Carlstadt Blog

Governor Corzine has added his weight to the fight to eliminate the last all-Republican Council in Bergen County.  He has unfairly linked Mayor Will Roseman to the corruption scandal that rocked NJ politics last month.  He has applied his executive order which suspends the approval of development applications in towns “where a mayor charged with a public corruption crime remains in public office”  to the borough.  The order, itself probably unconstitutional, was originally aimed at the mayor of Ridgefield, who has refused to resign in the light of the scandal.  The Gov’s decision to add Carlstadt to the mix is an example of pure dirty politics.

As one friend of the Carlstadt Blog puts it: “Punish the people of Ridgefield, as if they are supporting the mayor and don’t want him to quit and throw Carlstadt in purely for partisan spite.”

Let’s recap:

• 1999: After repeated attempts to engage the County prosecutor, the mayor takes it upon himself to expose a prostitution ring operating in Carlstadt.
• 2002: Skip ahead three years, after the  prosecutor’s office embarrassing role in the affair has died down, the prosecutor cenures Mayor Roseman for interfering in “police matters” for his actions in exposing the ring.
• 2001: The mayor gets divorced and the town clerk doesn’t change his wife’s marital status on insurance forms.  [The clerk is inundated with paperwork.  It's an honest mistake.]

The mayor makes no money from this error and because of HIPPA privacy laws is in no position to know this is going on.  His ex-wife, btw, is a corporate executive, has her own health insurance, and has no reason to steal.

• His ex whose place of work has the same health insurance as the town’s doesn’t notice the error. (it only applies to filled prescriptions and the bills are paid under the same carrier as her work insurance).
• After seven years, the error is brought to Will’s attention and he immediately pays back all the money ($7000), money he never received, and notifies the town council.
• The only Democrat on the council, Dave Hollenbeck, runs to the county prosecutor’s office and asks them to start an investigation.
• 2009: The mayor is indicted on corruption charges.
• August: Governor Corzine, in a fit of political opportunism, imposes his executive order on the people of Carlstadt.

The Governor’s action is Unfair, unwarranted, and unacceptable .  The mayor and people of Carlstadt shouldn’t be pawns in his political games.

Will Roseman must not resign!