I’m tired of bringing this up, again and again. But, it’s still relevant, each and every time.

In 2014 Eric Jackson was elected Mayor of Trenton in very large measure because he promised to be the Anti-Tony-Mack. Whereas Mack was ethically and morally-challenged to the point of criminal prosecution and conviction, Jackson presented himself as Mr. […]

[As emailed to City Council members, 4-29-2016]

Good Afternoon –

At your upcoming Council session of May 5, you will deliberate Resolution #16-170, authorizing an Emergency appropriation to pay the US Internal Revenue Service the funds embezzled in 2015 by individuals associated with Innovative Payroll Services. I understand the grave nature […]

As e-mailed this morning, 3/15/16

Dear Mayor Jackson –

News reports today tell us that in a press conference yesterday, you announced that “the city’s outside labor counsel is reviewing its internal controls and any steps that can be taken to ensure there is no repeat of its payroll fiasco.” I am glad that you are […]

The headline for Cristina Rojas’ story posted on The Times of Trenton’s website yesterday is “How many red flags were missed over Trenton’s payroll problems?” I am glad that the press is looking at the documentation coming available about the multi-million dollar theft of city funds intended for payroll tax deposits with the IRS and […]

So here is the brief supporting the lawsuit that the City of Trenton filed on February 19 against the former vendor Innovative Payroll Services (IPS), its principal John Scholtz and Scholtz’s two daughters, who also worked at IPS. The case was filed in Mercer County’s Superior Court, not US District Court as […]

A couple of weeks ago, as the mystery regarding the City of Trenton’s missing tax millions deepened, I published a piece using the metaphor of a barking dog to explain my befuddlement at how this whole story had rolled out. Based on reporting in the local press, mostly by Cristina Rojas of the […]

As of this morning – Friday, February 26, 2016 – the most recent Press Release on the website of the City of Trenton is from February 5. That date happened to be the very day we first heard news about what turned out to be the theft of Millions of Dollars from the City of […]

At Thursday evening’s session of Trenton’s City Council, I addressed some remarks to the Members on the matter of the City’s payroll problems, which appeared on that evening’s Agenda in the form of a Resolution to grant an emergency contract to a new payroll service. This action was proposed in the wake of several media […]

Cronyism and corruption. These are not words that should ever be associated with public service and yet, too often, they are.

Politicians elected by their fellow citizens to improve the quality of life for their constituents too often end up taking advantage of their office for personal gain.

Taxpayers who believe […]