The Auditor section on NJ.com this morning has a very interesting nugget about Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop heading north to raise money (and contacting those close to him personally to asking them to give more money) in Massachusetts for Democratic candidate for governor, Martha Coakley. The Auditor said other Jersey City notables and those working for the city heeded Fulop's call:
That included Fulop and the Jersey City Democratic Committee; Assemblyman Raj Mukherji, a Jersey City native and former deputy mayor; Andrew Hodulik, whose accounting firm does work for Jersey City agencies; and Gary Taffet, the former chief of staff to Gov. Jim McGreevey who is doing insurance work through Jersey City’s broker.
The Auditor heard that Fulop personally called New Jersey contacts to ask them to contribute.
So why would Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop be so darned interested in Coakley's campaign? Easy, and here's where you see how business in JC gets done:
One of Coakley’s supporters is Dan Fireman, the son and business partner of Paul Fireman, the Boston billionaire who owns a golf course in Jersey City and wants to build a 95-story casino and entertainment complex there.
And there you go, it's never what it seems, you're always being sold out if you're a regular taxpayer and not a friend of the mayor or a wealthy donor.
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