Say What NJ - Red Bank Council Citizen Watchdog Project

05/08/2023

Incumbent Councilman Michael Ballard paid for and oversaw a mailing that intentionally obfuscated his identity unlike any prior mailings he sent to residents before.

The law is clear.

"False disclaimers"/concealing the identity of a political mailing "constitutes misrepresentation."

On election day, remember that your elected officials conduct tells you all you need to know about their character and lack of integrity.

It is interesting ignores this and blocks or ignores residents asking questions about it.

intends to denigrate residents asking legitimate questions like this, labeling them attack/dogs for the other candidates or insinuating this is "bully" behavior.

Simply for asking what our elected officials are doing by anonymously mailing us propaganda pieces to manipulate election outcomes.

All because one resident is demanding public accountability from his local elected official...

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11 CFR § 110.16 - Prohibitions on fraudulent misrepresentations.

§ 110.16 Prohibitions on fraudulent misrepresentations.
(a) In general. No person who is a candidate for Federal office or an employee or agent of such a candidate shall—

(1) Fraudulently misrepresent the person or any committee or organization under the person's control as speaking or writing or otherwise acting for or on behalf of any other candidate or political party or employee or agent thereof in a matter which is damaging to such other candidate or political party or employee or agent thereof; or

(2) Willfully and knowingly participate in or conspire to participate in any plan, scheme, or design to violate paragraph (a)(1) of this section.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/11/110.16

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“public communication” includes a “mass mailing,” which is defined as more than 500 pieces of substantially similar mail. 2 U.S.C. 431(22), (23). Section 441d(a) refers to a “mailing,” without any numerical minimum. Congress, through BCRA, removed the pre-BCRA reference to a “direct mailing” (emphasis added).

The Commission has determined that “on a matter that is damaging” includes actions or spoken or written communications that are intended to suppress votes for the candidate or party who has been fraudulently misrepresented. A violation of section 441h(a) does not depend on whether the candidate or party who is fraudulently represented goes on to win an election.""

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/12/13/02-31521/disclaimers-fraudulent-solicitation-civil-penalties-and-personal-use-of-campaign-funds

04/14/2023

👉 we are here to provide transparency to a process that has been anchored in dysfunction for far too long.

Our should not be .

This town needs to hold their elected officials accountable for THEIR CONDUCT using the power of good old fashioned investigative journalism. 👈

✅ The receipts are attached below in the images and links available to the public for independent review of the veracity of these statements.

✅ Councilman Jackson, Councilwoman Sturdivant & Councilman Ballard conspired during the last Mayoral Primary to unlawfully sign two petitions in the same election cycle in violation of N.J.S.A. 19:13-5 AND N.J.S.A. 19:13-14.

✅ This was such a monumental BREACH OF THE PUBLIC TRUST that their own party sent out a Press Release & the Monmouth County Dems engaged their legal representatives to CALL THIER OWN OUT to the Monmouth County Clerk for acting in violation of NJ Our Laws. 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

✅ This was widely reported in the local media as well:

https://www.redbankgreen.com/2022/06/red-bank-monmouth-dems-challenge-sturdivant-petition-061322/

👉👉 The slate is now PURPOSEFULLY not discussing or commenting on this publicly & we would like to know why.👈👈

🤐 Silence is complicity.🤐

💡 So, we encourage all residents to ask themselves if this is the kind of conduct, they want to see in the people that represent their interests on the Council.

🚨 THE MINIMUM STANDARD in Red Bank should be to elect law makers who aren't actively engaged in breaking laws around opportunistic power plays during elections.

Please like, share & comment to help bring transparency to the dysfunction in .

by being better informed through better investigative journalism.
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SayWhatNJ was originally an astroturf & propaganda website owned by Red Bank Counilman Ed Zipprich.

It is now under new ownership & repurposed to be a REAL watchdog site, and not just an anonymous Councilman's mouthpiece to posture behind for self interested purposes.
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The Original EZ SWNJ About:

"Welcome to saywhatnj.com where we’re committed to holding policy makers and policy influencers accountable for their words and actions.

We think the people of NJ deserve to know what elected officials are doing with the power we, the voters of NJ, have given them.

And we want to give every voter the right to speak out. So if you’re making laws or trying to influence the people who do – we’re watching.

Democrats, Republicans, Independents – we don’t care who you’re affiliated with.

We care about what you’re doing."

https://web.archive.org/web/20140108011005/http://saywhatnj.com/about/

https://www.redbankgreen.com/2013/10/red-bank-zipprich-owns-astroturf-url/

04/14/2023

The Council is a joke right now.
A bad one at that.

Every single issue is deferred to a seemingly endless committee discussion apparently designed to delay unnecessarily.
How they allow this to happen to our Red Bank Fire Department is shameful.

RBFD FULLY DISCLOSED our own Council is questioning the borough departments integrity when it comes to their fiscal responsibility.

I HOPE RED BANK VOTERS TAKE NOTE:
THESE ARE THE UNDISPUTED FACTS.

Nickel & diming the volunteer dept while simultaneously posturing about responsible spending is BS Michael Ballard.

Are you really intimating there is a possibility of irresponsible spending on a volunteer FD that costs a fraction of a paid or outside contractor alternative?

Come on man...

Every time we have an issue it goes around in circles with these obstructionist members of the current council.

It makes you wonder if they are intentionally trying to strangle the FD to replace them like the Red Bank Together Zipprich faction did with the Biz Administrator, town Counsel, the BS over the Trash Contracts, etc.

There always seems to be an angle for delay & in this case when the FD submits all the requested paperwork & Ballard & Mirandi delay/forget about our FD for a year (which they conceded to), I say fire them.

Tim Hogan & Linda Hill were discussing accountability before the media yesterday saying we need performance reviews.

After the public discourse here, I say Ballard & Mirandi not only here, but they only to when THEY were assigned to this issue for the past year before the budget was created,
therefore, based on deductive logic, they MUST be fired for the EMERGENT HEALTH & SAFTEY concerns not being addressed in this town...

Thanks to Sue Viscomi for the video.

I took the liberty of condensing it for the pertinent points of the discussion in a 6:30 compilation video so there is no question as to what went down without having to cut through the BS of "political spin".

04/12/2023

Even when it costs you certain relationships, you can never go wrong by doing the right thing.

Integrity means being courageous enough to speak out against malicious actors, not hiding in the shadows to play "the game"...

04/12/2023

Institutionally backed & insulated political parties legalizing public corruption to shield people from criminal activity is "a thing."

In the DC Beltway & at the local level.

It's up to the public at large to vote these bad actors with unclean hands out because clearly the Republicans & Democrats will not police themselves when it comes to wrongdoing in their leadership.

BRAVO Jon Stewart
The Problem With Jon Stewart

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04/12/2023

Red Bank Investigative Journalists Ask:

✅ Since Councilman Michael Ballard did indeed transmit by mail (UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICES) this astroturf political communication, can one make the case that this was a violation of the public trust to residents?

✅"FALSE DISCLAIMER CONSTITUTES MISREPRESENTATION
A disclaimer that falsly claims the solicitation is paid for and/or authorized by a candidate or political party CONSTITUTES A PER SE MISREPRESENTATION UNDER SECTION 30124(b)"

�https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/Commissioner_Lee_E._Goodman_Policy_Statement_-_Fraudulent_Misrepresentation.pdf
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✅The Law in NJ For Political Communications (the law is clear, so why the deviation from your prior campaign mailers Councilman Ballard?):

https://www.elec.nj.gov/pdffiles/forms/compliance/man_pc.pdf

04/12/2023

"Politicians on the left and right are manipulating the news to bolster their election efforts with fake headlines, websites and articles.

Why it matters: Media manipulation has always been a part of the political playbook, but technology has enabled politicians to take the practice a step further by changing or mimicking real stories and news outlets to mislead voters."
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If the elected officials using this tactic are identified, IT IS UP TO THE VOTERS TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

THEY ARE PLAYING THEIR CONSTITUENTS FOR SUCKERS.

ARE YOU A SUCKER?

Fake news websites backed by political candidates and groups have been popping up all over the country.

04/12/2023

PRESSING CONSTITUENTS QUESTION for Red Bank Together's Tim Hogan:
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Why is Red Bank Councilman Ed Zipprich tying Riverview Medical Center President Tim Hogan to an ILLEGAL ASTROTURF SITE & a ILLEGAL LOBBYING CAMPAIGN?

✅ ILLEGAL POLITICAL ASTROTURF SITE:
Keep Red Bank Red Bank!

✅ ILLEGAL LOBBYING CAMPAIGN:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1042325549782238/posts/1076826729665453

✅Ed Zipprich's tying them together:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1042325549782238/posts/1175831586431633/

What is Riverview Medical Center doing around all this illegal activity perpetuated by Councilman Ed Zipprich?

04/11/2023

Common ground IS attainable between rival factions.

You just need to know where to look for it.

Case in point...

04/11/2023

It is absolutely refreshing to real investigative journalists to see 's own Jon Stewart is using his powers for good over at The Problem With Jon Stewart to bring accountability & transparency to politics and government.

Thanks for giving us back & leading a new generation of hard hitting journalists to do a very neccessary job in this Country.

Being a check on corrupt governmental actors who use money, power, influence to harm our national and global interests as members of the

04/10/2023

When your elected officials maliciously weaponize social media to manipulate your potential votes, you need to stop being a pawn in their game, become a chess master & blow the whistle on em'....
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“There’s nothing better for self-reflection than just brutal honesty, right? I call it radical transparency.

Just being totally honest about exactly what happened and making yourself live through that.

Every time you have to say it, you re-punish yourself for the decisions you didn’t make back then.”

— Brittany Kaiser
Former Director of Business Development,
for Cambridge Analytica
Whistleblower

The Great Hack

04/10/2023

Just a friendly reminder to all Residents / Voters.

Open Public Records Act (OPRA) Requests (for adding transparency to our local government operations) can be found her at the Borough Clerk's page:

https://www.redbanknj.org/160/Clerk

https://www.redbanknj.org/DocumentCenter/View/12240/OPRA-request-form

It's amazing what you can find out about the things our elected officials with unclean hands want to keep secret.

More information relating to the power of OPRA requests in below in the comments...

04/10/2023

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

Ladies & Gentleman, Bank's own Councilman & Monmouth County Democrats Regional VP, Ed Zipprich
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"A search of the domain registry whois indicates that SayWhatNJ.com was registered by Edward J. Zipprich at Zipprich’s River Road address in March, 2011.

When redbankgreen asked Zipprich in a phone interview Friday morning if he was familiar with the site, he replied, “I’ve read it.” Asked if he was the owner, he said, “I’m not sure who the owner is.”

Asked if he was behind SayWhatNJ, Zipprich said, “I am not.”

He went on to say that he owns the domain name, one of 30 similar URLS he set up “around the country,” but added, “I’m not responsible for the content.”

https://www.redbankgreen.com/2013/10/red-bank-zipprich-owns-astroturf-url/

04/09/2023

Local citizen journalist does some investigative reporting and what he finds out is eye opening for those who live & work in Red Bank.

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👉Last election cycle, Red Bank's elected officials engaged in a shadow lobbying campaign designed to deceive the voters of Red Bank.

👉All Red Bank residents are invited to do their own due diligence here and verify the veracity of the evidence presented below.

👉Some residents in are alleging that the October 21,2022 "Paid for by FOMB" Campaign & all who participated in it were criminally culpable under N.J.S.A. 2C:30-2 based on information and belief of the evidence currently available.

👉Councilman Ballard has admitted to Red Bank Green he was behind the mailers to Red Bank Residents.

👉Coincidentally around the same time this mailer appeared in a Facebook Group created Sept 2, 2022 called Keep Red Bank Red Bank! The croup is comprised of two local Red Bank members, Councilman Zipprich & the Admin appears to be Ann Goldman who Red Bank Library lists as a member of their Board of Trustees. The remaining members appear to be from other countries overseas like India

👉Councilman Zipprich as recently as March 28, 2023 shared a Red Bank Together post to this suspicious looking Facebook Group which is pushing for the re-election of Councilman Ballard among others to Council again in spite of the dirty politicing deeds seen here in this editorial.

👉Ms. Goldman updated the groups description to state:
"Red Bank residents who oppose changing to a non-partisan form of government for the Borough of Red Bank, NJ"

👉The group strongly infers malicious purpose by elected officials using it as a political astroturf mechanism to supplant a fake grassroots initiative without disclosing it's purposes via the standard NJ Election regulatory requirements under NJ Admin Code 19.25-13.2 for Mandatory Political Identification Statements.

👉Councilman Zipprich has been accused by Red Bank Green of engaging in this type of "Astroturf" operation targeting Red Bank Residents with disinformation to purportedly manipulate voter outcomes in election cycles locally & boost his own political aspirations covertly.

👉Based on this evidence, one must ask the obvious. What will Red Bank Residents do about this? What will Mayor Portman do about this?
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🗨️❝"We turn now to the count for official misconduct. N.J.S.A. 2C:30-2 provides in part:

✅A public servant is guilty of misconduct when, with purpose to obtain a benefit for himself or another or to injure or to deprive another of a benefit:

✅a. He commits an act relating to his office but constituting an unauthorized exercise of his official functions, knowing that such act is unauthorized or he is committing such act in an unauthorized manner; or

✅b. He knowingly refrains from performing a duty which is imposed upon him by law or is clearly inherent in the nature of his office.

✅The crime has three separate elements: (1) that the defendant is a public servant; (2) that he committed an act relating to his office knowing it was unauthorized; and (3) that he did so with the purpose to benefit himself or another. State v. Bullock, 136 N.J. 149, 153, 642 A.2d 397 (1994); State v. Vickery, 275 N.J. Super. 648, 651, 646 A.2d 1159 (Law Div. 1994).

✅Misconduct in office thus occurs when there is an act or omission in breach of a duty of public concern by one who has accepted public office. State v. Maioranna, 225 N.J. Super. 365, 369, 542 A.2d 510 (Law Div. 1988), aff'd, 240 N.J. Super. 352, 573 A.2d 475 (App.Div. 1990), certif. denied, 127 N.J. 327, 604 A.2d 601 (1991).

✅Official functions include those duties which are imposed by law as well as those which are clearly inherent in and naturally arise from the nature of the office. State v. Lore, 197 N.J. Super. 277, 282, 484 A.2d 1259 (App.Div. 1984); State v. Maioranna, supra, 225 N.J. Super. at 371, 542 A.2d 510. To determine whether an act sufficiently relates to a defendant's office to constitute official misconduct, a court must look to the scope of the defendant's apparent authority.

✅State v. Bullock, supra, 136 N.J. at 156, 642 A.2d 397. Nothing in the statute, however, suggests that the underlying act must be criminal in nature; that is, charges of official misconduct may be sustained even without proof of a criminal act.

State v. Parker, 124 N.J. 628, 640, 592 A.2d 228 (1991), cert. denied, 503 U.S. 939, 112 S.Ct. 1483, 117 L.Ed.2d 625 (1992).❞💬
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👉State v. Schenkolewski, 301 NJ Super. 115 - NJ: Appellate Div. 1997

04/08/2023

📢📣OPEN LETTER TO MONMOUTH COUNTY DEMOCRATS:

David G. Brown, can we get a clarification on this conduct by your Regional VP Ed Zipprich through Monmouth County Democrats?

👉Right here is prima facie evidence of illegal conduct perpetrated by people claiming to be in leadership Monmouth County Democrats.

👉As a registered Democrat who has voted on several occasions for your endorsed candidates, I find this conduct DISTURBING. 😕

💥I have seen your PRESS RELEASES blasting Ed Zipprich on at least two occasions:

✅Exhibit 1:
❗https://www.redbankgreen.com/2021/10/red-bank-democrats-in-open-warfare-102021/

❗https://dtuzht7vh23w6.cloudfront.net/redbankgreen/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Monmouth-Dems-letter-101921.jpeg

✅Exhibit 2:
❗https://www.redbankgreen.com/2022/06/red-bank-monmouth-dems-challenge-sturdivant-petition-061322/

�https://dtuzht7vh23w6.cloudfront.net/redbankgreen/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Monmouth-Dems-statement-061322.pdf

�https://dtuzht7vh23w6.cloudfront.net/redbankgreen/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Monmouth-Dems-Objection-061322.pdf
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✊⚖️Mr. Brown, I have also seen the historical precedent Monmouth County Democrats have used in virtue signaling against former Red Bank Councilman Sean Di Somma (Sean Di) over a relatively rudimentary traffic ticket that many NJ residents can concede they have also been charged with out of driver error if they have been driving long enough:

🗨️❝Friday afternoon, Di Somma patched redbankgreen in on a conference call to the courts and detention services office in Dallas, where an employee verified that the $434.35 fine had been paid Thursday night and that no warrant was outstanding or had ever been issued.

Separately, that office’s online search engine shows “N/A” under warrants when calling up the Di Somma traffic ticket. 🚫🍔

“Two out of three ain’t bad, right?” he said.
Di Somma calls the Democrats’ focus on the ticket and warrant “ridiculous.❞🎯💬

❗https://www.redbankgreen.com/2013/10/red-bank-arrest-warrant-v-lies/

🗨️❝The following is a statement from the Monmouth County Democrats regarding the active arrest Warrant out for Red Bank Council Candidate Sean Di Somma:

🤔 “Mr. Di Somma wants to talk about fiscal responsibility and transparency, but voters have a right to know that an active warrant has been issued for his arrest since 2011 in the State of Texas for a speeding issue.

🤔 We don’t know anyone running for public office, at any time, Democrat or Republican, who has had an active warrant out for their arrest and is at the same time asking voters to trust them with their vote.

🤔Mr. Di Somma either didn’t know about the warrant or chose not to pay for it – both are equally disturbing for someone who wants to handle our tax dollars. The residents of Red Bank have a right to know who is on their ballot.

🤔Mr. Di Somma, who has lived in Red Bank for less than 1 year, is now questioning the transparency of the Red Bank Council? Maybe he should start by telling Red Bank residents which laws he will choose to follow and which ones he won’t.

🤔Copy of warrant can be given if requested.
Outstanding Warrants can be verified here.❞💬

❗https://www.redbankgreen.com/2013/10/red-bank-dems-press-warrant-charge/

🤡 What is interesting is the lengths Monmouth County Democrats went to in order to attack an elected colleague using what was essentially a smear campaign:
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✊⚖️Mr. Brown, as gleaned from the information above, no warrant was issued, no arrest was made, & no conviction was had on Mr. Di Somma.

✊⚖️Mr. Brown if we use that same historical precedent on that Di Somma PRESS RELEASE cited above in the first link, COMPARE AND CONTRAST WITH "REGIONAL VP OF MONMOUTH COUNTY DEMOCRATS" ED ZIPPRICH 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯:

🗨️❝On its website, the newspaper 📰 includes a link to the video on YouTube, but YouTube shows the video as having been removed by the user, who is not identified.

📺📺📺 https://youtu.be/DPjfYPYFQ3U 📺📺📺

The Press reports that: 📰
😲State Police troopers 🚨🚓🚔👮 stopped Zipprich for driving a white Ford Escape the wrong way on a Garden State Parkway off-ramp in Irvington just after 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 10, 2011.

😲He was charged with driving while intoxicated 🥴😵‍💫🤢🤮, refusal to submit to breath tests, careless driving and driving the wrong way on a one-way street, the newspaper said. 📰

😲 The DWI😡😤👮🏻and the wrong-way driving charges were later dismissed in Irvington Municipal Court, the Press said. Zipprich pleaded guilty on February 7, 2012 to refusing to submit to breath tests and careless driving charge, the newspaper reported. 📰

From the Press: 📰
😲He paid $528 in fines for the two charges, had his license suspended for seven months followed by six months with an interlock device, which requires drivers to submit to a breath test before starting the vehicle, in his car and was ordered to complete 12 hours at an Intoxicated Driver Program🍸🥂🍾🍺🍷🍹🚗🏎️💨.

😲All provisions were completed, court officials said. 🏛⚖️👩🏻‍⚖️
😲The Press 📰 did not say who shot the video or describe the contents of the half-hour video, which it said was posted on on YouTube on July 31.

The Press 📰 said Zipprich acknowledged the arrest,:
😲“Three years ago, I made a major mistake which I regret. It was careless and I spend every day trying to be a better person and work to make sure will never happen again,” Zipprich said in an emailed statement.

👎👎👎👎He also blamed unnamed political opponents for posting the video.
😲😲😲😲“It is sad that the Red Bank Republicans are not focusing on my record as a councilman❞💬

❗https://www.redbankgreen.com/2014/10/red-bank-zipprich-arrest-dwi-video/
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✊⚖️ Where was Monmouth County Democrats values & principles when one of their own did far worse than Sean? 🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐

💥💥To reiterate the Monmouth County Democrats PRESS RELEASE for EMPHASIS:💥💥

✅"voters have a right to know that an active warrant has been issued for his arrest since 2011"

✅"We don’t know anyone running for public office, at any time, Democrat or Republican, who has had an active warrant out for their arrest and is at the same time asking voters to trust them with their vote.❞ 🧐🤨

⚖️ 🏛️ 👨🏻‍⚖️ 📜 🚔

🚫🚫🚫🚫Ed Zipprich violated the public trust as an elected official then and he continues to do so today with impunity while wearing the Regional VP of Monmouth County Democrats.

🤓🤓🤓🤓This creates a major optics problem for Monmouth County Democrats when it comes to voters like myself who have endorsed candidates like Billy Portman & Kate L Triggiano despite the backroom politics that was being played between this warring faction under the banner of your party the last few years alluded to in your Sturdivant for Mayor PRESS RELEASE that revealed knowledge of an ongoing problem.
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✊⚖️Mr. Brown, can we please discuss how INCONGRUENT that position is with someone who clearly never had a warrant for the arrest, that Monmouth County Democrats AGGRESSIVELY went after in futility, but when it comes to your self described "Regional VP of Monmouth County Democrats" Ed Zipprich, the organization has helped this person to the point his self-interest has become a problem for your organization as he flouts the laws that are supposed to reign in elected officials unethical & unlawful conduct when it comes to the evidence on this page.

💡This very name "SayWhatNJ" was an illegal astroturf campaign until the domain expired and I acquired it to do exactly as it's original stated intent purported to do under Ed Zipprich's Ownership.

❗https://www.redbankgreen.com/2013/10/red-bank-zipprich-owns-astroturf-url/
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✊⚖️Mr. Brown, in closing I represent a growing number of residents in looking for DECISIVE ACTION on behalf of your organization in making it known (VIA PRESS RELEASE BASED ON THE PRECEDENT OF THE PRINCIPLES & VALUES CITED HERE BY YOUR ORGANIZATION) whether or not the actions of Ed Zipprich who is presently representing himself as a Regional VP for Monmouth County Democrats is acting in accord with your knowledge and blessing as a self-described member of your leadership in connection to the shady tactics associated with Red Bank Together & his obstruction of the Council's operation.

✅Additionally, after the pompous & hypocritical grand standing on DiSomma, THIS WATCHDOG GROUP thinks you should post a retraction with an apology to Sean, his family & his friends and supporters.

✅We call on Monmouth County Democrats to STATE THE FACTS UNEQUIVOCALLY on that original press release, acknowledge Monmouth County Democrats made a misguided mistake, & acknowledge that your Regional VP for Monmouth County Democrats, Ed Zipprich has engaged in all the same things and worse than what you accused former Councilman DiSomma of doing.

➡️ Based on the above information this is the antithesis of your charter.

🗨️❝The Monmouth County Democrats are an organization dedicated to electing Democrats throughout Monmouth County.

Our objectives are:
• To assist in the promotion and development of good government; whether national, state, county or municipal;
• To further the principles of the Democratic Party
•To promote the middle-class values that built Monmouth County from the grassroots up.❞💬

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On behalf of myself (& several frustrated residents), do formally make this demand that Monmouth County Democrats clean up their dirty laundry with Ed Zipprich & free from this ongoing proxy war carried out under your banner. ⚡⚡⚡⚡

As a member of this County & Town's Party, I request this prayer for relief not fall upon deaf ears. Red Bank is struggling under the weight of the Monmouth County Democrats inability to resolve their differences. We are all sick of it and ready for a change.

I hope we can find a mutually beneficial resolve in your denouncing this madness via a PRESS RELEASE on all stated within this OPEN LETTER.

Best Regards,
Justin Pandelo
SayWhatNJ.com
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Red Bank Resident (est. 12.2012) & Friend to This Town

04/08/2023

"N.J.S.A. 2C:51 -2: Forfeiture of public office is mandated for a conviction of any offense that involves dishonesty or any offense that touches upon the defendant's office, or for a conviction for any crime of the third degree or greater. N.J.S.A."

Monmouth County Democrats, does this warrant a press release to set the record straight for how representatives of your organization conduct themselves?
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Based on the evidence here, we posit the question:

Are these elected officials running for Council via Red Bank Together disqualified for their conduct in financing an illegally executed lobbying campaign on Red Bank voters while they maintained the public trust as elected officials?

The above cited law is pretty clear, offenses involving blatant dishonesty to ones constituents results in a lifetime ban from public office if found guilty.

In the Court of public opinion, are they guilty as you see it?

04/07/2023

Can anyone in explain why candidates on the Red Bank Together slate who worked so hard to prevent non-partisan elections in Red Bank, New Jersey are now on a slate advocating on behalf of the non-partisan?

Why is current outgoing Councilman Ed Zipprich sharing posts like this post with 21 shares (many Ed's and his sockpuppet council minions), to fake astroturf Facebook Groups like this one with 12 members (10 fake accounts based in India, leaving him & the current Red Bank librarian) that rails against non-partisan elections: https://www.facebook.com/RedBankTogetherNJ/videos/6023944951035882/

Something is rotten in Denmark, I mean, Red Bank...

04/07/2023

The aggressive liking and sharing immediately after posting by Zipprich on the Red Bank Together page is interesting.

Check the comments below. It looks suspiciously like another political astroturf operation like the old SayWhatNJ...

Is this a legitimate slate of candidates or another game of Red Bank Council Kabuki Theater like we are used to in ?

Comment below w/your thoughts.