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< 17-Jul-99 >

< just asking 18-Jul-99 >

< Question 18-Jul-99 >

< RUDY 18-Jul-99 >

< Lenny 18-Jul-99 >

< Ninna 18-Jul-99 >

< WOW ? 18-Jul-99 >

< WOW ? 18-Jul-99 >

< wise cynic to wow 18-Jul-99 >

< FINALLY!!! 19-Jul-99 >

< Laura 19-Jul-99 >

< Not Surprised 19-Jul-99 >

< REASON 20-Jul-99 >

< Yours Truly 20-Jul-99 >

< RE: Yours Truly 21-Jul-99 >

< When the Feds visit Town Hall ... 23-Jul-99 >

< JUST PASSING BUY 24-Jul-99 >

< Cowards? 24-Jul-99 >

< Amy re: Cowards 24-Jul-99 >

< Roy Re: Cowards 26-Jul-99 >

< I hope they can 26-Jul-99 >

< MR. INPUT 28-Jul-99 >

< Mr. INPUT 28-Jul-99 >

< Mr. INPUT 28-Jul-99 >

< After who? 28-Jul-99 >

< an insider 28-Jul-99 >

< 28-Jul-99 >

< To: After Who? 29-Jul-99 >

< to ROY 29-Jul-99 >

< The Biggest Moron in Clark 29-Jul-99 >

< Question for the day 30-Jul-99 >

< Amy re the Biggest Moron 30-Jul-99 >

< Kickback? 30-Jul-99 >

< What a coincidence... 31-Jul-99 >

< Eustace P. Van Sandt, SFPD 31-Jul-99 >

< To Eustance 31-Jul-99 >

< Al Kaholic to Eustace 31-Jul-99 >

< Sam *my perspective on the mayor* 31-Jul-99 >

< FYI from Home News Tribune 31-Jul-99 >

< Ellenport - fool, or...? 03-Aug-99 >

< Subject: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >
< Date: 17-Jul-99 >

YOUR VIEWS ABOUT IT?

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >just asking
< Date: 18-Jul-99 >

Is Ellenport the target of the probe and why?

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >Question
< Date: 18-Jul-99 >

Is Mrs Soyka and Bill Kuchar involed in the couverup?

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >RUDY
< Date: 18-Jul-99 >

Does anyone know any thing about whats going in Clark? I moved out last year.

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >Lenny
< Date: 18-Jul-99 >

Ijust don't trust that big jerk Kuchar.he is just as bad as ELLENPORT.

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >Ninna
< Date: 18-Jul-99 >

ROY , Whats going on in that town, you always know When will this all stop? I don't tell people I live in this town. Thanks to this MAYOR.

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >WOW ?
< Date: 18-Jul-99 >

The U.S. Attorneys Office thats hot. Will clark Go national? Let us know more.

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >WOW ?
< Date: 18-Jul-99 >

The U.S. Attorneys Office thats hot. Will clark Go national? Let us know more.

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >wise cynic to wow
< Date: 18-Jul-99 >

Clark is not going anywhere but Down.

Ellenport is not going anywhere either. Unless you mean on to bigger and better - the trend in the USA is to reward corrupt or dishonorable politicians.

The U.S. Attorneys Office ? Doesn't scare Dems at all.

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >FINALLY!!!
< Date: 19-Jul-99 >

I and the many others who have written to these threads to expose the Truth about Ellenport and his Administration and Council lackeys are finally on the verge of Vindication.

Now that the Federal Government has stepped in, let's see how Ellenport squirms out of this...they're going in looking for one thing, but my guess is that along the way, they'll find more than they even bargained for...I think Ellenport's political career is coming to an abrubt end.

And not a moment too soon.

Roy

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >Laura
< Date: 19-Jul-99 >

Vindication ? I wonder.

A legal system that endorses SELECTIVE lying under oath or acquits a murderer and nurtures political corruption cannot be depended upon to view evidence in the same way as those of us who are not lawyers and have always played by the rules .

WE would face consequences that these favored few never have to think about, much less, fear.

I am of the same school of thought as the cynic who posted on another thread. As a Dem, Ellenport, (talented as he is) has little to worry about from this Justice Dept....

......Unless, THESE U.S. attorneys are NOT part of the same Dept. of 'Justice' that has lost the respect and confidence of ordinary taxpayers.

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >Not Surprised
< Date: 19-Jul-99 >

The Mayor's bankrupt and unemployed. Will anyone be surprised if an investigation turns up foul play? This is why the Mayor should do the honorable thing and resign. His personal circumstances make it impossible to trust him and government can't function without public trust. The other mystery is how he won re-election. Did people not know the Mayor's circumstances or did they know and not care?

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >REASON
< Date: 20-Jul-99 >

Clark Dems vote for crooks they don't care

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >Yours Truly
< Date: 20-Jul-99 >

Oh and the Rep. do

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >RE: Yours Truly
< Date: 21-Jul-99 >

It's obvious from the inane statements this individual makes on these threads that he is a die-hard democrat, one of those my-party-right-or-wrong types, they kind of person who would still support Ellenport and his hoodlums even if they were all led away in handcuffs. As John K said, he adds nothing to these threads. Chances are he is one of the puppets Ellenport has, whose mission is to distract people from the issues posted and discussed here. The fact that he tries to discredit me adds credence to that conclusion.

Roy

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >When the Feds visit Town Hall ...
< Date: 23-Jul-99 >

I hope they don't park their fleet of cars on the gravel parking lot behind Dawn Drive. Maybe someone should inform them about the illegality and environmemtal hazzards caused by the parking lot.

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >JUST PASSING BUY
< Date: 24-Jul-99 >

do you notice how every one stoped posting on the site I think you are all COWARDS.

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >Cowards?
< Date: 24-Jul-99 >

16 posts in one week.

That's plenty buddy. Maybe you lost count because all your guys were very busy using your paper shredding machines this past week/weekend.

Don't worry, if you can't destroy documents - you can always claim that you lost them. Mr. E has used this tactic countless times in the past.

JUST PASSING THROUGH

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >Amy re: Cowards
< Date: 24-Jul-99 >

Hi there. I hope this post reassures you that YOUR post about cowards was just wishful thinking on your part.

The site, 'as any fool kin plainly see' is alive and well . Why would anyone not post? Unless one has nothing to say. But even that never stops anyone from posting.

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >Roy Re: Cowards
< Date: 26-Jul-99 >

It's summer; people go out on weekends; people are on vacation; I myself have spent the last two weekends out of town, and will do so again next weekend.

The Federal Government's actions speak for themselves: THEY know there's something rotten in Ellenportville, and have taken steps to find out what. Perhaps the fact that the Feds are on Ellenport's case also made some people feel they can take a brief break from posting. Let Big Brother take it from here...?

Roy

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >I hope they can
< Date: 26-Jul-99 >

I hope the government can find out the underhanded things Ellenport has been doing in town and which he has been smart enough to do without getting caught. Anyone want to start a pool on what month they will haul the Mayor off to jail?

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >MR. INPUT
< Date: 28-Jul-99 >

6 mounths ?

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >Mr. INPUT
< Date: 28-Jul-99 >

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >Mr. INPUT
< Date: 28-Jul-99 >

I hope it is October of next year. Maybe the voters of Clark will not forget so close to election day, like they did last time.

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >After who?
< Date: 28-Jul-99 >

Sounds like the feds are after the companys that clark did buisness with not the town council. The newspaper says they are investigating the companys not the council. What illleagal and underhanded things did the mayor do in this instance? Sounds like the town got screwed by two companys and now the faeds are investigating. Do you people have any clue what you are talking about?

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >an insider
< Date: 28-Jul-99 >

Could it be that some of the overbilling or billing for work not done made it back to some individuals? Think about it?

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >
< Date: 28-Jul-99 >

Like a person without a job and in danger of losing their residence

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >To: After Who?
< Date: 29-Jul-99 >

Of course, the Feds are investigating certain companies...but along the way, they will also be looking for any irregularities on the part of politicians who have dealt with said companies.

And Ellenport having cost the taxpayers of CLark so much money through several gaffes while dealing with these companies, should send up a red flag to the Feds to look extra closely at what has been going on in Clark.

Roy

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >to ROY
< Date: 29-Jul-99 >

We know you are correct about Ellenport, but I see him as too smart a man to enable this investigation to turn up anything negative against him. As horrible as he is, he's not dumb. John K.

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >The Biggest Moron in Clark
< Date: 29-Jul-99 >

I am the Biggest Moron in Clark. I am someone who thinks the Feds are after all these totally unrelated companies, and not anyone in Clark.

Clark just happens to be a common denominator.

Clark just happens to be the only town that constantly gets screwed by these companies.

Clark, a TOWNSHIP which pays no taxes to the federal government, just happens to be the target of an I.R.S. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. The I.R.S.! NOT the F.B.I.!

Although I am the Biggest Moron in Clark, I know that other morons also think that this investigation has nothing to do with any Clark Township official.

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >Question for the day
< Date: 30-Jul-99 >

Clark got screwed by these companies. That much we know. The unanswered question is whether anyone in Clark got any hidden benefit out of all of this (like a kickback).

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >Amy re the Biggest Moron
< Date: 30-Jul-99 >

Are you self appointed or did the other morons elect you to the title of the biggest moron?

You don't have a clue as to WHAT is being investigated, why, or by whom. Agencies often share information which might warrant scrutiny by other agencies.

It is SUFFICIENT that an investigation is taking place. This administration is involved in something whether criminal or merely STUPID. Take your choice. Both options indicate ineptitude on the part of Clark government. The administration might be unwitting (witless) accomplices.

Whoever these Feds are,I hope someone shows them our pride and joy. No, not the Mayor. I am referring to our LANDMARK CLOCK .

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >Kickback?
< Date: 30-Jul-99 >

Funny you should mention the Clock. The Clock was a kickback, disguised as a "gift", but nobody said anything about that.

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >What a coincidence...
< Date: 31-Jul-99 >

What a coincidence that Clark took all those "screwings" from all those companies under Ellenport's watch…or is it just a coincidence…?

Roy

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >Eustace P. Van Sandt, SFPD
< Date: 31-Jul-99 >

There is nothing to worry about. These routine IG/XPM visits are quite routine for municipal governments under the new federal mandates outlined by the "Promulgation of Federal Administrative Efficiencys, Heuristics and Informatics" Consortium held in Shreveport last November.

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >To Eustance
< Date: 31-Jul-99 >

What?

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >Al Kaholic to Eustace
< Date: 31-Jul-99 >

Nobody is worried.

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >Sam *my perspective on the mayor*
< Date: 31-Jul-99 >

Regardless of what the Federal Government is looking into, it is remarkable how Ellenport's entire two terms in office have been spent defending himself against charges of corruption. It's never just one thing with him either. Tack on all the problems in his personal life and it's actually mind blowing that he's allowed to continue as Mayor of Clark.

The ineptitude of the Council is glaring now. Is this the best that Clark can offer? With someone such as Ellenport as Mayor, the Council must have its own voice to be able to watch over the Mayor properly.

Sadly, we all suffer.

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >FYI from Home News Tribune
< Date: 31-Jul-99 >

July 31, 1999 Probe of Clark records spreads to schools, Rahway

Published in the Home News Tribune

By SUZANNE C. RUSSELL

STAFF WRITER

An Internal Revenue Service probe that started with the subpoena of Clark municipal documents concerning a mid-1990s environmental cleanup project is expanding with subpoenas also served to the township school district and Rahway municipal officials.

Rahway Mayor James Kennedy and Clark Superintendent of Schools Dr. Paul J. Ortenzio confirmed their offices received subpoenas requesting documents related to the removal of underground oil-storage tanks several years ago by Environmental Control Technologies Inc. in Mahwah, a Bergen County company that also did work for Clark.

The subpoenas request records from 1992 to the present relating to both Environmental Control Technologies Inc. and its president and owner, F. Jeff Javadi. Neither the company nor Javadi could be reached for comment yesterday. There is no telephone listing for them at their Mahwah address.

Judy Kuzma, an IRS spokeswoman for the New Jersey division, yesterday would neither confirm nor deny the existence of an investigation. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark recently had the same comment.

Clark Township Councilman Sal Bonaccorso has said officials are unaware if anyone in the township is a target of an investigation because details have been sketchy.

Clark Mayor Robert S. Ellenport said the fact that the subpoenas extend beyond Clark "speaks for itself."

He added Clark's procedures have been examined by a council committee and an "independent outside third party," including the state of New Jersey. He said the reviews found government procedures were followed and no money was missing.

"The IRS wanted to know how much (the contractor) was paid by Rahway," said Kennedy, who could not recall how much the city had paid for the storage tank work. Frank C. Ruggiero, city chief financial officer, could not be reached for comment yesterday.

Kennedy said Environmental Control Technologies was the low contract bidder for work done several years ago to remove underground storage tanks at City Hall, the Public Works yard, the Main Street firehouse and the former Claude Reed Center on Irving Street.

"We had problems not with the quality of work, but them not producing," said Kennedy. A large hole was left where the tank was at City Hall, and the city stopped payment. The hole no longer exists.

Ortenzio said the school district received a subpoena on July 14 requesting any and all records for oil storage tanks as well as any environmental cleanup work on school property. "I complied with the subpoena and submitted the documents to the representative of the IRS," said Ortenzio, adding the documents were turned over more than a week ago.

From 1994 to 1997, the school district used three different companies, Eastern Environmental in Oldwick, Hunterdon County; Environmental Control Technologies, and Lutz of Elizabeth to remove underground oil-storage tanks as part of a state Department of Environmental Protection mandate to all municipalities and school districts.

The Clark school board and municipal government had a joint contract with Environmental Control Technologies Inc. in 1995 to remove underground storage tanks. The company removed an underground tank at the administration building along with contaminated soil around the tank. Ortenzio said the tank and soil removal cost the school district $77,255.

Two weeks ago, Clark received subpoenas for documents involving payments, bids, contracts, invoices and other written documents concerning any environmental cleanup of township property, removal of oil-storage tanks from township property and the production of township zoning and tax maps.

The township paid Environmental Control Technologies Inc. $1.3 million to remove six underground oil-storage tanks on township property between the fall of 1994 and spring 1995. Though the cost was expected to be $187,000 without the soil removal charges, officials said the amount of contaminated soil as well as the removal of tanks larger than had been expected led to the higher charges.

Bonaccorso said the township paid Sena Industries and principal Mahmood Saeedi of South River $140,000 for the map work in summer 1994, but the work was not completed after the company went out of business. "We have to spend additional money to get the job completed. We didn't receive what we paid for," Bonaccorso said.

Saeedi's telephone number was not in service yesterday.

< Subject: RE: Feds after Clark Dems >
< From: >Ellenport - fool, or...?
< Date: 03-Aug-99 >

Of course the Feds are after the companies involved with Lutz, the Tax maps, etc.; but while other towns were only involved with ONE of these companies, Clark was "milked" by ALL of them in one way or another. And WHO has been at the helm all the time these companies have been ripping off the township? None other than Bob Ellenport. His defenders might say he was simply "duped". If so, that doesn't say much for him as a leader. If he WAS duped, the Clark is lucky someone didn't approach him with the sale of the Brooklyn Bridge. Or a chance to "buy" a section of the Parkway and keep the tolls collected thereon…

The other alternative, that he WAS NOT "duped"…well, that leads to other, more unpleasant questions and speculation…but that's for the Feds to determine. If he is innocent of any wrongdoing, then he was just gullible - which is not a crime.
Too bad his repeated gullibility has cost Clark taxpayers hundreds of thousands of their Tax dollars.

Either way, Ellenport's association with these unscrupulous companies gets him my nomination for the Friend of Corporate Con Men No-Prize.

Roy  :)