[AsburyPark] Re: Hamilton Acquitted
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, kerry butch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just received a call that John Hamiliton was acquitted. Can anyone verify this? I can't help thinking that he was the most vocal oponent of the waterfront redevekopment plan and was taken down prior to the adoption of the plan. He was charged years after the plan was adopted. While I think nothing happens in a vacuum, I do not see conspiracies everywhere. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Re: Hamilton Acquitted
Kerry that is the dumbest conspiracy theory ever floated on this board. If John is aquitted, then I suspect it is exactly as I called it the day he was arrested - he appeared to have been entrapped. I saw a prosecutor from the US attorney's office practically brag about it on News 9 (and I called John and alerted him to it). When the Operation Bid Rig defendants went down, John was such a stand out. Most of the rest were Northern Monmouth Republicans who all knew one another and all took actual cash (although as time went by, more Monmouth Democrats were arrested). John had nothing to do with them and took no cash. Steffer, it appeared, was sent out to look for trouble, and seems to have fabricated the trouble himself with John. That's the gravaman of entrapment. The timing of the trial is excellent for an aquittal. Not just because people have big hearts at Thanksgiving - they are also busy. To find someone guilty, a jury has to go through the jury charge meticulously and make plenty of positve findings. That takes time. For a Not Guilty they don't, so fast verdicts usually means good news for a defendant. The jury got the case at 10:30. If they are done already, it looks good for John. I hope he wins. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, kerry butch kerrymbutch@ wrote: Just received a call that John Hamiliton was acquitted. Can anyone verify this? I can't help thinking that he was the most vocal oponent of the waterfront redevekopment plan and was taken down prior to the adoption of the plan. He was charged years after the plan was adopted. While I think nothing happens in a vacuum, I do not see conspiracies everywhere. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Re: Hamilton Acquitted
John Hamilton was charged with conspiracy. Tommy,what's your take on why they entrapped John? Kerry Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Re: Hamilton Acquitted
Kerry there is no motive. There is no why this happened to John Hamilton. You are still stuck on the idea that someone with an ulterior motive was tryng to get to him. Sometimes good police work goes too far, despite the best of intentions. That's what happened here. Bid Rig was a huge county- wide operation that started in 1999. Hamilton was not an intentional target of anyone (except Steffer). I was very uncomfortable reading about how the FBI sent Duke Steffer out to do the investigation himself about who might be willing to take a bribe and who might not be. That just sounds like a license for Steffer to set people up. Considering that Steffer is a lying, cheating felon, certainly I believe that guy could go too far. I think he did with John. In fact, in political circles around Monmouth, there are many people right now privately telling stories how Steffer tried to initiate contact with them, or even hand them money, but fortunatly, they turned him down. I don't blame John. One Sunday I was sitting on my couch watching football, and two strangers knocked on my door. The said they were doing a driveway down the street, and offered to seal mine with the leftover materials for $80.00. I let them. That's probably all that happened with John. Unfortunatly for him, the guy at his door was Steffer. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, kerrymbutch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Hamilton was charged with conspiracy. Tommy,what's your take on why they entrapped John? Kerry Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[AsburyPark] Re: Hamilton Acquitted
I don't blame John. One Sunday I was sitting on my couch watching football, and two strangers knocked on my door. The said they were doing a driveway down the street, and offered to seal mine with the leftover materials for $80.00. I let them. Five years ago, I got my driveway paved as well. Same thing. the left over from the house next door. My quoted price was around $1200 for a aveg 10 x 125'. To do it right, they had to grade the damn thing. Considering it was a common drive with my neighbor and the way I took care of it after every rain (scopping up the dirt at the bottom), I coudn't go wrong. When they were done (they had to get more tar - as there wasnt enough leftover they wanted to charge me double. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
