To all of the Good & Honest People of Lodi, NJ.....

             and a Healthy Happy New Year!

Sad but True.

In todays news....

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/investigations/watchdog/shield/2018/09/20/police-misconduct-nj-troubled-cops-hidden-misconduct/1339148002/

and why is Lt. LaRosa the ONLY Lodi Police Officer to make the list?

Yahooooo, Lodi makes number 1 !!!!!

Very rarely does Lodi, NJ take first place on anything....

 https://www.nj.com/data/2018/09/school_taxes_are_hammering_people_in_these_23_nj_t.html#incart_2box_nj-homepage-featured

Makes us all proud....(Not)

 

The exploitation of women is OK for some people.

When you are a Borough Councilman, a Planning Board member and on the Board of Directors at the Lodi Boy's & Girls Club, a former Coach, etc.

Why would the public trust your judgement ?

Sign a document........

YOU OWN IT......

LIES AND ALL......

another re-post. Lodi's connections.

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

George Santayana

The following is just a "snippet" of Lodi's history…….

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.thebird.copwatch/4jBXTjm7UpQ

8/5/98
Another Lodi cop charged in probe
                Tuesday, August 4, 1998
                By DANIEL SFORZA
                Staff Writer
A Lodi police officer who once did business with a member of the Genovese crime family was arrested Monday for allegedly assaulting and threatening to kill the owner of a massage parlor
that is at the center of an investigation into police misconduct.

Lt. Vincent Caruso, 31, of Saddle Brook is the third officer charged with official misconduct
since the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office sent monitors into the Lodi Police Department
nearly three weeks ago.

"This is a Prosecutor's Office that just wants to arrest cops. Period," said Caruso's attorney,
Robert Galantucci. "He has latched on to cops the way Ken Starr has latched on to the White House."

Caruso was charged with misconduct for "physically assaulting and threatening to kill" Luke Hoffman, owner of the Ultima Spa on Terhune Avenue, according to a statement from Bergen County Prosecutor William H. Schmidt.

"Mr. Galantucci is representing a client and speaking as a defense attorney," Schmidt said
Monday. "He seems lately to want to attack individuals instead of defending his clients."

Several Lodi businesses, including Ultima Spa and East Coast Body Builders on Garibaldi
Avenue, are part of an investigation by the FBI and the Prosecutor's Office into Lodi police
officers and their possible connections to prostitution, gambling, and the Genovese crime family, police and local officials said.

(sidenote)
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/07/nyregion/gym-housed-fraud-ring-federal-officials-say.html

On July 16, Schmidt sent two senior investigators to work in the department to protect public
safety and the integrity of the investigation. Neither federal authorities nor Schmidt has disclosed details of the probe.

"It's going to take awhile," Schmidt said. "We are continuing with the investigation and certainly
the investigation will have to proceed in front of a grand jury."

Schmidt said several Lodi officers have turned in their comrades.

"I think it's commendable that there is no blue wall of silence," said Schmidt, referring to an
unwritten practice of police officers protecting their own. "I am very proud of the Lodi police
officers who are standing up for the integrity of their department by being willing to charge
fellow officers for criminal wrongdoing."

Part of that alleged wrongdoing occurred at the Ultima Spa, the site of a suspicious fire in
1996 and a prostitution raid by police earlier this year. Caruso was present at that raid, as
well as at other massage parlor busts within the past year, Lodi Mayor Philip Toronto said.

During the raid, Caruso arrested Hoffman, took him into the back of a squad car, and told the massage parlor owner not to spread rumors about him, Toronto said.

Toronto, who said there is an audiotape of the episode, said Hoffman was an FBI informant.

The investigation into the 31-member police force, which some say began two years ago,
heated up after the indictments in April of 14 people, including John Gatto -- the son of Louis "Streaky" Gatto -- who federal authorities say has run the North Jersey faction of the Genovese crime family since his father was sent to prison in 1991.

(sidenote)
Cafe d el vagabond, now the 17 Summer restaurant. The Cuccia family purchased the property from the Manfredi family in 2015.(Manfredi is another well known Lodi Family.) The Cafe/Social Club was a favorite hangout for Louis “Streaky” Gatto and his son-in-law, Alan Wolshonak, a/k/a/ Alan Grecco.

http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/746/432/1757002/

This one reads like a movie,
http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/924/491/224083/

http://openjurist.org/488/f2d/588/united-states-v-manfredi

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2002&dat=19720811&id=yrIiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=abMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1621,3059477&hl=en

Among those indicted with Gatto was John Giaquinto, who owns the Hasbrouck Heights
businesses Tees for Two Inc. and The Cigar Den.

According to the indictment, Giaquinto -- known as "John John" -- participated in the "collection
of unlawful debt and acts of extortion."

Giaquinto has had business dealings with Caruso, a fellow cigar aficionado and entrepreneur, Galantucci said. "I think he sold him some equipment, humidifiers," Galantucci said of the relationship. "They weren't partners." (sure they weren't, & Vin Martin wasn't his friend either)

Caruso used to own a cigar kiosk in Paramus Park mall, which he sold to Giaquinto,
Galantucci said. Giaquinto ran the kiosk as a subsidiary of The Cigar Den before pulling the
plug several months ago.

Now Caruso runs his business strictly on the Internet, where he sells Al Capone, H. Upmann,
Macanudo, and other cigar brands.

(sidenote)
City Cigar
Company Name:   City Cigar
SIC Code:   5311
SIC Description:   Retail shops
Phone Number:   2015835000 (+1-201-583-5000)
Fax Number:   2015870685 (+1-201-587-0685)
Web Address:   CITYCIGAR.COM
Email:   sales@citycigar.com
Country:   U.S.A. - United States
State:   NJ - New Jersey
City:   ROCHELLE PARK
Address:   181 South Street
ZIP Code:   07662

During an interview several weeks ago anticipating his arrest, Caruso proclaimed his
innocence. "I can tell you this. I didn't do a thing," he said. "That's all I got to say."

Giaquinto didn't return calls to his businesses Monday.

"It's just an overzealous prosecutor playing with his hobby horse," Galantucci said Monday.
"Some prosecutors direct their attentions at drug dealers. This one has decided that he is
going to go after police."

The investigation into Caruso was conducted by Chief Roger W. Kane of the Prosecutor's
Office, Capt. Joseph Caiati of the Lodi Police Department, and members of the Lodi police
force. If convicted, Caruso, whose salary is $67,000, could receive 10 years in prison and
fines of up to $150,000. Bail was set at $10,000.

"Shortly after the raid, Bergen County prosecutor, William Schmidt, made a motion to have all charges against Caruso dismissed. Caruso was reinstated and promoted to deputy chief, and he currently runs the day-to-day operations of the Lodi Police Department and will collect a reported $200,000 in back pay. "

Lodi Police Chief Edward Kukalski did not return calls Monday.

Caruso's arrest marks the second from the department in a week. On July 28, Officer
Christopher Perrelli was charged with using his position as a police officer in an unlawful and
unauthorized manner to obtain a benefit for another.

Perrelli was questioned by law enforcement officials about his association with East Coast Body
Builders, sources said. Perrelli works out at the gym, the sources said.

(sidenote)
LODI COP RE-INDICTED IN GYM CASE -- OFFICER ACCUSED OF TIPPING OFF OWNER ABOUT
CORRUPTION PROBE
By CHRISTOPHER MUMMA, Staff Writer
Date: 10-29-1999, Friday
Section: NEWS
Edition: Four Star B, Also in Three Star B
A Lodi police officer whose indictment on corruption charges was
thrown out last month by a Superior Court judge has been indicted again
on similar charges.
The case against 29-year-old Christopher Perrelli centers on his
alleged involvement with the owner of East Coast Body Builders, a Lodi
gym that has been a key part of an ongoing federal and …

The Garibaldi Avenue gym was at the center of a fraudulent credit-card ring, according to a 1997
federal indictment. The gym served as a clearinghouse for stolen goods and fake American
Express credit cards, according to federal documents filed in the fraud case.

http://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/07/nyregion/gym-housed-fraud-ring-federal-officials-say.html

County and federal investigators are trying to determine whether Lodi police officers helped
protect that ring or had other associations there, officials and other sources have said.

The first officer to be arrested was Sgt. Ernesto Iodaci, who was charged July 17 with using his
position in an unlawful and unauthorized manner to injure others through a pattern of abuse.
Iodaci, 37, whose salary is $63,000, also was charged with using his office to illegally obtain benefits. The 11-year veteran's arrest is not thought to be connected with the probe into
organized crime, sources said.

Both Iodaci and Perrelli have been suspended without pay.

https://www.policeone.com/archive/articles/35059-Witness-says-cop-offered-ticket-fix-traffic-summonses-could-disappear-Lodi-NJ/

  Borough Manager Joseph Dominic declined to comment on Caruso's arrest, referring all
calls to the Prosecutor's Office, but did say that it is borough policy to automatically suspend
without pay any employee who is charged with a crime.


The writer of this article is a reporter with the publication,"The Record". According to his LinkedIn page, he was a Municipal Reporter at the time…

"Municipal Reporter
The Record
June 1994 – June 2000 (6 years 1 month)

Covered a variety of municipalities in Northern New Jersey.
Wrote about everything from municipal budgets to education to corruption.
Was responsible for filing daily stories and developing longer term work."

https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-sforza-3792aa7

AGAIN, ALL OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS  PUBLIC INFORMATION EASILY FOUND ON THE INTERNET. 

CERTAIN PERSONS MAY NOT LIKE THE INFORMATION TO BE PUT BACK INTO PUBLIC VIEW, AND ATTEMPT TO HAVE IT DELETED LIKE IT NEVER EXISTED.  BUT, IT DID HAPPEN,  DOES EXIST.

RE-POST

Thursday, July 7, 2016

It's all about networking & connections, right? part -2-

Fantastic as it sounds, Tony G's EX-wife is big in Bergen County Politics, and is a former Mayor of South Hackensack……

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosina-romano-b069aa8

http://www.district36gop.com/rosina-romano.html

http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Rosina-Romano/179149195

http://www.northjersey.com/news/ex-mayor-of-south-hackensack-ends-bergen-freeholder-bid-1.1239860 

The next piece of property owned by Acciardi is behind the old Harry's Corner in South Hackensack, 344 Main Street.

The Business shown on this property is "J's Auto….

From John John's facebook page, Note the push for PrimeTime Bar

Yep, that would be John Giaquinto, as in John John Giaquianto, cousin to Anthony "Tony" Giaquinto.

John John is best described as an all around "entrepreneur", has owned several different types of businesses;

The Cigar Den (City Cigar from Vincent Caruso)
Tee's For Two, Inc.
Barrel Boy's, Inc.
On Site Johnny Waste Services Llc
JJ Giaquinto Enterprises, LLC
J's Auto
http://www.jautosource.com/default.aspx

John John Giaquinto was also implicated by Luke Hoffman in the Ultima Spa Raid in Lodi.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.thebird.copwatch/4jBXTjm7UpQ
THIS IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE ABOVE ARTICLE;
"The investigation into the 31-member police force,
which some say began two years ago, heated up
after the indictments in April of 14 people, including
John Gatto -- the son of Louis "Streaky" Gatto --
who federal authorities say has run the North Jersey
faction of the Genovese crime family since his father
was sent to prison in 1991.

Among those indicted with Gatto was John
Giaquinto, who owns the Hasbrouck Heights
businesses Tees for Two Inc. and The Cigar Den.

According to the indictment, Giaquinto -- known as
"John John" -- participated in the "collection of
unlawful debt and acts of extortion."

Giaquinto has had business dealings with Caruso, a
fellow cigar aficionado and entrepreneur, Galantucci
said. "I think he sold him some equipment,
humidifiers," Galantucci said of the relationship.
"They weren't partners." "

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=132688&page=1

http://articles.latimes.com/2001/apr/12/news/mn-50110

http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/brothel-bust-nets-21-cops-article-1.916478

John John and his wife Lesley live in Hasbrouck Heights and have two daughters.


Lesley Bruno Giaguinto is listed as a Cheerleader Coach in Hasbrouck Heights and a appointed member of the General Assessment Board.
http://www.hasbrouck-heights.nj.us/general/appoint15.html

One would have to question why a Member of a Borough Board would be permitted to serve the Public when that member is was sued by the State of New Jersey and has a judgement against the member. Not a small one either.

from NJ Courts

... and how many Lodi Families have succeeded by fraud.......can you name them?  I can.

What ever Vinnny Martin wants....he gets....

In yesterday's Public Notice:

 https://www.njpublicnotices.com/Details.aspx?SID=3zeayswrev01alrdm1ovqad2&ID=1038563

 Notice Publish Date:

	Thursday, May 17, 2018

Notice Content
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SUBMISSION OF A 2018 BERGEN COUNTY TRUST FUND GRANT APPLICATION Application of the Borough of Lodi for the Bergen County Trust Fund Municipal Program for Park Development grant funding for 2018. The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Lodi will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, June 12th at 6:00pm in the Manager's Conference Room, located on the second floor of the Municipal Building, (1 Memorial Dr., Lodi, NJ 07644). The purpose of the hearing is to present the application being submitted to the 2018 funding round of the Bergen County Trust Fund Municipal Program for Park Development and obtain public comment. The Borough is requesting grant funding to install an ADA compliant playground at Memorial Park (Block 77, Lot 1) located at 1 Memorial Drive Lodi, NJ 07644. In accordance with the regulation governing the submission of Bergen County Trust Fund Municipal Program for Park Development applications, the Mayor and Council will conduct a public hearing to obtain citizen input concerning the grant application. All residents are encouraged to attend and participate. May 17, 2018 Fee: $30.53 (37) 4263281

🔺Repost from 2017:

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Just friends being friends

 WHILE I WOULD NEVER BEGRUDGE A "SPECIAL NEEDS" CHILD, THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING THIS TO MAKE THEMSELVES AND THEIR FRIENDS AT THE BOARD OF ED,  FELICIAN AND THE BOYS CLUB LOOK GOOD, AT THE EXPENSE OF THE LODI TAXPAYERS.

http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/lodi/2017/06/22/plans-special-needs-park-moving-forward/416602001/

"The special-needs playground has been lobbied for by Councilman Vincent Martin, who said the area is wasted space.

"It's a blighted area now and a waste of space. The only negative is that it is a flood area, and we are aware of that," Martin said."

" "It's not an area that floods regularly, but if there is a major storm like Sandy, a lot of that area becomes affected. We will have to take that into consideration while designing it," said Borough Manager Vincent Caruso." "

"The district's Child Study Team serves more than 500 special-education students. Felician University in Lodi also runs a specials-needs program and rents space from the Boys & Girls Club near the proposed location, Martin said.


IS THERE A CONNECTION HERE ?
http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2017/05/08/november-ballot-question-fails-boe-vote/312772001/
"The existing administration building at 8 Hunter St. — a former elementary school — currently houses 24 employees, the school board offices, the superintendent's office and the district's child study team."


SO WHY ARE THESE "CHOSEN" FEW PUSHING FOR A YET ANOTHER PARK.
Emil Carafa:  Adjunct Prof. Felician College
Laura Hendricks-Schmidig-Cima: Assistant Professor at Felician College
Vincent Martin: Member of the Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lodi/Hackensack
               Former Lodi Board of Education Trustee
Patricia Ann Caso Licata: Wilson Elementary School Teacher
                (Going to do what Boss Emil wants, and help out her son who is director at the Boys  Club)

AND OF COURSE THE PARK WOULD BE SO CONVENIENTLY CLOSE TO BOTH THE BOYS CLUB & THE BOARD OF ED BUILDING.

THE TAXPAYERS OF LODI HAVE "DONATED" SO MUCH TO BOTH FELICIAN & BOYS CLUB, MAYBE THEY SHOULD SPEND SOME MONEY FOR A CHANGE, YOU KNOW, GIVE BACK TO THE TAXPAYERS FOR ONCE. THEN USE IT AS THEIR USUAL TAX "WRITE-OFF".

http://lodinjprimafaci.blogspot.com/2015/06/where-is-logic.html

 NO THOUGHT WAS GIVEN TO THE FLOODING OF THE BRAND NEW VOTO TEDESCO FIELD AT  THE END OF CHESTNUT & RICHMOND STREETS EITHER.

AND WHY CAN'T ANNA BELLI GIVE UP SOME SPACE FROM ONE OF HER "MONEY MAKING" FIELDS FOR THIS PARK?

Those NJEA bullies...

One has to guess that some of the NJEA members are really bullies, who cowtow (kissing the boss's ass) to the upper echelon, and not just in Lodi, NJ, but all over the State. Those NJEA rep's have the ability to sweep incidents under the rug, like they NEVER happened. Sure, they are rewarded in some way. Gotta make things look good for the Super.....their boss!!!!

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/05/njea_videos_are_unacceptable_and_must_be_investigated_top_nj_lawmaker_says.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGfa9pDYRPs&feature=youtu.be

https://patch.com/new-jersey/princeton/gov-murphy-slams-teacher-union-boss-behavior-undercover-video

After all, they really do make the students & education first, right? 

Allyson Pontier and Debra Kwapniewski, Lodi's best union reps.....

http://lodioverhaul.blogspot.com/

 

Buildings & Grounds......

They work hard for the money, don't they?

There was a time when the DPW workers took pride in their work and were proud of the "LODI" shrubs......

Now a days, they just rake rocks....

 

and get paid close to $100, 000.00 with benefits.

About time the "Family & Friends"…

Cesspool, needs draining……..

Most of the Good Lodi Residents are tired of seeing the "Family & Friends" group (attorneys included) negotiating & voting for perks, benefits, raises and outrageous contracts using the "Doctrine of Necessity".

 

A long "Public Notice" published today.

https://www.njpublicnotices.com/Details.aspx?SID=h02dom0h0uplgjdrqzoyxrcs&ID=972008

A quote from this "Public Notice"

"ARGUMENT POINT I -THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF LODI SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO INVOKE THE DOCTRINE OF NECESSITY IN DISCUSSING AND APPROVING THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BOROUGH OF LODI AND POTENTIAL CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE BOROUGH OF LODI DONALD SCORZETTI AND……."

So many of the Lodi Borough/Police employees, the Lodi Board of Ed employees, the Lodi Housing Authority employees are all related…..so is this fair to the Lodi Taxpayers? They keep adding "NEW" Family & Friends everyday.

 

Didn't THE DONALD hire his goomada recently? 

Has the Miller kid joined the Licata family yet? (raise & promotion soon, I guess)

Lodi Councilman Vincent Martin, how are those "Jiggle Joints" doing?

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/lodi/2018/03/26/satin-dolls-nj-sopranos-bada-bing-club-back-business/458555002/

"Borough Manager Vincent Caruso, meanwhile, said he had been unaware of the club's reopening until last week." (of course he was unaware, even though Martin & Caruso are best buds)

https://lodinjprimafaci.blogspot.com/2016/07/its-all-about-networking-connections_8.html

 

Put on your boots & grab your shovels

WOW, only ONE Lodi DPW

How could this be ?????

In today's Public Notice...

https://www.njpublicnotices.com/Details.aspx?SID=gcygzd5a0rvxgdvspjlxbozx&ID=872687

"WHEREAS, the Borough believes that the Department of Public Works, and the Department of Buildings, Parks and Grounds should be consolidated and merged into one (1) singular Department of Public Works thereby eliminating Department of Buildings, Parks and Grounds;"

 

 

And where will the Licata kid go!!!!! or will he now be in charge of the whole Department? Does seniority still exist?

Super Bowl Pool

Good Luck to all those who entered a "Lodi Local Super Bowl Pool"....

https://www.facebook.com/cj.desomma?fref=ufi

A quote from the above page,

Cj De Somma
January 8 at 12:15pm ·

Here it is guys. The fundraiser for the Lodi Jr. Rams football program. $20 a box. 1st $125 half $250 3rd $125 final $500
Let me or Adam Kerr know. It's for the kids!

Some of the names on the sheet are;

Michael Luna

TJ "L"

Jeff "L"

Frank "L"

Kevin Attilio

Matt Sedita

Dee Kerr ( Adam's Mom: Dennine Kerr Milano, mother in law to Rebecca    Paladino Kerr. Caruso's secretary)

Hopefully, The Lodi Junior Rams get the $1,000.00.

Hey, Lodi Councilman Martin!

What about "The Harem"?, did you get that too???

Just a "Hiccup"

One of AJ's Gentlemans Club longtime bartenders says......

https://www.facebook.com/daniellew.ajs?lst=100004049878278%3A100001537506250%3A1514825402

https://www.facebook.com/ajsgogonj?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab&pnref=friends.all 

http://ajsgogo.com/ajshome.html

  this is also part of AJ's

https://www.facebook.com/theblueroomnj/?rf=113917885306885

Just an all around, run of the mill, family oriented, Gentlemans Club.... just like Satin Dolls. Got wonder about those extra fees, you know, House Mother fees, tips, Bouncer fees, floor space fees, private room fees, heck, they may even have Pole use fees.