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It would be ok IF IT WASN'T HER DRUG DEALING SON.
Posted on: 2007/12/5 15:01
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A drug dealer who grew up in church and distributed turkeys on Thanksgiving . . . Hmmn . . . sounds familiar . . . Ah, yes - channeling Frank Lucas - has anyone seen American Gangster?
Posted on: 2007/12/5 21:20
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Not a chance, he's looking for slots to put his relatives into.
Posted on: 2007/12/7 11:59
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Public servants should be excempt from any drug charges like they seem to be excempt from any other trivial laws like parking rules!
Posted on: 2007/12/7 13:15
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Re: Willie Flood hires son twice for $50G-plus ( Yes, that son )
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Is "fox News" Arnold Diaz looking at these inappropriate hirngs by Councilwoman Flood? Did I miss something?
Posted on: 2007/12/7 13:34
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A Flood of controversy surrounding jobs, jail
Earl Morgan's Corner Jersey Journal Monday, December 17 W hen it comes to the position of aide to Jersey City Councilwoman-at-large Willie Flood, there's controversy about whether someone is being hired or fired. Last month, The Jersey Journal reported that Flood had hired her son - Phillip T. Flood II - as her City Council aide, at an annual salary of $15,000. (A month earlier, the councilwoman - who also serves as Hudson County Register - had hired her 29-year-old son as a $38,016-a-year data processing systems programmer in the register's office.) Now the person who had previously held the council aide post is speaking out against her former boss. Pat Waiters, who also holds a county job working for the Hudson County Department of Corrections, told the Hudson County Board of Freeholders that she was forced to resign from her position because she refused to give up a federal lawsuit against Hudson County Jail Director Oscar Aviles. Flood said she had spoken to Waiters about her being present while corrections officer Juvonda Jackson was picketing outside the Hudson County Administration Annex, but denied she forced Waiters to resign. Waiters and several other current and former Corrections Department employees complained about working conditions at the jail at Thursday's Freeholders meeting, and Kabali Tayari, president of the Jersey City chapter of the NAACP, asked for an inquiry into the policies, procedures and practices at the jail. James Porch, a former corrections officer, told the Freeholders that he was fired three years ago after he was arrested by Bayonne police after he drew his weapon. However, he said, despite a grand jury declining to indict him on any charges, he wasn't reinstated. He also said corrections officials told the state Department of Labor that he was terminated for gross misconduct, causing his unemployment benefits to be held up for several months. Several other corrections officers told the board that the working environment at the jail is so stressful, they dreaded going to work. Freeholders Bill O'Dea and Jeff Dublin urged their colleagues to join them in calling for an inquiry into the jail. "Part of the problem is they treat themselves like a paramilitary operation at the jail," O'Dea said. "When we try to ask questions about the complaints people bring to us during our public safety meetings, we are told they can't discuss anything because of pending litigation. But something is definitely wrong there." O'Dea said he'll push for the inquiry at next month's Freeholders meeting, and until an inquiry is launched, he will refuse to vote for any appropriations for the jail, and Dublin may join him. "It may take a while to get five votes up here for an inquiry, but with two people voting against money for the jail, and perhaps more votes from others in the future, something will have to happen," O'Dea said. "That's the power we have as Freeholders, and I don't mind using it in this case."
Posted on: 2007/12/17 13:23
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whistleblowers should have some sort of law to protect them and if bulling / threats occur, the aggressor should be fined and/or fired when proven.
3 cheers for whistleblowers - I can hear the winds of change!
Posted on: 2007/12/17 14:13
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Councilwoman Flood & her son flee Fox5's "Shame on you" TV reporter Arnold Diaz
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Flood, son flee 'Shame on you' TV reporter by Journal staff Wednesday December 19, 2007, 6:37 PM There was a flurry of action tonight at City Hall -- but it had little to do with city council business. When Arnold Diaz, who reports for WNYW-TV in New York (Fox5) and has gained fame with his "Shame, shame, shame" pieces, showed up with mic in hand and cameraman close behind, Councilwoman Willie Flood and her son, Phillip Flood II, went running. Willie Flood made an early exit from last night's City Council caucus. Down the second floor steps. Out the back door. They didn't stop until they got to their car, Diaz chasing behind, and Jersey Journal reporter Ken Thorbourne not far behind him. Willie Flood appeared out of breath as she reached her car. "If anything happens to my mom behind this I'm going to sue all of you," Thorbourne says Flood II yelled at Diaz. "How could you treat an old lady like this?" Thorbourne says Diaz shot back: "Why doesn't she just answer the questions?" If you haven't guessed by now, Councilwoman Flood, who is also the Hudson County Register, is Diaz's latest target, most likely because she hired her son to work for her in her two elected positions -- as her council aide for $15,000 a year and as a data processing systems programmer in the Hudson County Register's office for $38,000 a year. The apparent nepotism isn't the only thing that brought Diaz to Jersey City tonight. Flood II has had at least two brushes with the law. In February, the 29-year-old was busted for allegedly selling marijuana out of his mother's Mercedes Benz at Wayne and Barrow streets. That charge was downgraded to a disorderly persons offense and referred to the Jersey City Municipal Court. Last year the state accused him of unlawfully collecting $13,000 of unemployment insurance. Flood II entered the pre-trial intervention program. Diaz's piece is expected to air sometime in early January, Thorbourne says. LINK
Posted on: 2007/12/20 3:07
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doh, you beat me to it. I hope they show this - it will be hilarious.
Posted on: 2007/12/20 3:08
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GOOD,if they had nothing to be ashamed of they would have stood their ground and stated their case.I love how they fall back on the"picking on an old lady tactic"She knows exactly what she is doing and she has been doing it for years.She's a crook plain and simple.
Posted on: 2007/12/20 3:19
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They must be running courses on GRAFT & CORRUPTION 101 to all council staff!
You can see why council-persons are all against the introduction of serious ethical standards.
A tribute to flood II by flood Snr.
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Posted on: 2007/12/20 3:40
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so what now? i'd be interested to see if something comes of this. if anyone else makes a statement. i hope arnold sticks it to her, and keeps bugging her. a one time run in would be a let down!
Posted on: 2007/12/20 18:42
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If he's making $30,000 at one job and $15,000 at another job then after taxes he should be able to afford 176.5 ounces of pot at local going rates
Posted on: 2007/12/20 19:08
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Can't wait to watch this!
It's probably why the city is slow at cleaning up the junkie park on Wayne Street. Must be convenient for some people...
Posted on: 2007/12/20 22:21
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Don't forget Bill the "no unleashed dogs in segregated dog parks cause they peed on my sports fields", helped Willie escape. Guess they kinda share the same name.
Bill ...I suppose Arnold Diaz peed on your sports field too?
Posted on: 2007/12/22 7:15
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This article said that Heights Councilman Bill Gaughan helped her escape.
----------------------- Run from 'Shame' Veteran pol flees camera, queries about hiring her son Friday, December 21, 2007 By KEN THORBOURNE JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Jersey City Councilwoman Willie Flood was on the run Wednesday night, but not for another political office. Flood, who is also the county register, was high-tailing it out of City Hall with her son and veteran TV reporter Arnold Diaz and his camera crew in close pursuit. Diaz is working on another of his "Shame, Shame, Shame" segments for Channel 5/WNYW-TV, focusing on Flood's hiring of her son, Phillip Flood II, to work for her at both of her public offices. And nepotism isn't the only angle here. Earlier this year, Flood II was charged with selling marijuana out of his mother's car, and last year he agreed to repay the state nearly $13,000 in unemployment insurance the state determined he wasn't entitled to. Diaz and his cameraman and producer had positioned themselves outside the council caucus room on the second floor at City Hall, when Flood and her son, with the help of Heights Councilman Bill Gaughan, tried to give him the slip. When Diaz briefly wandered down the hallway, Gaughan waved on Flood and Flood II to dart from behind closed doors and toward an exit door. Diaz and crew gave chase. Down the second-floor steps. Out the back door. Flood and Flood II jumped into a car, with Flood taking the driver's seat. But once seated, the 68-year-old Flood appeared out of breath with her head slumped on the steering wheel. "If anything happens to my mom behind this I'm going to sue all of you," Flood II yelled at Diaz. "How could you treat an old lady like this?" Diaz shot back, "No one told her to run. She is a public official. Why doesn't she just answer the questions?" Flood II made his way around the car to do the driving, while his mother/boss slid into the passenger's seat while drawing her fur coat up to cover her face from the camera. Flood recently hired her son as council aide, for $15,000 a year, and as a data processing systems programmer in the Hudson County Register's office, for $38,000 a year. Flood II's marijuana pinch was downgraded to a disorderly persons offense and referred to Jersey City Municipal Court, where on July 19, he pleaded guilty to possession of drug paraphernalia and was hit with $700 in fines. According to state officials, he repaid the $13,000 in unemployment and agreed to pre-trial intervention, avoiding a guilty plea. Flood didn't return phone calls yesterday and never returned to Wednesday night's council meeting. Diaz's feature report is expected to air next month. http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index ... 98221012115180.xml&coll=3
Posted on: 2007/12/22 13:16
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I hear Arnold Diaz was back at City Hall yesterday looking for the Fleeing Floods. You can't make this stuff up.
Posted on: 2007/12/22 14:48
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That was Sottolano not Gaughan.
Posted on: 2007/12/22 16:26
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that's a great image, of one city council weasel helping another to escape a reporter... like I said, you lift up the rock and what's underneath scrambles frantically looking for cover.
Posted on: 2007/12/25 13:57
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kudos to capnjon for setting the fox news thing up though...
Posted on: 2007/12/25 14:01
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ha ha, this is great, a true early Christmas gift, can't wait to see the report on fox
Posted on: 2007/12/25 20:11
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utterly deplorable
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Jersey City needs to give Wille the boot, and she can take Gaughan with her.
Posted on: 2007/12/31 15:37
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Under cloud of controversy, Jersey City Councilwoman Willie Flood's son resigns as her aide
by The Jersey Journal Monday December 31, 2007, 10:23 AM A little more than a week after his dash from TV reporter Arnold Diaz and his "Shame, Shame, Shame" camera at City Hall in Jersey City, Phillip Flood II has resigned as an aide to his mother, Councilwoman-at-Large Willie Flood. The younger Flood has been at the center of controversy over a marijuana arrest in February and a fine he paid for what the state said was unemployment insurance fraud. In a letter submitted to City Clerk Robert Byrne dated Friday, Flood II wrote: "Out of concern for my mother, and apparently to avoid any additional burden in her effort to accomplish the task for the people in her capacity as councilperson-at-large, I hereby resign from my position as her aide effective immediately." Flood II was also hired by his mother - in her capacity as Hudson County Register - as a data processing systems programmer for the county.
Posted on: 2007/12/31 16:29
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so he's only resigned as her aide but keeps his other city job?
oh well, 1 flood down and 1 to go
Posted on: 2007/12/31 17:51
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utterly deplorable
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Flood II wrote: "Out of concern for my mother, and apparently to avoid any additional burden in her effort to accomplish the task for the people in her capacity as councilperson-at-large, I hereby resign from my position as her aide effective immediately." Accomplish the task for the people, Willie! Accomplish the task for the people!
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'Shame' on Willie Flood airs tonight
by Ken Thorbourne Wednesday January 16, 2008, 11:22 AM Television reporter Arnold Diaz's "Shame, Shame, Shame" segment on Jersey City Councilwoman Willie Flood airs tonight at 10 p.m. on WNYWFox 5. Diaz showed up at City Hall on Dec. 19 to ask Flood, who is also the Hudson County Register, why she hired her son, 29-year-old Phillip Flood II, to work for her in both government offices, especially in light of Flood II's brushes with the law. Flood II has since resigned his post as aide to the councilwoman but still works for her in her capacity as couty register. In February 2007, Flood was arrested for selling marijuana out of his mother's Mercedes Benz and in 2006, he had to pay the state back nearly $13,000 in unemployment insurance money he collected even though he was a full-time employee at the Hudson County Schools of Technology when he collected the money. The drug charge was downgraded to a misdemeanor and Flood II entered pre-trial intervention program to deal with the fraud charge in regard to the insurance money, thereby avoiding a plea. Link
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No wonder our cops, courts and legal process of crime and punishment is so fucced up in JC, when people like Flood II are given a slap on the wrist (with no felony conviction against his name) for his crimes and set a precedent for other ass-holes and their attorneys to follow.
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It snowed in Baghdad last week, and I agree with FAB.
Five more signs of the apocalypse to come. Stay tuned.
Posted on: 2008/1/17 3:28
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He should be arrested by the Fashion Police. THAT's the real shame. Shame Shame Shame.
Posted on: 2008/1/17 3:39
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