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NJ WATCHDOG NAMED “BEST INVESTIGATIVE BLOG” OF 2012
New Jersey Watchdog has been named “Best Investigative Blog” as part of the 2012 Fabulous 50 Blog Awards. The 4th annual list by Doug Ross is billed as “the most prestigious new media awards in the...
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WHAT GOV. CHRISTIE WON’T TELL YOU IN ‘STATE OF STATE’ SPEECH News Analysis by...
Gov. Chris Christie made a crucial decision last month on Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, his second-in-command who’s embroiled by scandal and entangled in a criminal investigation riddled with conflicts of...
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TAXPAYER TRAUMA! HOW NJ COPS ‘CLEAN UP’ ON DISABILITY PENSIONS Investigative...
Timothy Carroll retired at age 33. He claimed he was “totally and permanently” disabled by the trauma of seeing dead bodies while working as a sheriff’s officer in Morris County, New Jersey. “I...
View ArticleWATCH NBC 4 NEW YORK’S STORY ON NJ WATCHDOG’S DISABILITY PENSION INVESTIGATION
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View ArticleNBC 10 PHILADELPHIA ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH NJ WATCHDOG
NBC 10 Philadelphia, WCAU-TV, has announced an alliance with New Jersey Watchdog in pursuing investigative news stories. “NBC 10 News has formed a new partnership with New Jersey Watchdog,” anchor...
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GOV. CHRISTIE OFFERS JUDGESHIP TO DIRECTOR OF GUADAGNO PROBE Report by Mark...
Gov. Chris Christie has offered a judgeship to a state official who heads the agency investigating a pension scandal involving Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, Christie’s running mate. Christie submitted the...
View Article“THE OPERA AIN’T OVER UNTIL…”
Check out The Trentonian report on the Christie Administration’s attempt to bury the Guadagno pension scandal. Here’s the link to reporter David Neese’s story in the newspaper’s Feb. 17th edition:...
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DOUBLE-DIPS ADD UP TO MILLIONS FOR 45 ‘RETIRED’ SCHOOL CHIEFS Investigative...
Thomas Butler can take you to school on the study of double-dipping in New Jersey. Since he retired as a superintendent 18 years ago, Butler has held 23 jobs as an interim or temporary chief at public...
View ArticleJUDGE THIS! SENATE OKs GOV. CHRISTIE’S OFFER TO DCJ CHIEF Report by Mark...
Without asking questions, the New Jersey Senate rubber-stamped Stephen J. Taylor as Superior Court judge. The nomination of Taylor, director of the Division of Criminal Justice since 2010, sailed...
View ArticleSEE NBC 4 NEW YORK’S REPORT ON NJ WATCHDOG’S INVESTIGATION OF DOUBLE-DIPPING...
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View ArticleREAD THIS! GREAT NJ NEWSROOM COLUMN ON DOUBLE-DIPPING
New Jersey Watchdog gives two paws up to Pam Lobley’s column on double-dipping posted by New Jersey Newsroom. Check it out at:...
View ArticleTHE STORY BEHIND THE STORY OF DOUBLE-DIPPING SCHOOL CHIEFS
To commemorate Sunshine Week and the concept of open government, New Jersey Watchdog’s Mark Lagerkvist wrote an account story of his recent investigation on double-dipping school superintendents. Here...
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80 NJ State Police return to payroll to double-dip millions
By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog New Jersey State Lottery deputy director Duane Daniels hit a jackpot when he retired as a State Police captain at age 50. Daniels started collecting an...
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WHO BELONGS TO NJ’S $100K CLUB? HERE’S OUR LIST, A TO Z
The number of retired public workers receiving $100,000 a year or more in New Jersey state pensions has risen by nearly 50 percent in the past two years. Last year, membership in the $100K Club...
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HERE’S WHERE PUBLIC WORKERS GET THEIR $100K PENSIONS
Where do public employees work to get their $100,000-a-year pensions? Paterson leads all New Jersey local governments with 29 retirees getting six-figure pensions. The city is followed by Hoboken and...
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NJ WATCHDOG RANKS PENSION PAY OF $100K CLUB RETIREES
Who collects the biggest public pensions from the State of New Jersey? Former Jersey City school superintendent Charles Epps heads the list with a $195,000 annual pension. When he stepped down last...
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NJ’S ‘$100K CLUB’ OF RETIREES GROWS 50 PERCENT IN TWO YEARS Report by Mark...
New Jersey’s elite $100K Club of retired public officials is growing bigger and fatter. The number of retirees collecting more than $100,000 a year from state pensions hit 1,474 in 2012 – an increase...
View Article‘DISABLED’ COP RUMBLES ON REALITY TV & BEATS NJ FOR $70K PENSION...
On television, Joseph Derrico pursues a monster truck on foot, pulls the driver out of the vehicle and tosses him to the ground. He is on truTV’s “Bear Swamp Recovery,” a reality show on vehicle...
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View ArticleTough Love
So…any NJ “politician” out there with the GUTS and STRENGTH OF CHARACTER to demand the review necessary to take this (very likely PHONY) disability pension away? Or are you ALL cowards?
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