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It always sounds to me as if Gaughan is saying that if he thought Dwek had been on the level maybe he would have taken the money.

Don't mistake CYA for Honest Government. If Gaughan thinks that Dwek was so transparent that he just walked away, then why does he continue to defend Vega? The key is in his use of the word "entrapment". He is not standing up for anything, he is helping to provide Vega a defense. Hey Gaughan - If you could see through Dwek in a city minute why couldn't Vega? And if Vega is that susceptible to greed, why did you NOT support the vote of no confidence?

woo hoo honest government up in the heights! gaughan for mayor

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I think those are fair questions since he is the one coming out with this story and patting himself on the back. You don't?

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If every blink of an eye was reported we wouldn't get anything done.

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Apparently, low hanging fruit in Hudson County.

I'd love to know if the FBI has a record of that meeting.

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+1

Missing from his story......Was he offered a bribe? If so, why didn't he report it? If not, then he really can't claim he "didn't take the bait."

I'm so cynical of the Healy team right now, that I not sure I even believe him at all, unless the FBI confirms they met. He could be making this up to make him seem like a good guy, or distancing himself from those guilty. Nothing surprises me these days.

Good eye for troube abound Bill ! At least my ward D councilman was sharp enough to avoid political and criminal disaster.

Ahh, Bill! Please go back to your seat. You shouldn't be doing press interviews without my approval.

You know you add no value to this city and your ward.

Tool!

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Well, um, ...yeah. That was the whole point, Bill.

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This whole Healy Team needs to be recalled.

I see Gaughan and Palin channel the same dead crazy people that speak incoherently.

As eloquent as ever. . .

This guy should keep his mouth shut, because he is certainly no smarter than the rest. To the contrary, this stooge probably didn't understand that he was being offered a bribe, or I'm sure he would have stood in line with the rest.

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JC Councilman Gaughan on Dwek: 'All he had was a good line of s**t'
08.13.09 - 04:42 pm

Jersey City Councilman Bill Gaughan said after Wednesday's City Council meeting that he had been approached by the federal government's "cooperating witness" Solomon Dwek, but didn?t take the bait.

Dwek is the failed businessman from the Jersey Shore town of Deal who offered bribes to various local politicians that led to the arrest on July 23 of 44 public officials and religious leaders in New Jersey and New York, including Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano and NJ state Assemblyman L. Harvey Smith.

Gaughan said Dwek allegedly approached him about the purported development project on Garfield Avenue that would call for a condo tower.

Gaughan was not named in any of the complaints pertaining to the 44 arrested.

Gaughan did not reveal the date of the meeting, although it is believed they met before during the election season. He remembered Dwek offering no paperwork or details about his project, which made Gaughan suspicious.

"It was very obvious, I asked for plans, I asked for site control, [Dwek] had nothing," Gaughan said. "All he had was a good line of s**t."

Gaughan also blasted Dwek as a "con man entrapping people into a situation" who was "testing people's greed."- Ricardo Kaulessar

? hudsonreporter.com 2009