Birdsall, Local Municipalities' Engineering Firm, Indicted in 'Pay-to-Play' Scandal
Birdsall CEO and six others face serious charges
The former CEO of Birdsall Services Group and six other executives and shareholders were indicted Tuesday on charges they allegedly violated state pay-to-pay laws. The Eatontown-based firm has engineering contracts with many municipalities Monmouth and Ocean counties. In the scheme, instead of the company making corporate political contributions to campaigns and political organizations that would disqualify it from public contracts awarded by certain government agencies, shareholders and employees of the firm allegedly made personal political contributions of $300 or less, which are deemed unreportable, according to the attorney general's office. Under state law, personal political contributions under $300 do not have to be reported to the…
Tom Abbott
3:09 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Though many have forgotten, this is the same Birdsall group hired by newly elected Teaneck Council Member Adam Gussen (and recent Democratic congressional candidate) in 2006. This was shortly after being elected with the help of pay-to-play money from Bergen County Boss Joe Ferriero some of which could be tied directly to Birsall. For more info see http://election.tomabbott.net/PayToPlay/ more ›