the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, we have to laugh at this one , NJ.COM is reporting that State Sen. Kevin O’Toole (R-Essex) claims that a threat was made in 2005 by Paul DiGaetano, then a leading Republican assemblyman dreaming about a long-shot bid for governor against him. In the article O’Tool claimed that he was threatened by Paul DiGaetano in a meeting over his endorsement of DiGaetano for Governor.
Wow is this a case of the pot calling the Kettle black !
The funny thing is that State Sen. Kevin O’Toole is a well know political bully who has threatened his opponents in the past and gone as far as calling their bosses at work claiming they were campaigning on company time and trying to get them fired.
O’Tool has also threatened the Ridgewood blog and it founder , in that instance he made threats from his car on Route 17 north near the Bendex Diner and only backed off when a blog staff member pulled out a camera.
O’Tool is also rumored to be plotting with with Democrat soon to be Former Ridgewood Mayor Paul Aronsohn to make a run for the current seat held by Rep.Scott Garrett (R).
O’Toole always had the distinct whiff of RINO opportunism. It would not be surprising if he were to make a Saudino-like lurch to the left in an attempt to extend his political career into the future or gain or maintain political power.
“…has threatened his opponents in the past and gone as far as calling their bosses at work claiming they were campaigning on company time and trying to get them fired.”
Damned if this doesn’t sound like the kind of electoral tactics used two years ago in Ridgewood against Council Member Mike Sedon. In his case the communication was said to have been an email and the message conveyed the assertion that Mr. Sedon’s candidacy for office in Ridgewood was somehow incompatible with his job as a journalist working for an out-of-state newspaper. The drummed-up conflict was resolved by Mr. Sedon being either fired or forced to resign from the newspaper. This is still an open sore on the face of Ridgewood’s electoral politics.
He is a homophobic skunk who wouldnt even take a meeting with Marriage Equality folks back before Christie did the right thing. May he rot in the stew he created.