Now you see Lou’s law license, now you don’t

Is Lou Magazzu a practicing attorney, or is he not? I suppose that depends on the time of year.  September 24, 2012 – Lou Magazzu is on this list from the Supreme Court of New Jersey of attorneys ineligible to practice law.  Of course, we understand that Lou takes the word practice seriously, he still hasn’t gotten good at it.

A person in a professional occupation has certain expectation made of them. One is that they are diligent enough to renew their license to practice business in a timely manner. It seems that Lou is the ultimate procrastinator, failing to take care of such mundane issues as paying bills and legal memberships – and did I mention, his mortgage?- until such time as it becomes an issue.

If you are one of Lou’s unfortunate clients, take heart. On January 14, 2013, the Supreme court of New Jersey reports that Lou is reinstated.

On a side note, Jeff DiLazzero from the law firm of Kavanaugh and DiLazzero was also on the list of ineligible attorneys – he did not make it on the reinstatement list. Brendan Kavanaugh, from the firm, was appointed by Magazzu to a county position, had served as chair of the local Democratic Party, and had been one of Lou’s biggest apologists.

That’s all the news I have heard from my outpost in the Sonoran Desert. Cheers.

Magazzu’s decisions continue to plague the county

Under Lou Magazzu’s regime, misconduct was often overlooked, and sometimes it seemed to be rewarded. Diligent employees would be targeted, and nepotism and favoritism were the norm. Magazzu is long gone, but his regime lives on under the gross negligence of Doug Long, a Gloucester County hack who plans to continue to use Cumberland County as Camden and Gloucester dumping grounds.

The latest scandal to hit the news is one of yet more sexual harassment and racism from high up the ranks.

Legal papers filed by a detective at the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office describe a work environment in which she was sexually harassed while enduring an “unrelenting barrage” of vulgar, anti-gay and racist comments by her supervisor.

Detective Lynn Wehling, who has worked in various divisions of the Prosecutor’s Office since 2004, has filed a tort notice signaling she intends to sue her employer for neglecting to reprimand Sgt. George Chopek. Wehling claims Chopek repeatedly verbally abused her over the years because of her gender and sexual orientation.

The people emplaced by the Democratic juggernaut that has been Cumberland County politics for over three decades have racked up civil lawsuit after civil lawsuit for various forms of harassment. Many employees simply quietly slinked away for greener fields rather than entangle themselves in expensive lawsuits they could ill afford. It appears the modus operandi of the county has been to ignore judgments, and refuse to pay on the lawsuits they lose. Rather, they drag their feet forcing the case to go to federal court. It matters not that this will ultimately cost the county more, for when payment ultimately needs to be made, it will be under someone else’s watch.

Lou: Facebookers Comment

Interesting post and series of comments on Facebook.  Contributors’ names have been deleted.

Post:

Lou Magazzu is now putting the pieces in place to regain control of the Cumberland County Democrat Organization . He intends to take control in 2 years.

Some of the responses:

• It will be a disaster for the entire county. It was the first time. This time it will be many times worse.
• You are not alone in that sentiment.
• Wonder who will do his promotional material…I hope it’s not the last company they hired….The pictures weren’t very favorable…Ha Ha.
• As you know it’s who in the Democratic wants to endorse him. So good luck I hope and pray that the people understand truly what is going on.
• Sometimes I am totally amazed at who the parties choose to endorse. I’ll never understand politics.
• not unexpected…an ego that large, when not able to satiate itself, manifests into megalomania, a psychiatric disorder in which the patient experiences delusions of great power and importance…
• I do hope people separate their problems with his policies from their problems with his… indiscretions. I think if he’s a good political leader the whole photo scandal shouldn’t be the deciding factor. (Not at all saying I think he’s a good leader or not one, just saying this county has bigger problems to solve than nudey pics.)
• He was good at taking credit for everything. He was a very distructive leader.
• His greatest joy is trying to destroy those who disagree with him.

Want To Link With Lou?

As the recipient of this invitation noted, Lou is being resurrected from the dead — at least he’s trying, via LinkedIn!

RIGHT  Thought you all would  like to watch his resurrection from the dead

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From: “Louis Magazzu via LinkedIn” <member@linkedin.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:14:21 AM
Subject: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

Louis Magazzu wants to connect with you on LinkedIn. 2 shared connections Louis Magazzu President/CEO at Quantum Energy Solutions, LLC View Profile »   Accept

Unholy Alliance

Yesterday, I was able to re-purchase our domain name, MagazzuWatch.com. I would like to thank the supporters of this website in Cumberland County for the generous donations. I would also like to offer that those donations came from Democrats, who are unhappy with the corrupt leadership in their own party. If it is at all possible, Doug Long is more politically corrupt than Lou Magazzu ever was.

Speaking of… what ever happened to Lou? Lou was in the meeting that Jeff Van Drew hijacked, and then blatantly violated ELEC rules and the local party’s own by-laws. He has been hob-nobbing with politicos, and seems to have formed an unholy alliance with Paul Porreca of Millville First. He and Da Judge tag-teamed Steve Durst at a recent City of Millville commission meeting. I attached a link to the minutes of that meeting, and beginning on page 9, you get the feeling there is more happening behind the scenes than meets the eye.

First of all, you have to understand that if Millville First is in favor of anything, then whatever it is will NOT benefit the city of Millville. Porreca hates the city, and his sole purpose is to destroy anything that will reap positive results. He despises Steve Durst, which is evident in the exchanges that take place.

Anything that Lou Magazzu takes an interest in has a rancid odor. The same for Porreca and his Millville First clowns. So it is no surprise that they would join forces on what to my eyes appears to be a scam. CES, or Clean Energy System being pushed by Edward Iuliano of Adirondack Energy Conservation sounds fishy to anyone that has a basic high school knowledge of physics.  Iuliano is a lighting contractor – check out his credentials. The website for CES is amateurish, and lacks any scientific explanation about how this system magically reduces energy use.

I might be completely off base, but this system appears to be nothing more than a variation of the disproved Donald Smith Devices. Like Cold Fusion, Perpetual Motion and other pipe dreams of free energy, these devices supposedly violate the laws of physics and of  the conservation of energy. The internet is full of discussions about these devices, and yet with thousands of people building them, I have yet to find anyone that has been successful. Don Smith has a long history of hoaxes, and the CES devices are yet another example.

If this company and device are truly on the up and up, one has to wonder how the president of the company could be so stupid as to ally himself with Lou Magazzu? Lou, you have to remember, was formerly associated with a company selling discount electricity that was under investigation for illicit business practices in other states, and was close to losing its license to do business in others.

Although I have no contact with Millville politicians other than to say “hi” to the mayor on Facebook occasionally, it would seem to me that somebody smelled a rat, and pulled the plug before the city was on the hook and became a laughingstock.  I could be wrong, it has happened before, but whenever anything sounds too good to be true, chances are it is.

 

 

Well, it looks like I am back

I fully intended to ignore Cumberland County politics – I purposely avoid the newspapers except to check the Obits. I have many friends that ignored my wishes, and continue to send me updates of the circus that is politics in Cumberland County.

That said, I had way too many tips that Lou Magazzu was going to attempt to finagle his way back into the arena, and that Van Drew might be amenable.  In fact, there are eleven different people that visit this website daily – and I mean every day, despite the fact that I allowed the domain name to lapse and have not published a single word since last summer.That takes dedication, and a high level of paranoia.

After talking with Pab Sungenis, the “enemy”, and learning that once again the powers that be in the Democratic Party did their best to silence him, I agreed to at least keep the blog alive. I would prefer that somebody closer to the action take over, but as my family and many friends still have a vested interest in South Jersey, while kicking and screaming I will continue with infrequent posts and updates. I now have the ability to speak from the perspective of an observer, no longer being entangled in local politics.

Better than a dead possum on your door step?

On my personal blog today, I made a prediction of the outcome of a Democratic meeting that occurred tonight at the Cosmopolitan restaurant in Vineland. south Jersey Times predicted that Nelson Albano might be ousted, and I said that it would be Matt Milam that was going to be tossed to the curb. I was correct. Matt, after all, is a decent guy who has some scruples and ethics left, and those are things that do not fly in the Jeff Van Drew camp!

Paul Sungenis, an elected committee-person since 2002, is one that can certainly attest to the lack of ethics in the first legislative district. A most unpolitical politician, he has had his official petitions to run for office stolen at official events, spoken his mind all too frequently for the comfort of Van Drew, had a dead possum left on his doorstep after one evening where he said some really uncomfortable things against the status quo – and then there was tonight.

Tonight’s event was billed as a committee meeting, according to this internal email sent to committee-persons:

CUMBERLAND COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETING

DATE: THURSDAY,  FEB 28TH

TIME:  6pm

PLACE:  COSMOPOLITAN RESTAURANT

DELSEA DRIVE, VINELAND NJ

REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED    

 

                                

AGENDA

 

TO DISCUSS CAMPAIGN 2013

BOB BALICKI 

NANCY SUNGENIS

609-319-3837

Pab tells me he arrived expecting a committee meeting.  The place was packed.  After the self-congratulatory speeches,  Matt Milam announced he was stepping down and they forced their new choice: a former army veteran.  They then called for speeches.

Pab asked Nancy Sungenis, his grandmother, what was going on, that this seemed to be a Van Drew rally under the false pretenses of a committee meeting.  She said she had no idea, apparently the Van Drew campaign lied to her, also. I have to guess that Balicki was behind this farce, Nancy Sungenis, although I have been ciritical of her in the past, has scruples and would not violate party by-laws in such a blatant fashion as tonight.

 

Van Drew called the county chairs up to vote on the nomination, which hadn’t even been made under the established rules.  That is not surprising, as the Cumberland County Democratic Party frequently ignores the sunshine laws. Under the rules of the CC Democratic Party a candidate must be nominated by one person from Vineland, one from Millville, one from Bridgeton, and one from the townships.  No motions were called for or made, yet the committee members were instructed to vote for the nomination.

Pab raised a point of order, asking if discussion was to be allowed as required under the bylaws.  Chairman Bob Balicki said yes.  Once the motion had been forced by one person and one second (not even under our rules), Pab took the stage to speak.  He iterated how important it is to remember what it means to be a Democrat, and he is a proud Democrat, unashamed. He then went on to blast Jeff Van Drew’s opposition to labor unions. He then made the fatal mistake, he started to bring up Van drew’s record on gay rights (Van Drew would make the right wing proud on this issue) when Bob Balicki yanked the microphone out of Pab’s hands, and a committeewoman from Cape May (who didn’t even have a right to be at a Cumberland Democratic Meeting) forced him off the stage.

In the most surreal moment of the evening, he was then swarmed by Cape May committee people who started yelling and threatening him for disrupting their “paid rally.”  I call Bullshit.  It was a Cumberland Democratic Meeting that had been called, not a paid campaign rally.  They then had Pab ejected from the premises, which is in direct violation of the CCDO by-laws. But we again understand fully how the CCDO flaunts ELEC laws, refusing to publish ELEC reports in the legally mandated time frame, in an attempt to ensure that their questionable spending and possibly illegal contributions are not made available to the public before an election.

This is the sort of report you will not see in the daily Journal,or any other South Jersey yellow journal, whose purpose it seems is to protect the status quo of the entrenched Democratic party. Even those with a conscience, on the inside, are squashed and threatened and shut out of their right to have a say in their own organization. Lou Magazzu might be gone, but Bob Balicki was recruited by Lou, and has learned his lessons well – ruthlessly shut down all opposition with force.