file Photo Village Hall under water By Boyd Loving
Mayor Paul Aronsohn, Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli and Councilwoman Gwenn Hauck look to shift focus and oust Village Manager Ken Gabbert
February 4,2013
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, We have to laugh as predicted Aronsohn and company with the help of “Paul’s Glen Rock Patch” report the majority of the Village Council is asking Village Manager Ken Gabbert to resign .
With the continued pressure mounting over possible Sunshine Law violations by the Mayor Paul Aronsohn, Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli a convenient distraction was needed to get the Aronsohn team off the hot seat .
While Aronsohn releases the contrived story on the the Glen Rock Patch ,with the appropriate buzz words it will do nothing to lessen the scrutiny of alleged secret meetings with developers and the over cozy relationship with scandal plagued Senator Bob Menendez .
Aronsohn who was the ill fated Governor Jim McGreevey “mouth piece” finds himself in the eye of the storm once again . Questions of how much is this going to cost us have already been voiced by many Ridgewood Taxpayers who will once again find the self on the hook for contractual obligations .
If you hated Dr, Gabbert before, if his past is any indication wait till he sues the Village like he sued the Borough of Westwood when they attmpted to fire him in 2004. Remember Gabbert has been Aronsohns chief whipping boy for some time so he may litigate very aggressively
Gabbert hasn’t got a leg to stand on. His decisions were poor at best. There will be a long line of employees ready to tell their stories about Gabbert’s mismanagement if he sues.
Gabert is an asshole. He should have never been hired
Another illegal meeting, wow this is getting good!
Before this gets goin 2 far doesn’t it take 4 council people to fire a v.m. ?
It will also be the same unemployment line that you workers will be on when Mayor Paul Aronsohn, Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli and Councilwoman Gwenn Hauck get done. Keep the taxes low. ” Outsource Baby “
PJ I see that stinky and stinket are posting again
Are you sure # 4? That would be a hoot. They just blew their wad on this story.
Bombace post on the Patch that it was just a spirited conversation. WOW
Bombace who cost the Village hundreds of thousands of dollars when we were sued by Fireman Reilly. He should talk, loser.
The missing manager should have been given his walking papers after his horrible management of the October storm cleanup.
So your against layoffs and for raising your property taxes? Is that what your saying #5, your kidding right.
Outsource Baby keep our taxes low. How is outsourcing against layoffs? Keep out taxes low how did you get raising tax from that. WOW
How does Mayor Aronsohn know that he has enough votes to oust Gabbert unless he’s held illegal meetings with Hauck and Puccierelli? I do not believe the law allows him to poll by phone or e-mail for matters requiring a vote. Stands to reason then that the 3 amigos met illegally in person.
#7 im # 4 I’m not sure it takes 4 but I definately remember hearing bond issues and certain positions require a super majority.
I saw the info on the patch, about gabbert getting fired. There have been grumblings out of village hall about paycheck withholdings for insurance that do not match what was negotiated for. Also the village manager certified civil service promotional lists and never promoted anyone within the alotted time periods, Both STORIES,RUMORS, or whatever kind of SWILL you want to call them, all seem to coincide with the STORY, RUMOR, or SWILL that the council wants to fire gabbert, so if there is any truth to this, it definately preceedes the pissin contest at the meeting the other night. Food for thought for the conspiracy theorists that this was timed to take heat of arohnson and puccarelli for inappropriate meeting notification.
Right out of the PBA playbook #15! Why do you think the VOR is in this mess. More, more, more for the police.
In the middle of last week’s verbal brewhaha, Pucciarelli held up his cell phone to the TV cameras and said he’d just received a text message about the meeting. Isn’t it a violation of the Sunshine Law to be sending and receiving private messages during an Open Public Meeting?
If so, chalk up another violation to Mr. Pucciarelli.
If Puccuarelli RECEIVED a text message, how is that a violation on his part??? What was the content of the text? Unfortunately, there is no requirement for common sense in order to post on this blog.
I guess we could OPRA that information too. You can see him and Hawck typing away during the meetings. And I guess we’ll never know whether he answered them or not because he’s taking private calls on his private phone during a PUBLIC meeting.
OPRA does not currently apply to text messages, since the technology does not exist to archive them for an extended period of time. There is a debate going on in Trenton about whether the specific wording of the Sunshine Law is obsolete, since the law was established before computers, smart phones, e-mail and the internet even existed.
Why do Mo, Larry and Curley function as a unit? Do albert and Gwenn think for themselves?
Sounds like Grabbit will be a goner. Good riddence !!
People are bring up Police how about the Fireman? Check their salaries lately overtime and healthcare cost. Not to mention lawsuits and maintaining two fire houses and equipment. Let look at the whole package not just single out one division.
what the real problem is is the school tax I’ve heard numbers as high as 70%of our tax bill goes to schools. But the school system is the holy grail and is untouchable ! If you have a tax problem why pick on the little guys start where the big money is
people this man has ice running in his vain’s. he’s cold and no back bone. and to all the manager’s who kissed his ass should jump right off the g w bridge. you jerk’s should be a shamed of your self’s. you know who you are. the one’s who got the big fat raze. you fuck’s have no ball’s. you sucked his ass for money. and the council know’s who got the top money. they now know who you are. you jack ass’s. your day will come.
and to the shit head who keep’s saying (it is what it is.) you sound like a real you know what. you know who you are right. yea you.
Hey #25, you have major issues, you know what you sound like. What the heck is going on these forums
What if peoples children’s are reading these posts. Did you ever think about the affects on family’s
And friends that you are affecting. What if this was your own family that people were attacking the way you were. I do not like half the management in this town, nor do I like Gabbert. But I am not an internet bully and attack people the way half of you do here. Do you now see why our kids today are the way they are. Shame on all of you. Voice your opinion, but keep the bullying to yourself. Stop attacking people or telling them to go jump off a bridge. Imagine it did happen? Are you 5, I would love to know who you are so your family can how you cyber bully. Does this world not have enough problem’s.
Bring back Jim Tenhove
I’ll drink to that!
ok to #26 then they should jump into a dirty lake. is that better.
Pucciarelli recuse himself tonight from Planning Board application for the Dayton. Meeting still in progress. Now we all have to say, WTF!
Why did he do that they have been in front of the planning board a few time and he always was involved. Guess he cutting his losses. They should both do the same for Ken smith property.