Jersey City official shows how you eat at the trough

Michael Razzoli, Mayor Fulop's Director of Department of Public Works is living high on the hog. We don't normally involve ourselves with how much a person makes, normally it's not our business and we truly hope everyone makes a mint (Wouldn't everyone be happier is everyone made more money?). In this case what Mr. Razzoli makes is important to this story and something Mayor Fulop said was going to be done away with in this town on his watch.

Razzoli makes $117,048 as Director of Public Works. Razzoli also collects $65,085 in his pension as a retired firefighter. He also lives in College Towers, an apartment complex on the West Side that caters to low- and middle-income families. Now, Razzoli is the DIRECTOR of Public Works. An application to College Towers says a resident’s household income must not exceed $60,000.

He says he didn't know. Mmmm hmmmm. Anybody believe him? No? OK, let's continue. Want some more proof he was hiding something? OK, here you go. Do you or ANYONE you know in the history of man have their own name spelled wrong on their mailbox or apartment? It's YOUR name and of course you'd never stand to have it misspelled. Unless you're Razzoli who did indeed have his name misspelled on his own front door. Come on, we all know what was going on there.

Razzoli's answer to all this? Oh he didn't know and maybe he'll just go pretend to live with his brother even though tax records show Razzoli lives in Sayreville. Why go to all this trouble over an address? Mayor Fulop requires his directors and others to live inside Jersey City. Funny it took the Jersey Journal to root out this act of selfishness:

"He has assured us that he is moving into a solo apartment in the next few months as a residency for directors is a rule of this administration,” Morrill said in a statement. “Director Razzoli has a done a good job up until now, but needs to follow this rule."

The Razzoli brothers were big boosters of Fulop during his campaign for mayor this year. Michael Razzoli’s brother, Mark, a city cop, contributed $1,240 to Fulop’s campaign, campaign records show. He is now one of Fulop’s security guards/drivers.

Funny how that happens in the NEW Jersey City that won't tolerate what used to happen under Mayor Healy.

Wait kids, it gets better. The people who see themselves as some kind of ruling class rife with entitlements that happen off the books are using College Towers as their subsidized homes:

A 53-year-old College Drive resident who works for the Jersey City Incinerator Authority – who could be Razzoli’s subordinate if the DPW and JCIA merge – said College Towers is home to numerous public officials who earn too much to live there. That practice is not fair, the resident said.

Case and point Jersey City, Pete Townshend was right; "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." If it's still taking the Jersey Journal to root our this sort of self-entitlement bullshit rather than the city government policing itself, nothing has changed.