Only in New Jersey, pity!
Don't get me wrong, influence peddling is an abomination a violation of the trust given those we entrust. However, in this state were the peddler to receive his unjust reward in the form of a political contribution rather than cash; no crime would be committed, no police force would be called, no investigation would be held and no one would lose a moments sleep. Pity! Skip Bernstein --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The County Prosecutor's Office has allowed an unbelievable amount of > corruption to go on within it's jurisdiction for what is now decades. It > follows that it would have been unwise for the US Attorney's Office to > include them. The Office has not recommended any changes that could help > the situation. New York and many other jurisdictions have a number of > systems in place to help reduce corruption. Kaye has not recommended any > kind of ethics review or ordinary administrative invetigation rules that are > used in NY. Kaye cannot be believed when he says he was pursuing > governmental corruption. Where are the results of any investigation? > Interviews of suspected corrupt officials would be a move made near the end > of an investigation. Monmouth County residents should have been outraged > long ago at the failures of that office. > > -----Original Message----- > From: SkipDragon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:50 AM > To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [AsburyPark] prosecutor's probe cut FBI sting short > > > > > Did prosecutor's probe cut FBI sting short? > > Published in the Asbury Park Press 02/24/05 > By JAMES W. PRADO ROBERTS and JASON METHOD > STAFF WRITERS > > Monmouth County Prosecutor John A. Kaye > > Interference from the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office compromised > an FBI undercover investigation that netted 11 public officials on > corruption charges, because county investigators were trying to learn > the identities of undercover agents and a cooperating witness, sources > said Wednesday. > > As a result, the U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI moved sooner than > they had planned when they arrested three mayors and eight other > public officials on Tuesday, the sources said. One source said county > Prosecutor John Kaye's actions "blew" the undercover phase of the > bribery sting. > > "Had the compromise not occurred, (the FBI) may have been able to go > longer," the second source said. > > Kaye acknowledged Wednesday night that his office is conducting its > own investigation into corruption in the county, but he hotly denied > any interference in the federal probe. > > Ten of the public officials were charged Tuesday with extorting at > least $45,000 in bribes plus a free driveway paving job from a > construction contractor, who was cooperating with the FBI, in exchange > for promises of government contracts. The 11th official netted in the > sting was charged with taking a profit of more than $10,000 in a phony > money-laundering scheme. > > On Wednesday, one of the mayors snared in the probe - prominent > Republican John J. Merla of Keyport - fired back at the FBI > investigation, proclaiming he was innocent and vowing to fight the > charges. "Yesterday I was shocked," Merla said. "Today, I'm pissed > off. I'm very upset. Now I got to face a year's worth of a trial. It's > a horrible thing." > > Two sources, meanwhile, independently confirmed details of the alleged > interference by Kaye's office. > > The Prosecutor's Office apparently opened its investigation after > Deputy Sheriff Allan D. Brunner committed suicide on Thanksgiving Day > in a cemetery in Keyport, one source said. Kaye contended his office > opened its investigation in July, shortly before detectives raided the > county Democratic Party headquarters in Hazlet. > > The sources, who agreed to discuss the situation on condition of > anonymity, contended Kaye's investigation appeared to be aimed at > learning the identities of federal undercover agents and cooperating > witnesses. > > The sources said Kaye's office initially agreed to halt its > investigation in December when county prosecutors were told the > federal government was in the midst of its own probe. But two weeks > ago, Kaye's office interviewed two targets of the federal > investigation - Keyport Mayor Merla and former Keyport Councilman > Robert L. Hyer. > > "In interviewing Merla and Hyer, they were interested, not in anything > they had done, but in what the feds were up to," one source said. > "They were seeking information on the undercover officers. . . . You > just have to ask yourself, why?" > > Both sources said Kaye's office also sent county investigators to > Florida to try to find Robert Steffer, who was the local contractor > and cooperating witness used by the U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI > to set up the bribery sting. > > "This was viewed as interference with the progress of the > investigation, and things had to be stopped sooner rather than later," > one source said. > > "They could not continue to do the undercover work because it was > being blown. And anything can happen when people think they are going > to be arrested," the source said. "Kaye knows there's a federal > investigation. The feds didn't know what he was trading with (Merla > and Hyer)." > > Mike Drewniak, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, would not > comment on the allegations. > > Prosecutor responds > > Kaye angrily denied the allegations in an interview Wednesday night. > > Kaye said his office had been running an "official corruption" > investigation since July. He said he repeatedly asked FBI officials > and the U.S. Attorney's Office for a meeting to discuss that probe, > and that his telephone calls were never returned. > > Kaye said he did speak by phone to U.S. Attorney Christopher J. > Christie three months ago and read him a list of 10 suspects. Christie > "appeared to mull it over. He said there was "No problem, go ahead,' " > according to Kaye. > > "That conversation as described by Prosecutor Kaye never occurred," > said Drewniak. > > The Monmouth County investigation is continuing and is not a parallel > investigation to the FBI probe, Kaye said. But it involves some of the > same people as the FBI targeted, Kaye added. > > Kaye, the longest-serving prosecutor in New Jersey, said his > detectives did speak with Merla and Hyer in connection with the > county's investigation. But Kaye said his investigators never talked > to Steffer, who was referred to in the criminal complaints - but not > by name - as a "cooperating witness." Some detectives went to Florida, > but are in Boynton Beach, not wherever Steffer is, Kaye said. > > "To imply that they were on the verge of nailing Al Capone until we > messed them up is outrageous and false," Kaye said. "We bend over > backwards to cooperate with every law enforcement agency in this > state. . . . We're stunned by this. . . . Now we're being accused > apparently of working against them. It's preposterous." > > Kaye said his office was asked by the FBI to avoid what he called an > informant, and his investigators complied with the request. > > "I continuously said, "Let's get together. Let's talk. Let's see where > we're going.' Dates were promised, and they never happened," Kaye > said. "How many times did we ask for meetings and meetings and > meetings? No talk. No nothing." > > He said he expects to make arrests from his investigation. > > Michael Pappa, a Red Bank attorney who represents Merla, confirmed > county investigators interviewed the mayor approximately two weeks ago. > > "(Merla) was not the target of the (county) investigation," Pappa > said, adding that some questions put to Merla by a county investigator > "were about a contractor who I assume is the same contractor in the > middle of the federal case." > > Audio and videotapes > > The criminal complaints filed Tuesday by the FBI read like scenes out > of the TV show "The Sopranos," in which envelopes of money change > hands at local eateries and conversations contain code words and > occasional profanity. One of the defendants even has a nickname - > "Joey Buses." > > What the public officials - representing six towns plus county > government - didn't know is that the FBI was recording them on audio > and videotapes, as part of Operation Bid Rig, the FBI's probe into > local public corruption. > > The 11 arrested: > > John J. Merla, 43, Keyport mayor. > > Robert L. Hyer, 63, confidential aide to County Clerk M. Claire French > and a former Keyport borough councilman. > > Paul Zambrano, 48, West Long Branch mayor. > > Joseph DeLisa, 48, a West Long Branch borough councilman. > > Paul Coughlin, 41, Hazlet mayor. > > Raymond J. O'Grady, 55, a Middletown township committeeman and head of > the county's central motor pool. > > Thomas Broderick, 55, assistant supervisor at the county Division of > Highways, a former Marlboro councilman and former county undersheriff. > > Patsy Townsend, 57, deputy county fire marshal and code enforcement > and emergency management official in Neptune. > > Richard J. Iadanza, 49, Neptune deputy mayor and police commissioner, > and director of the county Division of Highways. > > Joseph McCurnin, no age available, operations manager for the county > Division of Transportation. > > John J. Hamilton Jr., an Asbury Park councilman. > > All were charged with extortion except for Broderick, who was charged > with "laundering" tens of thousands of dollars from the unnamed > contractor's fictitious "loan-shark business." Each faces up to 20 > years in prison and a $250,000 fine. > > Merla said he was getting out of the shower when FBI officials came to > arrest him about 6 a.m. Tuesday. > > "I was grabbing the phone to call the police," he said Wednesday, when > reached at home. "I thought someone was breaking into the house." > > Merla said he will plead not guilty. > > In the criminal complaint filed against him, federal law enforcement > officials said Merla extorted $11,500 from Steffer, the cooperating > witness, who in turn received a $96,350 contract for his company, > Steffer Demolition of Ocean Township, for a borough bulkhead > demolition and repair job in December 2003. The contract called for > the emergency removal, disposal and grading of approximately 280 > linear feet of bulkhead. > > Merla said Steffer did a "great job" in repairing the bulkhead, which > was awarded as an emergency contract because of unsafe conditions there. > > Coughlin to plead innocent > > Pappa, a Hazlet-based attorney who is also representing Hazlet Mayor > Paul Coughlin, said that client also intends to plead not guilty when > he is arraigned. Through Pappa, Coughlin declined comment. > > "It's just mixed emotions," Pappa said of Coughlin. "There is anger, > because he feels he's been falsely accused. He's upset. Shocked. A > wide range of emotions." > > Coughlin is accused of taking a $3,000 payment to steer demolition > work to Steffer. But the job promised to Steffer instead was given to > a legitimate bidder, Lertch Wrecking of Wall. Lertch was not named in > connection with the FBI investigation, and was not the contractor > working with the FBI. > > Both Merla and Coughlin have expressed the belief that they were > caught up in a wide net of entrapment, Pappa said. He declined to > discuss what role the entrapment angle will play in his defense strategy. > > "The one thing I think is obvious here is the government has indicated > they have video and audio" of all 11 men arrested Tuesday, Pappa said. > "The videos will speak for themselves, but the audio may be subject to > interpretation based on what was said and what the intent was when a > person said something. We need to look at and consider that down the > road when those tapes are made available." > > Given that FBI officials said they made hundreds of recordings of the > 11 men arrested in the sting, Pappa said carefully scrutinizing every > tape will be "an enormous task." > > Asked how Coughlin was coping on the day after his arrest, the > attorney said, "I think the best advice anyone can give him is to > trust the system, and hope and pray it works for him - and that's what > he's going to do." > > In Neptune, Township Administrator Philip D. Huhn would not comment > Wednesday on the employment status of township code enforcement > official Patsy Townsend, who is charged with extorting a $1,000 bribe. > Huhn said he and other township officials have yet to fully review the > allegation but expect to do so soon. > > Decision up to Iadanza > > Huhn said Neptune Committeeman Richard Iadanza, charged in the sting > with extorting $3,000 in bribes, "will have to make his own decision" > about his future on the governing body. > > Attorney Edward J. Plaza of Red Bank, who represents Iadanza, said > Wednesday his client is not prepared to discuss plans for his > committee post. > > "We're still trying to find out what the charges are," Plaza said. > > Both Townsend and Iadanza also are employed by Monmouth County, and > both were suspended without pay by the county Tuesday after the > charges were announced. > > Charles J. Uliano, a West Long Branch attorney who represents both > Townsend and West Long Branch Mayor Paul Zambrano, also would not > comment Wednesday on the charges. Zambrano is charged in the sting > with extorting $15,000 in bribes. > > Public officials and political observers were intrigued yesterday > about the identity of unnamed Monmouth County officials described in > three of the complaints filed against the 11 defendants. > > The spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office said Wednesday that > individuals referred to by such titles as "Official #1" in complaints > against many of the accused were not necessarily the same person. Some > complaints referred to local officials, while charges filed against > Townsend, O'Grady and McCurnin all referenced county officials. > > County Counsel Malcolm V. Carton said he did not believe the payoffs > cited in the complaints involved any county operations. > > "There is no involvement with county government," Carton said. "This > doesn't go to county contracts and the operations of county > governments. It has to do completely with municipalities." > > Freeholders Amy H. Handlin, Theodore J. Narozanick and Thomas J. > Powers, and former Freeholders Harry Larrison Jr. and Edward J. > Stominski said they do not know the identities of the unnamed officials. > > Handlin said as the freeholder liaison to the finance department, she > is requesting all expenditures requested or approved by the suspect > department heads be reviewed. > > Staff writers Nina Rizzo, James A. Quirk, and Bob Cullinane > contributed to this story. James W. Prado Roberts: (732) 643-4223; or > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jason Method: (732) 643-4236 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050224/NEWS/502240334 > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "SkipDragon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Published in the Asbury Park Press 02/23/05 > > By KATHY MATHESON STAFF WRITER > > > > A handcuffed Keyport Mayor John J. Merla (left photo) frowns in > > response to a reporter's question after his arrest. Right: West Long > > Branch Mayor Paul Zambrano is taken out of the FBI office. > > Related Media > > * Thomas Broderick > > * Paul Coughlin > > * John J. Hamilton Jr. > > * Richard Iadanza and Joseph McCurnin > > * John J. Merla and Robert L. Hyer > > * Raymond O'Grady > > * Patsy Townsend > > * Criminal Complaints (in .PDF format) for: > > Paul Zambrano & Joseph DeLisa > > - advertisements - > > The FBI on Tuesday unveiled an undercover bribery sting in Monmouth > > County, rousting three mayors and eight other public officials from > > their homes in early-morning raids, clapping handcuffs on them and > > charging 10 of them with extortion. > > > > The 10 accepted at least $45,000 plus a free driveway paving job worth > > $5,000 in exchange for promises of government contracts, authorities > > said. The 11th was charged with money laundering for a profit of "more > > than $10,000." > > > > The criminal complaints filed by the FBI read like scenes out of the > > TV show "The Sopranos," in which envelopes of money change hands at > > local eateries and conversations contain code words and occasional > > profanity. One of the defendants even has a nickname - "Joey Buses." > > > > What the public officials - representing six towns and county > > government - didn't know is that the FBI was recording them on audio > > and videotapes. > > > > At the center of the sting - an extension of "Operation Bid Rig," the > > FBI's probe into public corruption in the area - was an unnamed > > cooperating witness who represented himself to officials as someone > > involved in a Florida-based construction business as well as loan > > sharking. He was occasionally accompanied by two "employees," who were > > really undercover law enforcement agents. > > > > U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie called the investigation the tip > > of the iceberg and vowed more names would be added to the list of > > defendants. > > > > "Just when you think that you've seen it all in New Jersey, we peel back > > > > another layer of the onion and see something uglier," Christie said at > > a news conference. "There is an epidemic in New Jersey of public > > corruption. . . . People (are) selling their offices for envelopes of > > cash." > > > > The bribery investigation was spearheaded by Edward J. Kahrer, > > supervising special agent of the FBI's area office in Tinton Falls, > > and three other special agents: William Waldie, Thomas Jobes and > > Donald Russ. > > > > "This case boils down to greed, ego and arrogance," said Joseph Billy > > Jr., special agent-in-charge of the FBI's New Jersey operations. > > > > Billy then quoted Kahrer in describing the impact of the sting: "The > > corruption in Monmouth County has been like an infection untreated, > > which has spread to threaten the health of the entire county. Today, > > we have applied the tough medicine. But only constant attention and a > > change in the environment will determine if the infection is > eradicated." > > > > The defendants are: > > > > John J. Merla, 43, Keyport mayor. > > > > Robert L. Hyer, 63, confidential aide to County Clerk M. Claire French > > and a former Keyport borough councilman. > > > > Paul Zambrano, 48, West Long Branch mayor. > > > > Joseph DeLisa, 48, a West Long Branch borough councilman. > > > > Paul Coughlin, 41, Hazlet mayor. > > > > Raymond J. O'Grady, 55, a Middletown township committeeman and head of > > the county's central motor pool. > > > > Thomas Broderick, 55, assistant supervisor at the county Division of > > Highways, a former Marlboro township councilman and former county > > undersheriff. > > > > Patsy Townsend, 57, deputy county fire marshal and code enforcement > > and emergency management official in Neptune. > > > > Richard J. Iadanza, 49, Neptune deputy mayor and police commissioner, > > and director of the county Division of Highways. > > > > Joseph McCurnin, no age available, operations manager for the county > > Division of Transportation. > > > > John J. Hamilton Jr., an Asbury Park city councilman. > > > > All were charged with extortion except for Broderick, who was charged > > with "laundering" tens of thousands of dollars from the unnamed > > contractor's "loan-shark business." Each faces up to 20 years in > > prison and a $250,000 fine. > > > > The accused made their initial appearances Tuesday afternoon in U.S. > > District Court in Newark before Magistrate Judge Ronald J. Hedges. All > > were released on personal recognizance with the stipulation that they > > cannot leave Monmouth County, except for work or case-related travel. > > The defendants also had to surrender their passports and firearms. > > > > Several of the men had private attorneys, but some were represented by > > the federal Public Defender's Office. Except for Hamilton, who asked > > about the penalties for the crime he was accused of, the rest waived > > the reading of the charges. > > > > "It's not fair," Hamilton said as he left the courthouse, adding that > > he believed he was set up. > > > > Most of the attorneys declined to comment. > > > > Eugene M. Lavergne, an Asbury Park lawyer representing Zambrano, said > > he had not reviewed the case or spoken to his client at length. "He > > said to me he just wants to go home," Lavergne said. > > > > Hazlet attorney Michael J. Pappa, representing Coughlin and Merla, > > said his clients plan to plead not guilty. > > > > Broderick, when asked by a reporter if he took a paper bag full of > > cash as alleged in the complaint, replied: "No, absolutely not. Who do > > you think I am?" > > > > A cooperating witness > > > > The central figure in the investigation is a contractor identified in > > the complaints only as "CW," an abbreviation for "cooperating > > witness." Authorities described him as being known to numerous > > officials in Monmouth County. > > > > The FBI complaints allege that: > > > > John J. Merla took $9,000 in cash on Sept. 11, 2003, from the > > contractor at a borough restaurant. The mayor wanted money to cover > > costs of a political fund-raising picnic in exchange for government > > work. Between December 2003 and February 2004, the contractor was > > awarded jobs for bulkhead removal and tree chipping. Merla accepted > > $2,500 more from the contractor for steering the bulkhead work, as > > well as cash payments in connection with other projects. > > > > Keyport Borough Administrator David Palmara confirmed that the > > bulkhead job, which he said was worth about $30,000, was given to > > Steffer Demolition of Ocean Township. > > > > In the same complaint, Robert L. Hyer was described by Merla as "our > > point guy" on projects steered to the contractor. For his role, Hyer > > allegedly took a $5,000 payment on June 18, 2003, outside a Neptune > > restaurant, as well as numerous smaller payments. Hyer was recorded in > > one conversation with the contractor saying: "We'll do whatever you > > want. . . . I know the game." > > > > Paul Zambrano accepted $5,000 in cash from the contractor on Sept. 30, > > 2003, at a Tinton Falls restaurant - $3,500 for Zambrano and $1,500 > > for Joseph DeLisa ($500 of DeLisa's payment was for the purchase of > > tickets to a DeLisa fund-raiser). In return, the contractor was > > promised municipal projects, including possible demolition work on the > > old West Long Branch borough hall. That contract has not yet been > awarded. > > > > On Oct. 16, 2003, the FBI says, Zambrano accepted $2,000 in cash from > > the cooperating witness at a Tinton Falls restaurant. On Nov. 18, > > 2003, at the state League of Municipalities conference in Atlantic > > City, DeLisa allegedly accepted an envelope with $1,500 in cash while > > Zambrano accepted $1,500 for himself and $1,000 for an unidentified > > official for help obtaining contracts in another Monmouth County town. > > Zambrano allegedly accepted two more payments: one for $4,000 on Jan. > > 29, 2004, and one for $1,500 at the league conference on Nov. 17, > > 2004, from an agent posing as an employee of the contractor. > > > > Thomas Broderick accepted more than $10,000 for laundering large sums > > of cash from the contractor's purported loan-sharking operation. > > Broderick became involved through an unnamed Keyport councilman who > > already had engaged in similar transactions with the contractor. In > > one transaction, Broderick accepted $50,000 in cash in a paper bag in > > a Tinton Falls restaurant on May 4, 2004. In return, Broderick wrote a > > check to the contractor for $45,000 and kept the difference in cash, > > which he later referred to using the code word "munchkins." > > > > "I wish I would have known you sooner," Broderick is quoted as having > > told the contractor. > > > > Patsy Townsend accepted $1,000 in cash from an "employee" of the > > contractor in exchange for steering future fire-related work > > (demolitions and such). The cash was exchanged during a party attended > > by several county officials and sponsored by the contractor at the > > League of Municipalities convention in Atlantic City in November 2004. > > Two county officials who had taken bribes from the contractor - > > including one that night - introduced Townsend to the contractor. > > > > Richard J. Iadanza accepted $1,500 on June 25, 2004, for future work > > to be steered to the contractor and as a reward for warning the > > contractor to steer clear of a county official who might be > > cooperating with law enforcement. He took another $1,500 on Nov. 17, > > 2004, in exchange for future government work for the contractor. > > Iadanza was repeatedly captured in recordings discussing other > > payments, including his belief that his vote in favor of someone in > > line for a $45,000-a-year municipal position entitled him to a $10,000 > > to $12,000 cash payment. > > > > The same complaint alleges that Joseph "Joey Buses" McCurnin accepted > > $1,000 for warning the contractor away from a public official who > > might be cooperating with authorities. > > > > Raymond O'Grady is accused of accepting $6,000 from undercover agents > > who he believed were employees of the contractor - one payment for > > $1,000 on Oct. 21, 2004, and one for $5,000 last Thursday - in return > > for future work. The meeting was set up by an unnamed county official > > who was not cooperating with authorities and who told the agents that > > O'Grady was politically well-connected and about to become mayor of > > Middletown. During the meeting with the undercover agents, O'Grady > > bragged he could "could smell a cop a mile away." > > > > "Mr. O'Grady should have his olfactory senses tested immediately," > > Christie said during the news conference. > > > > John J. Hamilton Jr. had the contractor install a paved driveway > > valued at about $5,000 or $6,000 for free at his home in August 2001 > > in exchange for the promise of municipal contracts. Hamilton > > subsequently asked the contractor for a $1,000 receipt in the event > > that he had to explain the driveway. FBI agents approached Hamilton in > > November 2002, at which time he falsely told the agents that he had > > received a discount because the contractor was doing other work in the > > area at the same time. > > > > Paul Coughlin took $3,000 in an envelope on May 19, 2004, from the > > contractor in exchange for future municipal work, including the > > demolition of Hazlet's town hall. That work was performed Sept. 4, > > 2004, by Lertch Wrecking of Wall and Freehold. > > > > Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark McCarren said Keyport was the only > > municipality where the contractor actually received work because of > > the bribes. > > > > "Our targets were far better on taking the money than they were on > > awarding the promised work," McCarren said. > > > > Pay-to-play "alive and well" > > > > The investigation stemmed from an earlier probe into corruption in > > Asbury Park that led to the convictions of former Mayor Kenneth E. > > "Butch" Saunders Jr. and his adviser, Rayfield James; former City > > Councilman James Condos; former housing authority Executive Director > > Kenneth Nixon; and former City Manager and former Ocean Township Mayor > > Terrance D. Weldon. > > > > And it comes at a time when public officials are under greater > > scrutiny. The Legislature is scheduled to convene a special session > > Monday to try to pass tougher ethics laws and a ban on pay-to-play, > > the practice of rewarding campaign contributors with government > contracts. > > > > "This news today shows that pay-to-play is alive and well in counties > > and municipalities," Assemblyman Steve Corodemus, R-Monmouth, said > > Tuesday. "It is now time to act for a comprehensive pay-to-play reform." > > > > Seventy-six public officials in the state - including those arrested > > Tuesday - have been charged with, been convicted of, or pleaded guilty > > to corruption charges in the past 37 months, according to Christie. > > The officials come from all corners of the state and include Democrats > > and Republicans, proving that corruption is "an epidemic," he said. > > > > Monmouth County Freeholder Thomas J. Powers said he doesn't believe > > corruption is widespread in the county - particularly in county > > government - even though six of the 11 officials arrested in Tuesday's > > sting are county employees. But he noted none of the alleged offenses > > dealt with county contracts. > > > > "Since I've been on the Board of Freeholders, I've never had any > > suspicions that anyone on the board had any dirty dealings," Powers > > said, adding, "If so, I would have walked" away a long time ago. > > > > But Christie noted one conversation cited in the complaints in which > > an unnamed county official said, "Nobody watches, nobody hears, nobody > > sees." > > > > "I am here to tell them that somebody watches, somebody hears, > > somebody sees and, most importantly, somebody acts," Christie said. > > "You would think that they'd get the idea by now." > > > > http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050223/NEWS/502230357 > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! 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