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Posted by Real Self Centered Opportunist on December 06, 2003 at 11:15:44:
In Reply to: Harvey's Actions Prove he is A REAL PIG posted by Another Menendez Stooge on December 05, 2003 at 21:48:25:
Harvey the HOG - Trying to Personally Gain at any chance he gets. Thank God he is only the interim Senator. : Hogging State jobs for three of his kids as soon as he is sworn into the temporary Senate positiion - UNBELIEVABLE ! : Greedy Harvey trying to grab anything that is not nailed down - what a disgrace. : I hear he wants to be like the rest of his City Council Voting Bloc and get on the county payroll also -- WHAT A PIG ! : Menendez is behind all of this ! : : : TRENTON - L. Harvey Smith was sworn in as a New Jersey state senator last week, and one of his first official acts was to put three of his children on the state payroll. : : Smith (D., Hudson) was indulging in a time-honored Statehouse custom - 18 fellow legislators also have hired relatives, at state salaries ranging from $500 to $55,000. : : But what passes as tradition in New Jersey is illegal in other states, and legislators here have decided it may be time for a change. : : . . . : : Smith is serving just two months to fill a vacancy - the previous officeholder became a judge - before he is replaced by Jersey City Mayor Glenn Cunningham. : : He said he hired his children for his district office because it was difficult to get anyone else to work for such a short period. : : He said he would support a nepotism ban - and somberly noted that his actions might appear to contradict him. "I feel like I'm saying one thing and doing something else," he said. : : ### : : To read the complete piece, click on the Link.
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