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Lynch -
25 years gone by.
25 years ago, I had sources telling me how Lynch and his cohorts were operating the redevelopment of New Brunswick. One was a N.B. cop. One was an accused arsonist with 30 arrests on his record. I interviewed him in jail.
One more reference to the wonderful job Lynch did in New Brunswick and I'll be ill. Any politico who comments about his successes and how these "proceedings" have marred an otherwise brilliant career should be investigated themselves.
Back then, I wrote a story about the working poor in New Brunswick who were frozen out of their apartments, so that the code official - a political hack - could post the condemned sign on the door. Can't occupy a building with no heat or hot water.
Tenants would pay their rents only to have the collector take off with the money. Then they'd be evicted for nonpayment.One family was burned out of the apartment they rented in a building owned by the police director's cousin. The magazine article was called "The Other 30-percent", after the quicky poll the city hired Eagleton Institute to do in reaction to my NYT's piece. The NYT's piece is up on the web under, 'Who is Asbury Radio?'. The magazine piece won a journalism award. (The Eagleton poll had showed that 70% thought redevelopment was good for New Brunswick.)
A lot more needed to be written, but my jailhouse source clammed up after a contract was put out on him. I wasn't alone though, he also refused to testify in court, which earned him an extra 6 mos. on his sentence, which he served in Trenton.
The Hungarian community that gave New Brunswick some of its rich history was largely forced out by the tax concessions Lynch made to his cronies.
The minorities and low income people were forced out to Franklin. Urban Removal.
25 years later, Lynch finally tripped up a la Al Capone. He didn't pay his taxes. That allowed Christie's office to come in and do the job the state and local authorities wouldn't touch and tell the story the press for decades wouldn't report. Does that make anyone in New Jersey feel warm and fuzzy?
Maureen
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