http://www.pagunblog.com/2012/11/13/another-misbehaving-bloomberg-mayor-against-guns/

 

If the story is true then it's more of the 'power corrupts' - disappointing to see that an elected official feels that they are more important than the people that they are meant to serve. A mayor or other similar position is one that holds certain privileges but also significant responsibilities. I see this example as an abuse of position.

 

"This New Jersey mayor might not be considered an official member of the “Illegal Mayors Against Guns” club yet, but he’s on his way since Borough Council & the Borough Attorney investigating which laws he may have broken.

North Haledon, NJ Mayor Randy George decided to help himself to a city generator in order to chill the freezers at his personal business (an ice cream shop) while the rest of his city went without power following Sandy. He also gave another city generator to his buddy Police Chief Robert Bracco for purely personal use at home.

 

The defense the Mayor gave to this decision he now admits was unwise (as he’s being investigated for the misuse of city equipment for his personal profits) is that he was working hard and the Police Chief was working hard, so he just assumed that he had the authority to hijack city equipment for their own personal benefit.

 

As a member of Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns, I guess that Mayor George really does believe he’s more

deserving of these taxpayer-funded perks than all of his little constituents who went without heat, light, and lost food when their personal freezers went unpowered."

 

Disappointed!

 

TheWombat

Ughhh... Makes me sick how some people abuse their power and connections.

Similar incident where a county sheriff "borrowed" a county-owned generator. He resigned over the issue and they are considering not prosecuting because he "already lost $97,000 over it."

 

Sickening, there should be zero tolerance for official misconduct.

gee only lost 97k of the 200k he makes. how will he survive

gee only lost 97k of the 200k he makes. how will he survive

 

Guess he'll have to eat gruel and live in cardboard boxes like the rest of us now.

that was the town next door to me!

that was the town next door to me!

Yeah me too. A friend lives there an told me the guy who ratted him out is going to run for mayor now.

Bastards. Serve the people doesn't mean you get free shit - it means you put those people AHEAD of yourself.

This was rampant in Jersey City with guys taking the generators to their homes in other counties.

Tar and feather him. Then run him out of town. On fire.

Tar and feather him. Then run him out of town. On fire.

 

He's gonna go west...