PRESS RELEASE: NJGOP Chairman Steinhardt "Murphy Is Prioritizing Foreign Travel Over Justice For Brennan And Cleaning Up His Administration"

NJGOP Chairman Doug Steinhardt is questioning Governor Phil Murphy’s priorities. Folowing is a press release from NJGOP:

NJGOP Chairman - Murphy Is Prioritizing Foreign Travel Over Justice For Brennan And Cleaning Up His Administration

Trenton, NJ - As a candidate for Governor, Phil Murphy vowed to "fight to stop sexual harassment and assault".

But, over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported on Governor Phil Murphy's administration employing for months a known sexual predator. The victim’s cries for help and justice went unanswered by the Governor and his top staff.

At 12:30 today Governor Murphy will hold a press conference to preview his economic trip to Germany and Israel.

NJGOP Chairman Steinhardt questioned Governor Murphy's priorities, "How the Governor could be focused on his travels rather than justice for Katie Brennan and cleaning up his administration is exactly how we arrived at this point and why it will never change in a Murphy Administration. While it might be the Governor's “new norm” to overlook illegal actors, bribe takers, and sexual predators, it cannot be ours.  New Jersey will never shelter people like Al Alvarez, regardless of how close they are to people of power, even Phil and Tammy Murphy. We call again on Steve Sweeney and Craig Coughlin to stop playing politics with Ms. Brennan’s story and conduct an independent investigation into the treatment of sexual harassment within the Murphy Administration."

Steinhardt continued, "Katie Brennan may not have found justice from the Hudson County Prosecutor, Governor Murphy, his wife, or any of their senior staff, but independent legislative hearings could finally break Phil Murphy's pattern of protecting predators, a pattern that seems to transcend his offices, titles and time. It’s up to the legislature to ask whether a former Wolf of Wall Street is now the current Wolf of State Street."

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PRESS RELEASE: Cumberland GOP Candidates Call Out Dems Over Misleading Ad

Today, via press release, Republican candidate for Cumberland County Surrogate Kim Codispoti and Freeholder candidates, Arvene Kilby Hays and Frank Spatola, Jr, called-out the Cumberland County Democrats over a misleading campaign ad. Their press release follows:

Cumberland GOP Candidates Call Out Democrats Over Misleading Ad

Democrats had their chances and failed. It’s time for new leadership

VINELAND – Republican candidate for Cumberland County Surrogate Kim Codispoti and Freeholder candidates, Arvene Kilby Hays and Frank Spatola, Jr, called a new commercial for the Cumberland County Democrats is misleading.

According to the 30 second spot, posted on the Cumberland County Democrats Facebook page, Joe Derella, Jim Quinn and Doug Rainear are all things, to all people.

“Watching that ad one would think the Surrogate is out filling potholes. You’d have better luck with Domino’s ‘Paving for Pizza’ program,” Kim Codispoti said. “Obviously, that will never happen, Doug Rainear couldn’t get the roads paved when he was a freeholder and it’s not his job as Surrogate. It’s time for a new County Surrogate, with new ideas that will make it easier for those needing the Surrogate’s services to be served.”

Arvene Kilby Hays added, “To brag about creating hundreds of new jobs in a commercial is a stretch. The truth is anyone driving through the county and seeing all the boarded-up businesses knows that under control of the Democrats Cumberland County has seen a net loss of jobs.”

“They talk about improving county services and a commitment to our youth in this ad,” Frank Spatola, Jr. said. “We agree, we must be committed to our youth and a great place to start would be the development of a county parks system, something that will benefit all the residents of Cumberland County. As to improving services, the Democrats had their chances and failed. Electing Kim Codispoti Surrogate, Arvene Kilby Hays and I as freeholders will lead to an immediate improvement.”

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Finally! Someone Is Listening To Us And Saying That “It Just Might Be That The Worst Place For A Woman To Work - Is For Phil Murphy”

Governor Phil Murphy

In a press release Saturday (my apologies for not posting it, but I was busy with my day job designing campaign mail) NJGOP Chairman Doug Steinhardt, who had already called for a legislative investigation into the allegations of sexual misconduct by a former member of Governor Phil Murphy’s administration, Albert Alvarez, said, "The scope of the investigation into Murphy's hiring practices and the working conditions he's allowed to exist should be expanded to include his tenure at Goldman Sachs and his ownership at Sky Blue FC."

At this blog, we’ve made mention of the mistreatment of the women playing for Sky Blue FC in ten different posts – and we’ve only been blogging since July 16.

In one particular post we questioned why New Jersey’s press was letting Murphy off the hook about his mistreatment of women. We promised, “If New Jersey’s press is going to continue to let Murphy off the hook for the horrible treatment of the women on his soccer team and his hypocrisy on pay and gender equality then The Bob & Steve Show will do our best to keep reminding New Jerseyans of the BS Murphy is feeding us.”

In another piece on August 16 I wrote (with links provided):

The problem is it appears Phil Murphy applies a bit of a double standard when it comes to sexual harassment.

You may recall, on this blog we quoted a ThinkProgress report that stated, “While some players dealt with makeshift windows, others were forced to couch surf with roommates during the season because of a lack of provided housing. The unluckiest, though, were forced to ‘live with an elderly man who repeatedly made inappropriate comments to the players and made them feel uncomfortable.’” ThinkProgress got this trinket from The Equalizer.

The thing is “…an elderly man who repeatedly made inappropriate comments to the players and made them feel uncomfortable” sounds a lot like sexual harassment to me. Sure, I’m guessing the “inappropriate comments” were sexual in nature, but as a former gambler I would take that bet. I have two sisters – I know exactly what “inappropriate comments” that make women “feel uncomfortable” means and so does every other person reading this.

What has Murphy said about having made, and for all we know is still making, women live with harassment? NOTHING! Why? Because the New Jersey press continues to let him off the hook on the issue of his soccer team.

The New Jersey press hasn’t written a word about Murphy’s soccer team’s mistreatment of women since July 20. Here at The Bob & Steve Show we never gave up. Maybe, thanks to Chairman Steinhardt the mainstream press will finally do something. If not the press, maybe the legislature.

These most recent calls for investigations into Murphy’s administration do leave me wondering if sexual harassment is simply accepted in the NJ Democratic Party. None of them have a problem with the fact U.S. Senator Bob Menendez helped women get into the country to see their sugar daddy and it appears no one really had a problem with alleged sexual misconduct on Murphy’s campaign or in the administration until those allegations became public.

New Jersey has to do better!