Report: Feds raid Kaiser home
By Editor
The Record is reporting that FBI investigators raided the home of Bergen County Utilities Authority Executive Director Leonard Kaiser, a partner in a grants consulting firm owned by Joseph Ferriero and Dennis Oury. Federal agents executive a search warrant at 7AM this morning at Kaiser's North Arlington home, where he was the longtime Mayor. Kaiser, a former Republican Freeholder, allegedly owns a 23% share in Governmental Grants Consulting, which was founded by Ferriero, the Bergen County Democratic Chairman, and Oury, the BCDO Counsel. Both were indicted in September.
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Syndicate
Just like when he was a kid
and they nailed his father and grandmother.
Bergen Voters
were blind to the corruption issue or was it the Obama voters who dont pay taxes and are clueless about the corruption. 09 will see a lot of Bergen Dems and their old Republican friends going to jail.
Let the house cleaning begin.
Update
NORTH ARLINGTON – Leonard Kaiser, whose home was searched this morning by the FBI , has resigned from the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, agency officials said today.
Kaiser, one of the agency’s commissioners and a former mayor of North Arlington, resigned a week ago in a letter submitted to commission Chair Joseph Doria.
In a copy of the Nov. 6 letter released by the commission today, Kaiser said he was leaving his post immediately. No explanation was given.
BCUA
Wonder if he will give up the 150,000 gig there? Wonder if he has any Encap involvement?
No one is going to jail
Obama won. In 3 months there'll be a new US attorney. He or she will be a good democrat and the indictments will all go bye-bye. They'll be plea-bargaining, probation, and some fines. There won't be any jail time. Timing is everything. Poor Wayne Bryant is toast, Boss Joe and his buddies will be fine.
Christie
Why did Christie allow the trail to be postponed knowing this? Could he use it as an issue when he runs for Gov. imagine 2 months before election and all charges get dropped or these guys plea down to nothing under a Dem AG.