MCYP held candidate forum for Freeholder race

Frank L. Cahill
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MCYP held candidate forum for Freeholder race

MORRIS COUNTY — Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, both are seeking the Republican nomination for governor in the primary, gave opening remarks in a crowed room at Charlie Brown’s in Denville at Morris County Young Republicans monthly meeting.

In addition 25th Legislative District representatives Senator Anthony R. Bucco, Assemblyman Anthony M. Bucco, and Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll. They are not challenged in the Republican primary in June.

The four republicans are seeking the three-year seat to be vacated on January 1 by William “Hank” Lyon, Parsippany, who is running instead in the Republican primary for the two-year state Assembly seat in the 26th Legislative District that is currently occupied by BettyLou DeCroce, also of Parsippany.

Michael Crispi, is 24 years old, the same age Hank Lyons was when he first ran for Freeholder.

Crispi, a Cedar Knolls resident, believes he may be the answer to directly combat the rising issues in Morris County while persevering the aspects that make the county great.

Crispi captured the attention of his Young Republican associates Sunday night when he declared, “We have, in my mind, one of the most enviable places to live in the United States. With that being said it blows my mind that we are experiencing a rise in our median age.” “The question has been asked many times in the past few months by elected officials; how can we reverse this trend? Well the answer lies in true fiscal conservatism,” he continued.

Heather Darling, Nicolas W. Platt, Michael Crispi and David Scapicchio

Crispi believes that his youth and experience as well as his unique credentials and perspective may prove greatly beneficial for the citizens of the county. Crispi is a former collegiate athlete at Elon University and currently serves as a member of the Morris County Young Republican Executive Board while also working as the Regional Manager of Allstate Benefits. In his role at Allstate Benefits, Crispi consults with various businesses throughout the state and helps them construct the best risk management strategies in the wake of healthcare reform.

Mike Crispi during his announcement at Parsippany Sheraton Hotel

Candidate Heather Darling said “I am running for Morris County Freeholder because I care about Morris County.”

Right now there is unchecked spending, a practice of rewarding special interests and lack of sustainable ratables.

“I have lived in this county for 42 years.  I went to school in Roxbury and graduated from Roxbury High School.  I went to NYU and earned degrees in Finance and International Business and returned to the open space of Morris County.  After a few years in the financial markets, I joined my father’s business and went to Seton Hall Law.  I inherited my father’s real estate business but, I didn’t want to simply ride on his coattails so I founded my law firm in Morris County,” Darling said.

She continued “I didn’t use money from my father’s business to build my law firm because it was about the pride of doing it on my own – the hard way.  I know about building a business on a shoestring budget, building relationships with customers, dealers and suppliers, and hiring and manage employees who count on their jobs to provide food and shelter for their families. Every day I analyze information and make critical decisions which affect my business, my employees and my client’s futures.”

Heather Darling, Esq. has a law office at 15 Commerce Boulevard, Succasunna

“Large and small businesses have been leaving Morris County since the 80’s. We have become a county of residents without ratables or economic opportunities for young people. When I’m elected, I will utilize our numerous highways and railroads to attract business back to Morris County,” said Darling.

David Scapicchio, a former mayor of Mount Olive and one-term freeholder who lost his bid for re-election in 2015 but is widely endorsed for a new term by mayors around the county and most of the current Freeholders, told the crowd he helped reduce the county debt by millions when he was on the board. Known as a freeholder by the nickname “Pavin’ Dave,” Scapicchio, 62, said 30 miles of county roads were being repaved annually by the time he left office.

Nicolas W. Platt, 63, is currently the Mayor of the Township of Harding. He offered an overview of his public service as a three-term Harding committeeman who first got on the governing board to fill a vacancy. Platt said that Harding saves at least $300,000 annually through shared services that include a joint municipal court with Madison, Morris Township, Chatham and Chatham Township, and by eliminating its health office and contracting with Morris County for health department services.

Platt said he made a commitment more than four years ago to attend all Freeholder meetings, including the work sessions, and he regularly expresses his viewpoint on issues before the board. He currently is President of Hartley Dodge Foundation and Managing Partner Hartley Farms Partners.

During Heather Darlings statements she said “While other similar facilities in the area are thriving, Morris View is not running profitably and the current Freeholder Board is looking into privatization.  This should not be an option until every effort has been made to rein in spending and maximize income. Morris County is only one of nine counties in the nation posting average annual property taxes over $10,000.  It is nonsense for us to have deteriorating infrastructure, poor road conditions, and cutbacks in human services needed by seniors and veterans.”

The deadline to change political affiliation passed on April 12 but residents have until May 16 to register to vote in this years primary. There are 137,511 registered but unaffiliated voters in the county; 122,350 Republicans, and 84,864 Democrats. The sole Democrat to file to run for freeholder is Rozella Clyde, Chatham, and is not opposed in the primary. She is part of the Morris County Democratic Committee.

Morris County Young Republicans will meet on Thursday, May 4 at 7:00 p.m. at Portofino Family Restaurant, 5139 Berksire Valley Road, Oak Ridge. The candidates from Legislative Districts 2 and 26 will be available to answer questions. This event will be sponsored by Morris Township Mayor Bruce Sisler.

In Parsippany, James R. Barberio (R),  Robert J. Peluso (R), Thomas C. Fulco, (D), and Michael Soriano (D) are seeking the office of the Mayor.  Candidates for Township Council are Christopher R. Martino (R), Casey Parikh (R), Brian Stanton (R) Louis A. Valori (R), Vincent Ferrara (R), Katherine Cassidy (D), Janice McCarthy (D), and Emily Peterson (D).

 

Martino holds fundraiser for Township Council

Frank L. Cahill
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Martino holds fundraiser for Township Council

PARSIPPANY — Parsippany-Troy Hills Council Candidate Chris Martino recently held a fundraiser. Chris Martino is seeking a seat on the Parsippany-Troy Hills Council. Council President Louis Valori and Council Vice President Robert Peluso seats are up for grabs in the November General Election.

Council Candidate Chris Martino, Mayoral Candidate Robert Peluso and Council Candidate Casey Parikh
Councilman Paul Carifi, Jr., Council Candidate Chris Martino, Mayoral Candidate Robert Peluso and Council Candidate Casey Parikh
Council Candidate Chris Martino and his wife
Parsippany-Troy Hills Council Candidate Chris Martino and Detective Sgt. John Fox Jr. of the East Hanover Police Department

Chris Martino is a decorated law enforcement professional. When he says he has your back, he means it. His experience in policing allows him to bring a unique insight to our council regarding public safety and the security of our residents and children.

Martino was born in Brooklyn, New York where his parents lived at the time and shortly moved to West Paterson. His family moved to Bloomingdale in 1986 when he was just 14 years old. He attended Butler High School and graduated from the County College of Morris.

Shortly after graduating college Martino was accepted into the Morris County Alternate Route Police Academy Program in August, 1993. Once he graduated the Morris County Police Academy he was hired by the Hanover Township Police Department on March 1, 1994. He has been with the Hanover Township Police Department for the past 23 years. During his 23 years he has worked in all aspects of law enforcement, which requires a great deal of dedication. He has been involved with numerous investigations that require a high level of discipline and attention to detail.

Chris has resided in Parsippany for the past 14 years originally moving into the Troy Hills section of Parsippany in 2003 with his wife Shreya. He currently resides in the Powder Mill Estates section of Parsippany, since 2014. This is where his wife Shreya, seven year old twins Ella and Deven, along with their family pet, Marley call home.

The primary will be held on Tuesday, June 6. Polls will be open from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Pancake Fundraiser for Boy Scout Troop 72 held at Applebee’s

Frank L. Cahill
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Pancake Fundraiser for Boy Scout Troop 72 held at Applebee’s

PARSIPPANY — Boy Scout Troop 72 held their annual Pancake Fundraiser at the Applebee’s of Parsippany on the morning of Saturday, April 22.

Money raised from this fundraiser will be used to help send scouts to leadership training programs this summer and fall.

Eric Maciag takes a break from serving and tries some of the delicious breakfast
Riley Mazur and Chris Anzalone bringing food to customers
Josh Knowle bring food to customers

For more information about Boy Scout Troop 72, chartered by Saint Peter Church in Parsippany, please visit our website by clicking here.

Eastlake School PTA holds successful Tricky Tray

Frank L. Cahill
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Eastlake School PTA holds successful Tricky Tray

PARSIPPANY — The Eastlake School PTA held a very successful Tricky Tray at the Parsippany PAL Youth Center on Friday, April 21. The room was packed with parents, teachers and local residents.

The event cost $20.00 to enter. Level 1 tickets cost $5.00 a sheet and included over 200 baskets with great prizes such as Easter Baskets, Eccola Gift Cards, Single Cup Coffee Maker with K-cups, Comedy Tickets, Powerhouse Birthday Party Certificate, Lake Parsippany Property Owners Association gift certificate, Anchor Golf Gift Cards, Applebee’s Gift Cards, Perona Farms Brunch and more.

Level 2 tickets cost $2.00 per ticket or 10 tickets for $15.00 and included around 75 gift baskets with great prizes such as One night stay at Dover Downs Hotel and Casino, Randolph Gymnastics Gift Card, One night weekend stay at Hyatt House, Mary Kay Gift set and more.

Level 3 gift baskets included two orchestra seats at the Philharmonic, Shark Vacuum, Xbox one and more. Eastlake Roulette baskets included front row seats to fifth grade graduation, gym teacher for a day with Miss Costa, lunch with Principal, Mr. Hershkowitz, Pizza Party with Mrs. Breiten and more.

Grand Prize Tricky Tray prizes included Big Screen TV, four Disney Hopper Passes, three Giants tickets with parking pass, IPad or adult one year membership to the YMCA.

Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany prepares dinner for Homeless Solutions

Frank L. Cahill
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Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany prepares dinner for Homeless Solutions

PARSIPPANY — The Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany prepares dinner at Morris County’s Homeless Solutions on the fourth Saturday of every month.  President-elect Frank Cahill started his Saturday morning by shopping for food, which is paid for by Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany.

The group of volunteers meet at Homeless Solutions to start preparing dinner for the residents in the transitional housing program.  The group prepared a fresh fruit salad, tossed salad with numerous dressings, baked ziti with meatballs and rolls and served chocolate cake for dessert. They also served iced tea and coffee. Other volunteer groups such as St. Ann’s Church prepares dinner for the shelter on other days of the month. Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany has been providing meals to Homeless Solutions for the past eleven years.

Next month, on May 27 Vice President Karen DeChristopher, Joyce Garrow, Carol Tiesi, Frank Cahill volunteered to prepare dinner at Homeless Solutions.

The mission of Homeless Solutions is to offer shelter, services, and supportive housing to homeless and low-income people. For the homeless and working poor in our community, hope begins at Homeless Solutions, Inc.  Homeless Solutions is a private, non-profit organization, helping those in need for past 30 years. Homeless Solutions provides shelter for 25 homeless men, 10 homeless women, 10 families and 20 Safe Haven guests. Our guests receive services including case management, transportation to work and necessary appointments, money management and employment assistance, housing search assistance and daily living skills training. Referral services for counseling, substance abuse intervention, and prevention are also provided.

Homeless Solutions, Inc. employs 49 staff, 36 full time and 13 part time. Homeless Solutions, Inc. is governed by a Board of Trustees and is incorporated as a non-profit organization in the State of New Jersey.

By supporting HSI through financial donations or volunteering, they are making a tangible difference in the lives of those most in need in our community. For more information on Homeless Solutions, click here.

Three Reason to Donate to Homeless Solutions:

When you donate to Homeless Solutions, you make a tangible difference in the life of someone in need in our community.  Your donations –

  • Buy milk for children living in shelter.
  • Pay for childcare so a single parent can work.
  • Pay for gas for our shelter vans that take guests to public transportation to get to work and to medical appointments.

Click here to make a donation to Homeless Solutions.

The Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany meets at Empire Diner, Route 46, Parsippany on Thursday at 7:15 a.m. For more information, click here.

Active structure fire; Heavy smoke at 222 New Road

Frank L. Cahill
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Active structure fire; Heavy smoke at 222 New Road

PARSIPPANY – Approximately 11:00 a.m. Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department received a call regarding heavy smoke coming from the roof of 222 New Road. Earlier reports stated there were workers on top of the roof, but what type or work they were performing or who hired them were unknown.

Rainbow Lakes Fire Department 2, Lake Parsippany Fire District 3, Lake Hiawatha Volunteer Fire District 4, Parsippany Volunteer Fire Department 5 and Parsippany Volunteer Fire District 6, along with Boonton RIC, Montville and Cedar Knolls were on the scene shortly after 11:00 a.m.

Parsippany Volunteer Ambulance Squad and Par-Troy Emergency Services were on the scene. Parsippany Rescue and Recovery is on the scene.

According to the sign posted at the building contains the companies Catbridge, Veggie Land, Inssinc and Paraflex is a 80,000 square foot industrial building. According to employees at the scene, all the employees inside the building were safe and left the building immediately.

Currently Parsippany Arson Investigation and Morris County Sheriff’s Crime Investigative Scene (CIS) were called to the scene and the Construction official and Health Department were also requested to the scene.

Parsippany Office of Emergency Management (OEM) was requested to the scene to help with traffic.

Report from the scene indicate owners or managers from Veggie Land were present. The property owner arrived at the scene approximately 1:15 p.m.

At 1:45 p.m. it was announced that the fire has been knocked down, and they were in the process of ventilating the building.

Parsippany Focus will update article as official information is released.

Matty Rzucidlo was honored at PTWLL Opening Game

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Matty Rzucidlo was honored at PTWLL Opening Game

PARSIPPANY —  Matty Rzucidlo was honored on Thursday, April 21 at the Par-Troy West Little League Opening Night.

Matty Rzucidlo, Mayor James Barberio and Frank Neglia. Mayor Barberio gave Matty a Proclamation

Matt Rzucidlo was born in Hoboken, the birthplace of baseball. It was during his early childhood that he first found his passion for the game, playing with the Hoboken Little League. Some of his earliest memories go back to when he would play ball on the streets of the city with the other neighborhood kids. The Yankees shaped his childhood, going to Yankee Stadium with his uncles to watch players like Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra. He grew up in a family of baseball players. He was inspired by his uncles who he always looked up to.

In 1959, his family moved to Parsippany and began his playing career with the Par-Troy West Little League, Kiwanis Club, as a pitcher and infielder. He continued playing through middle school where he was a proud Central Cougar.

For Matt, high school is where “it all started.” Not only was he on the baseball team, but he also played football all 4 years, 3 of which he was the varsity quarterback.

Baseball though, was his ultimate passion. And the man who fostered and mentored his talents was the late Jack Mott. A man who Matt respects and honors to this day.

For his freshman year, Matt went straight to JV. At JV he played short stop and also practiced with the varsity team who saw great potential in the young but extremely talented rookie.

Sophomore year Matt made varsity debut and was the starting left fielder. By the 7th game, he was moved over to short stop.

That season was off to a great start for Rzucidlo, until he unfortunately had his first knee injury. This injury had him out for the rest of the season. Despite his cast, he was still sitting on the sideline of every game, supporting and cheering on his team. Matt’s dedication and devotion to the game never waive red.

The Red Skins suffered a devastating loss to the team. That year Parsippany High School varsity baseball team went on to play in the Greater Newark tournament, which they unfortunately lost.

He recalls the team pitching in and buying him a brand new glove as a gift.  Junior year Matt started as the Varsity second baseman and as a relief pitcher – letting the teammate who took over his position the previous year finish his senior year as short stop.

That year, the Parsippany High School team finished second in the Jersey Hills Conference. Parsippany High School baseball knew next year was going to be an impactful year – especially for Rzucidlo.

Matt’s senior year was his best of his high school career. He was the captain of the varsity baseball team and played as short stop for the whole season. Rzucidlo pitched four games (which he was 3-1), had three homeruns, and received the “Daily Advance All-Area Baseball” recognition.

Major league scouts where looking at Rzucidlo during this exciting time including the Atlanta Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates.

After high school, Matt attended Miami Dade County College where he continued to play ball that fall. 

The transition from baseball to fast pitch softball came from his mentor and high school coach, Jack Mott. Matt Rzucidlo was far from done with his playing career.

Rzucidlo’s first softball team was with the Parsippany Athletic club sponsored by Dean Gallo. During that time, he also played with the Hub Lakes League (from ’69-’70).

From there, he played for Mario’s and in 1969 he won a softball championship with the team. In addition he played for the Parsippany slow pitch league with the Tally-Ho team who also won a championship.

Rzucidlo then continued on to play with DeMaio’s who won three straight championships for the Parsippany slow pitch league. He followed that with playing for Hilltop who won an additional two championships.

From there Matt played with Primos in the Parsippany league which went on to win four more championships.

Within all those years, Rzucidlo won 12 championships in the Parsippany slow pitch league.

During his time with Primo’s, Rzucidlo also played for Mt. Hope. Sponsored by Jerry Smith and coached by Tim Wyatt. Gaining the nickname ‘the captain’, Rzucidlo began an amazing eig year career with an amazing team.

Rzucidlo played with Mt. Hope from ’77-’85 and during this time the Mount Hope Inn made it’s name well known. The team went to nationals in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 1983, 1984, and 1985. In 1983 they were 4th in nationals and in 1985 the team took 2nd in the nationals. 

During the Mount Hope era, Rzucidlo was named first team All-American utility infielder in 1982 and 1985. He recalls a lot of talented players from the area who where on that team and how it was an amazing time in his life he’ll never forget.

In 1986, Matt retired from playing modified fast pitch. In 1985, Rzucidlo got married and in ’88 and ’89 welcomed 2 daughters and focused his time on raising his family.

That never fully stopped him still playing ball and remembers “dragging my kids to the fields” for a Sunday morning league.

His daughters fondly remember watching him play at Smithfield, the same place he started his career in 1959.

Rzucidlo went on to play in the Parsippany senior league and won two more championships

To this day Matt continues to love the game. He can call every pitch before it  leaves the glove, every error before it happens on the field and could go head to head with anyone in baseball trivia.

For someone who has had a playing career full of championships and praise, he has always remained a humble man. Never making it about himself, but always about the team. He exemplifies good sportsmanship. In addition to being a great baseball player, he is a wonderful father, husband, brother, uncle, son, friend and teammate.

 

Solix Names New Senior Vice President and Chief Sales Officer

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Solix Names New Senior Vice President and Chief Sales Officer

PARSIPPANY — Solix, Inc., a best-in-class provider of program and process management, regulatory compliance and customer care services for businesses and government agencies throughout the United States, announced Eric Storey has been appointed senior vice president and chief sales officer reporting to Solix CEO Jack Miller. Solix is located at 30 Lanidex Plaza West.

Storey, who has an extensive sales and business development background, including experience serving several Fortune ranked organizations; will lead sales initiatives that support business growth in established markets where Solix has a record of success and in industries where the company is an emerging leader.

“We are excited to welcome Eric to the team as we look to build upon our success and expand our services and market presence,” said Miller. “His client-centric approach aligns well with our business philosophy and our strong customer relationships as well as quality of personalized service we provide are points of pride for us that we believe Eric can cultivate into even greater success for Solix.”

Prior to joining Solix, Storey served as Cognizant Technology Solutions’ Head of Sales, Americas Business Process Outsourcing. In addition, he has held executive sales, operations and consulting roles at Xerox, Deloitte Consulting, Booz Allen Hamilton and Accenture.

“Solix has a long history as a successful business process outsourcing firm that has commanded a specific space in supporting government programs with intense regulatory and compliance demands,” Storey said.  “It is uniquely positioned to bring this experience, in addition to a powerful new proprietary platform and highly effective omni channel customer care, to other markets including the healthcare, financial services, life sciences and utility spaces.” He added, “Solix is innovative, nimble and flexible to meet evolving client needs and I am excited to be a part of its future.”

Founded in 2001, Solix helps customers run more efficient programs, qualify applicants faster with greater accuracy, and enable more responsive customer communications for an enhanced experience. For more information, please visit the resources section of our website to learn how we help our customers achieve success.

Freeholder candidate Heather Darling hosted successful fundraiser

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Freeholder candidate Heather Darling hosted successful fundraiser

MORRIS COUNTY — Freeholder candidate Heather Darling hosted her first fundraiser at Zeris Inn, Mountain Lakes on Monday, April 17.

The well attended function included a mix of local Republican Party leadership and members of the community supporting Darling. Darling’s message was that unchecked spending, the current practice of rewarding special interests and lack of sustainable ratables are the issues plaguing Morris County. Darling, who operates a law firm she built herself and an unrelated business she took over from her father, said she knows about building and operating a business on a shoestring budget, building relationships with customers, and hiring and managing employees who count on their jobs to provide food and shelter for their families. Darling said that her daily routine is analyzing information and making critical decisions which affect her business, her employees and her client’s futures.

Heather Darling referenced the outflow of businesses from Morris County beginning in the 1990’s and the need to utilize Morris County’s transportation system and natural resources to attract businesses that promote a healthier lifestyle for their employees including outdoor recreation. Darling spoke of Economic Development Committee summits wherein she noticed apparent and untapped opportunities for mutual economic growth among certain towns in Morris County with the existing infrastructure to support such growth. Darling raised the idea of creating alliances between businesses and the County College of Morris to develop a labor pool prepared to fill managerial and professional job openings as well as similar alliances between businesses and Morris County Vo-Tech to prepare students for jobs. She contrasted training students for jobs in a free enterprise system with the current Freeholder Board’s plan to limit bidding to union shops with apprenticeship programs which she believes stem from promises by members of the Board to organized labor in exchange for campaign funding.

Darling went on to address spending, stating her belief that special interest groups are profiting, at the expense of the taxpayers, from those in county government interested in campaign contributions for self-perpetuation. Citing statistics, Darling referenced Morris County as only one of nine counties in the nation posting average annual property taxes over $10,000, then contrasted that to Morris County’s deteriorating infrastructure, poor road conditions, and cutbacks in human services needed by seniors and veterans including consideration by the current Freeholder Board of the privatization of the County’s nursing facility, Morris View.  Heather Darling projected that the heroin epidemic, sanctuary city issues, bail reform and the need to protect citizens from random acts of terrorism will create a massive financial burden on Morris County as the Sheriff’s Office adapts to respond to these needs and stated that Morris County tax payers need Freeholders who will look at the tax payers’ bottom line.

Darling referred to herself as a conservative businesswoman and not a politician.  She stated that her volunteer efforts in Morris County have been rendered without any expectation of compensation including the many evenings she has spent over the last couple of years visiting Republican clubs throughout the county and getting to know the concerns of the members and their communities, indicating that she has visited each town with an organized club and attended reorganization meetings to meet the leaders in the other towns without clubs meeting regularly.

Darling closed with the indication that she intends to fight for the citizens of Morris County because it is “our home.”

Criminal Charge against Barberio has resulted in odd behavior

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Criminal Charge against Barberio has resulted in odd behavior

PARSIPPANY — As reported in Parsippany Focus on April 7, Democratic activist and candidate for governor Bill Brennan filed a citizen’s complaint against Parsippany-Troy Hills Mayor James Barberio and Business Administrator Ellen Sandman in Parsippany Municipal Court on Friday, April 7, a move that could result in fourth degree criminal charges against the duo. (Click here to read full story: Criminal Complaints filed against Barberio).

According to the complaint, both defendants were to appear in Morris County Superior Court on Wednesday, April 19 at 11:30 a.m.

Before a complaint is sent to Morris County Superior Court, a probable cause hearing must be heard by a judge.  Parsippany Municipal Court determined that they were in conflict and sent the case for probable cause to Morristown Municipal Court.

Bill Brennan stated “My criminal charge in Parsippany has resulted in odd behavior by the municipal court system. Before sending the case to Morristown Municipal Court for a probable cause determination, the Parsippany Municipal Court set a first appearance for the defendants in Superior Court for April 19. This caused media inquiries to the Superior Court regarding status. In response the Superior Court was perplexed because no paperwork had been received from either Parsippany or Morristown.”

Mr. Brennan then asked Parsippany Municipal Court what happened and was told that on April 7 the case was sent to Morristown Municipal Court for a Probable Cause determination.

Morristown Municipal Court is hopelessly conflicted because:

  • Morristown Planning Board Attorney is John Inglesino;
  • Morristown Township Attorney, Vij Pawar, represents Barberio (in Carifi vs. Barberio);
  • Morristown Prosecutor, Robert J. Rudy, III, is partnered with Barberio’s attorney,Vij Pawar (in Carifi vs. Barberio). Mr. Rudy currently serves as the Municipal Prosecutor for the Town of Morristown.

Parsippany Focus called Mr. Pawar on Wednesday, April 19, asking for comment as to why the Probable Cause hearing was scheduled for Morristown Municipal Court on Thursday, April 20, when it is clearly a conflict of interest. Mr. Pawar did not return our call.

Parsippany Focus called the Morristown Court Clerk on Thursday, April 20, and was advised the case has been sent back to Parsippany Municipal Clerk for further determination.

Despite these conflicts, the Morristown Municipal Court held onto the charge from April 10 until April 20 when they “discovered” these conflicts.

Mr. Brennan stated “This delay appears to be a calculated maneuver to buy time for the Mayor and Council. Both Morristown judges violated the Judicial Code of Conduct by delaying a case on behalf of the defendants under the misguided notion that somehow modifying a salary ordinance after the hiring and payment of employees would mean a crime did not occur. Under Inglesino’s reasoning two employees could be hired as Keyboarding Clerk 1 on New Year’s eve and each receive $48,000 in salary for that day – they could then work on January 2 and each receive another $48,000 in salary for that day and then be laid off. This nonsense is what passes for legal advice in Parsippany – so far the system is failing us again when it comes to Christie’s cronies.”

“On “Planet Inglesino” two keyboarding clerks can legally collect a total of $192,000 by working two days each and the salary range would not be violated. This is absurd.
We are about to see what kind of corrupt judge goes along with such an obvious fallacy,” stated Mr. Brennan in a press release.

Parsippany Focus contacted Parsippany Municipal Court Administrator Alvaro Leal, who confirmed the case was sent to Morristown Municipal Court for probable cause and was being returned to Parsippany Municipal Court, to be reassigned to yet another Municipal Court Judge for Probable Cause.  At this time it was not determined when and where this will happen.

In the meantime, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Council scheduled an “special” meeting, on April 11, to pass an ordinance to change the White Color Salary Ordinance (Click here to read story: Cover Up Of A Crime? Salary Ordinance Revised; 3-2 Vote on First Reading). Council President Louis Valori, Councilman Michael dePierro and Councilwoman Loretta Gragnani approved the Ordinance on First Reading. Council Vice President Robert Peluso and Councilman Paul Carifi, Jr. voted no.

The Ordinance is on the agenda for the Regular Council meeting to be held on Tuesday, April 25 for final reading and approval.

The Ordinance, #2017:05, shall be retroactive to January 1, 2017 for all employees active on the date of introduction of this ordinance. The salary in this ordinance for Keyboarding Clerk 1 will have a minimum starting salary of $17,000 annually to $55,000 annually. (Note: A copy of the Ordinance was not available to the public during the special meeting, Parsippany Focus obtained a copy through Open Public Records Act (OPRA). Click here to see the complete White Collar Salary ranges.

“I find it kind-of comical that we had to have this special meeting, at the last second, right after this gentlemen who you claim files this bogus claim,” Councilman Paul Carifi told Parsippany Focus. “Again, the mayor hired these people at a higher rate than what the salary ordinance allows. That is a fact. This is a knee-jerk reaction, as usual, by the mayor.”

“I’m voting with my conscience, no,” Council Vice President Robert Peluso said.

Bill Brennan told the Daily Record, “I am beginning a legal campaign against these lawless abusers. Inglesino is my ultimate target. I investigated the perpetrators and started with Inglesino’s cronies, and am working my way up.”

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