state agency that regulates waste transporters and is charged with keeping criminal elements out -- said has started its own probe into whether the hauler inappropriately used another company's credentials to gain access to restricted dumping sites."
Both actions were in response to a report in the Record yesterday that the trucking company, Ace Materials was paid $250,000 by a disaster recovery company chosen by the Sandy clean up ... AshBritt a Florida company hired more than 100 subcontractors to do the bulk of the cleanup work.
The article goes on to report Ace worked directly for AshBritt but never registered with state or applied for decals through AshBritt... Instead it used decals from another licensed license holder Central Jersey Waste & Recycling. "Central Jersey is owned by Frank Fiumerfreddo, Jr hose father was booted from the industry for life, after pleading guilty in the 1990's to corruption charges."
Frank Fiumefreddo Senior was a one-time member of the GAMBINO criime family
and controlled Central Jersey Waste after his son bought it in 2003 through a consulting arrangement that hid his interest in the company.
Lawyers for Fiumefreddo and son said there was never an attempt to hide information ... denied the elder was associated with organized crime.
Star Ledger The Record 03-02-2013

Continued; Larry Hajna a spokesman for the DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION would not say if Central Jersey Waste was a focus of the investigation,
"We will be investigating if there was any inappropriate use of decals," he said.
He said it was too early to discuss possible penalties or other actions ... spokesman for AshBritt said they will conduct a "full internal audit of all documents to ensure other subcontractors are properly registered an licensed.

I the case of of the DEP or other state officials ...
Is this an example of the foxes watching over the chickens???

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Here is some wisdom! It's not about the same Freeholders winning votes again,or how people need to vote another in to see change.Why?Because they ALL know each other!From their lawyer friends who kiss butt, the good "ol boy's club in the justice system and on ward,hence one hand is continually washing the other. It's time for the "PEOPLE" to start campaigning against the corrupt, and for the "PEOPLE" to run for office! The offenders sit an laugh because they know right now the "PEOPLE" haven't truly acted out of fear, or laziness.The work that must be accomplished goes beyond a vote about who knows who, or who piles on better.It's time the community started to be a voice and truly take their community back!!