BREAKING NEWS - Manalapan's Race To Build Low-Income Housing Is Moot As Christie Now Plans To Abolish COAH!

DaTruthSquad was right - again. In December, da Democrats who led da Manalapan Township Committee said they had no choice and just had to build a 110-unit apartment building for low-income residents. They pushed through a plan to do this -- without an actual plan --- only a builder who wanted to do it - on a brownfield - near no local infrastructure - on a road that was already too crowded - and 1/4 of a mile from da nearest bus line - with no sidewalks to get them there!

This blog was outraged that da Manalapan Township Committee, led by then-mayor Commissar Klauber and Queen Michelle, loser by a landslide for da State Assembly Roth would even try this folly, especially with a new anti-COAH governor days away from taking office. But they know better, and they felt, with no traffic impact study or study of any kind, to go forth with Klauber's Corner at Oil Slick Estates.

Well, fast-forward just a week later ---- brand new Governor Christie says "Get rid of COAH."

Now, da very first bill in da New Jersey State Senate - S1 - is what?????

Sponsored by, of all people, Roth supporter Sen. Raymond J. Lesniak, is a bill to ABOLISH COAH!!!!!!

It's 27 pages - worth reading - - because da Manalapan Township Committee apparently didn't!

Under his plan, COAH would be ABOLISHED -- and left up to da towns as to how to handle this -- not da builders and those whose palms they grease!

Lesniak says in a statement, "For decades, COAH has burdened property taxpayers with millions of dollars in unnecessary cost of compliance by municipalities with its maze of ever-changing rules and regulations. And, COAH has discouraged job creation by adding housing requirements and fees based on the number of jobs created and private dollars invested. COAH will be replaced by the State Planning Commission and by a system that establishes a standard of fair share low- and moderate-income housing for which a municipality can decide among three different compliance mechanisms."

Now, how does this impact Manalapan?

1. Besides proving daTruthSquad right again, it means da $1.6 million in taxpayer money that was going to spent on building just 80 apartments does not have to be spent!

2. Manalapan can come up with a better way to use da land.

3. If Manalapan no longer has a COAH obligation, they can stop building and create more open space, and maybe even add some infrastructure and ratables to offset da ever-growing tax burden on da residents.

DaTruth is, when Ryan Green was running for Manalapan Township Committee, he was screaming that we have to stop building and to let Governor Christie end Manalapan's COAH problems for us all. DaTruthSquad was saying da very same thing. However, Queen Michelle, Ruler of Low-Income Manalapanistan and da lame-duck Commissar said they knew better, and didn't listen to us. Don Holland, as he usually does, rubber-stamped da Queen and Commissar's blueprint for disaster. Even Andy Boy knew better on this one, and voted against da plan which even he smelled would be a receding hairline away from being abolished!

Now, TruthTellers, here's a question for you --- How much money did da Manalapan Township Committee spend on a low-income housing plan to satisfy an obligation that could be voted on being abolished within da next six weeks???????

That's a question someone should bring up at da very next Manalapan Township meeting.

And, to be sure, everybody and their in-laws are jumping on this proposal, including da New Jersey State League of Municipalities, a large number of Democrat and GOP'er State Senators and Assemblyfolk, our own District Assemblypeople (you know, da ones da Queen wanted to replace) and our brand spanking new Governor probably is buying a brand new pen right now just to sign it into law!

DaTruth is, this is another example of waste of taxpayer money on da local level. A number of people came forth when this was debated in an open public hearing in Manalapan and begged and pleaded that da Manalapan Township Committee wait just a month of two to see what Governor Christie would do da minute he took office. However, with a Village plan and its ratables stalled by da Township of Manalapan for 6 years and counting, da Queen and her former Commissar knew that we needed low income housing immediately, with no time for little things like studies, or how contaminated da ground soil is, or how these low-income folks would get to da bus stop 1/4 of a mile away on a road with no sidewalks or places to shop for basic food items, unless they needed liquor or Chinese food.

How much money was wasted to an engineer firm? How much money did da former Township Attorney get for whatever work he did on this? Did this building firm ever give money to Manalapan candidates? Why did Manalapan have to rush for a project that is now days away from becoming moot?

DEMAND THAT DA MANALAPAN TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE IMMEDIATELY PUT A STOP TO DA LOW-INCOME HOUSING FOR ROUTE 522 THAT BOTH MANALAPAN AND ENGLISHTOWN RESIDENTS BOTH DON'T WANT!

Questions indeed - ones that need to be asked. And that's daTruth!

Why Da Rush To Build Manalapan's COAH-induced "Love Canal II"?

Imagine opening up a newspaper to da real estate section for apartments to rent, and you read this:

"Apartments For Rent - 1-2-3 bedrooms. Close to no transportation. Not anywhere near grocery stores. Prime location atop a "brownfield." Not responsible for future health issues or kids born with three ears. Only low-income or poor people need only apply. Apply at "Da Landfill At Manalapan."

Our guess is, if you are looking for an apartment to rent, this ad may not induce you to fill out a change-of-address form. Now, you may be thinking this can't be possible, but this is Manalapan, where when it comes to politics - anything's possible.

Da project for this apartment building is courtesy of da Manalapan Democrats, who want to, for da sake of COAH and to avoid merely da potential for builder's remedy lawsuits, want to build an 80-unit building on land once occupied by a petroleum company. Even before they can do anything, da land will need to be cleaned up, which is why some Englishtown residents have called this scheme "Love Canal II." However, that may not even be da worst problem.

When it comes to da Village in Manalapan, da Democratic-led Township Committee and Planning Board demanded so many studies it has stalled the project for 5 years. It even seemed at times they wanted to have studies done about having studies done to have studies done. However, for this bit of brilliance, they didn't even do a traffic study on da one-lane road that heads into da traffic catastrophe that is Englishtown.

Oh, and if you think that's all......

ISSUE 1: Da nearest mode of public transportation is located over 1/4 mile away, meaning those low-income residents without chauffers, stretch limos, luxury SUV's or a bicycle will have to walk on a road with no sidewalks to da nearest bus stop - in da next town over!

ISSUE 2: Route 522 is a nightmare on a good day, so what happens when you have people walking on da road at all hours of da day and night?

ISSUE 3: Route 522 is a 1 lane road each way which goes into Englishtown, usually causing traffic chaos. So, if any of da new low-income residents have cars, then add that traffic into da already crowded road. If they're walking, then watch out for people walking very close to da road.

ISSUE 4: 2 words - BROWN - FIELD! We'll bet you'd love to uproot your family to what some have even called a "landfill." While it isn't a "landfill," it certainly has some form of contaminated soil, enough that they expect to spend a lot of money to clean it up. We bet that will make those parents feel better at da playground.

ISSUE 5: For those new low-income residents, da nearest staple items you'll be able to walk in d street to get to is an ice cream store, take out Chinese food, a sandwich shop and a liquor store. By da way, all of those places are in Englishtown - so Manalapan residents don't even get da ratables!

ISSUE 6: Speaking of Manalapan residents, since da low-income apartment building was cut from 100 to 80 units, it means Manalapan residents will have to pay $1.6 million, as opposed to $1 million from da trust fund for this to be built! So, you pay more, get less.

ISSUE 7: There will be a bus that will stop at da new "Apartments At Love Canal II - that's a school bus to take da kids to already crowded Manalapan schools.

ISSUE 8: Da state has a brand new governor who not only hates COAH, but promised to gut it like a fish - which begs da question again --- Why Rush?????

So, to recap --- no sidewalks - no public transportation in Manalapan for them - da nearest food is in da next town - down a crowded road - a new governor who hates COAH - no Manalapan ratables - more kids for da schools - and let's not forget da land is contaminated and needs to be cleaned up!

For a litle fun, since da Manalapan Township Committee has decided to go along with this venture, we let da TruthTellers come up with da new name for their COAH-induced scheme. Here's da Top-10 names of da new low-income apartment building:

10 - "Kevorkian Estates"

9 - "Klauber's Contaminated Corner"

8 - "Da Apartments To Nowhere"

7 - "Love Canal II"

6 - "Englishtown's Suburbs"

5 - "Superfund Center"

4 - "Mr. Holland's No-pus"

3 - "Toxic Towne at Hazardous Acres"

2 - "Da Mistake in Manalapan"

1 - "Roth's Run-Down Shanty-Towne"

DaTruth is, if da Manalapan Township Committee gave this some thought, they may want to wait just two months to see what Governor Christie wants to do with COAH obligations, which you know he'll probably discuss in his state of da state address. Considering da Village was debated and studied for 5 years, is just 2 months too much to ask to see if Governor Christie will help Manalapan's obligations?

However, since da Gang of Three want it, no matter what Manalapan residents want, they'll get it anyway.

Finally, daTruthSquad and all da TruthTellers urge you to donate to da relief funds helping da victims of da Haiti earthquake. They need our help, much more than we need that latte in da midday. DaTruthSquad urges everyone to give up something, and use that money for da victims of this terrible tragedy. They need our help at their most difficult hour.

And that's datruth.

Hey NO-MegaMallers - Guess Who Approved Highway Access Behind Your Back?

In 2004, a small faction of politicos decided to make da Route 33 Village project their pet project to delay, delay, delay da Cadre way. They went as far as to make outrageous claims to local residents that a XXX movie theater would be built there, a bus depot, low-income apartments, condos, and scared local residents into believing it would even be larger than da Freehold Mall.

They tried everything to block its building, using stall tactics which included study after study after study. Traffic studies, impact studies, studies about studies. One can only imagine some engineering firms reaped these windfall study profits. They even did a study about a road that was actually closed for construction at one point!

Then there was da "No MegaMall" campaign, a campaign that included a website that had ties to da Cadre. There were also promises made by certain politicians that promised it would never be built.

Well....

With absolutely no fanfare whatsoever - and not to be found in da local Snoozepaper - it appears that da "MegaMall" recently received what it wanted and needed all along -- direct access from Route 33. Back in 2004, it proposed a 500,000 square foot plan. That same size plan size is what they wanted back then, and it was EXACTLY what they were approved for now. Da difference -- it won't be a "Village" concept with parks, greens, walkways, a bandshell, recreation facilities and shops with an anchor store. Instead, it will be just another large strip-style mall with a large 2,500 space parking lot, much like da abandoned Value City department store strip mall where Target is on Route 9 -- exactly want area residents didn't want.

Should you be happy with this?

We have to wonder how much money was spent for da engineering firm to come up with da thought that traffic would be alleviated from Millhurst Road if there was access to da Village from Route 33. A 4 year old could have figured that out, and not at taxpayer expense.

The super-geniuses who did da study also figured out that Millhurst Road needs to be widened. Maybe since Manalapan approved 3,000 homes down da road from da Village it had something to do with that????

Now, there is nothing that will stop da "Village' "Strip Mall" from being built, along with its 2.500 parking spaces. Maybe that's good news though. It's not like Manalapan really needs a "Village-style" shopping area. Marlboro is going to build one within walking distance of Manalapan's border on Route 9 by Route 520. They approved that across the road from Pathmark and the Marlboro Plaza, and across da street from Lowes and Starbucks. Manalapan meanwhile not only has one of da lowest ratables in the county, placing da burden of taxes directly on homeowners, but one of the worst ratios in da entire state!

So, Manalapan residents driving on our roads will still be heading to Freehold and Marlboro and other places to shop, and one can only guess that's apparently OK to da Manalapan Township Committee's Gang of Three and their supporters.

Oh, and by da way, more congratulations are in order.

Da Manalapan Township Committee, despite a new governor who's anti-COAH coming into office, along with major dissent from Manalapan and Englishtown residents decided to build that low-income housing apartment complex after all. Da last we remember, didn't da Gang of Three apartment builders promise to do a traffic impact study on this project? If they did, could they have done it in just 2 weeks time?

Since we can only wonder how that came out - daTruthSquad decided to create a completely satirical encounter between an engineer and a politician:

Gang of Three member: "Hey engineer, you know, da one we put into office, we need a traffic study on Route 522. We need it in less than 2 weeks. Can you do it?

Billy Bob Engineer: "Sure, anything for someone who we donated money to. It will be both comprehensive, and cost about $10,000."

Gang of Three member: "Money is no object, especially when da taxpayers are paying for it!!!!"

(a week later)

Billy Bob Engineer: "Hey Gang of Three member, here's that 1000% Blue Ribbon comprehensive traffic impact study you wanted. We determined that Route 522 is a paved road that runs from Manalapan to Englishtown. Cars and trucks can use it. And, it's a pretty shade of asphalt with two really nice yellow lines down da middle of it."

Gang of Three member: "Are you sure traffic can actually use this road?"

Billy Bob Engineer: "I'd stake my reputation that that asphault road can be used by cars and trucks, much like most any road in Manalapan."

Gang of Three member: "Great, that's da best $10,000 of taxpayer money we've spent since we tried to shred da First Amendment against daTruthSquad!"

(laughter)

So, Manalapan will build what Englishtown residents have deemed "Love Canal II," since da land must first be remediated of contamination in da soil. We're all sure that will make all da low-income residents who will live there feel better when they're walking a quarter-mile on land without sidewalks to da nearest bus stop.

DaTruth is, much like da last minute politician spending spree in Trenton as Con-zine departs and an actual governor comes on board, Manalapan's Gang of Three have also been busy doing what they do best. After years of stonewalling, it seems da Village Strip Mall will actually be built. Hopefully - and we really hope this - it will attract da kind of shopping we people on da southern side of Manalapan need so we don't have to jump in our SUV's to Freehold, Howell and Monroe. And, as for our TruthTellers in da northern end of town, you get a 80-unit apartment complex for low-income residents to only partially help alleviate a COAH problem.

But wait, there's more....

As an added bonus, da Manalapan Township Committee will be sticking you with a larger bill - $600,000 larger - as you will see when you follow da bouncing ball of corruption!!!!!

You see, as COAH standards go, since da 110 units have been reduced to 80, that means da township taxpayers will have to pay more. If Manalapan built 110 units, taxpayers would only have to pay $1 million. But since it was downgraded to 80 units - and you get da project anyway, you da taxpayer will now have to pay $1,600,000 instead from its affordable housing trust fund!!!! Math, courtesy of da Asbury Park Press and da state.

So, in effect, you get da low-income apartment building anyway, you get da added kids to da schools, you get more people walking on Route 522, you anger da neighbors in Englishtown, you might even get more speeding tickets in Englishtown, and you pay more for it too!

Not a bad day's work by da Manalapan Township Committee.

All in all, just another day in Manalapan Town Hall. And that's daTruth.

A Hero Among Us

There are those who have taken both verbal and written shots at officers of da Manalapan Police Department. However, for all their hemming and hawing, all their baseless accusations, all their exaggerations about Police Chief Stuart Brown, DA one thing you cannot defer is that he is da leader of a great police department.

Last Thursday, one of his police officers saw a house on fire. Patrolman Peter Curran jumped out of his police car, and alerted the homeowner whose house was on fire, and his neighbor after that home also caught fire. Officer Curran's fast action saved the lives of 11 people, including an infant between those two houses.

Now, why is daTruthSquad talking about this?

Last year, da Queen of Manalapanistan decided, in what had all the appearances of a desperate plea to gather votes for her very failed bid for state office, made so many outrageous and seemingly preposterous claims about Chief Brown that a lawsuit for defamation brought by da Chief has since ensued. We also found out that according to da Queen, da Chief, unbeknownst to him, was under investigation for a number of instances of alleged wrongdoing, specifically against women. Of course, that was four months ago, and since then, there has not been even one word about that "investigation," and, by da way, it would be illegal to perform that investigation because da Chief was never notified he was being investigated, either orally, written, telepathically or using smoke signals, which is a violation of law, which could put Manalapan in even bigger trouble.

Da Queen's actions not only tarnished da Chief, but all da officers he commands. Because of her actions, da reputation of da Manalapan Police department remains a question mark, and what could be a long and drawn out lawsuit is now underway, launched by da Chief and handled by his attorney.

Da reason we are talking about Patrolman Curran's courageous act, is because of both his courage and also to show how important da Manalapan Police Department is, from da top down. You cannot mistake what Patrolman Curran did. He not only did his job, he save lives of men, women and children and is a true hero. Da Manalapan Township Committee should give Curran a proclamation at da very next meeting, highlighting his valor and commitment to his job, and Chief Brown should be standing at his side.

Anything less, would be a slap in da face to Patrolman Curran, da Manalapan Police Department, and officers anywhere.

It's time da Manalapan Township Committee's Gang of Three show that their police department is da very best in da county and state, and proudly give da police officers da praise they truly deserve. Patrolman Curran didn't just save one life - he saved 11 Manalapan residents, and for his actions, a proclamation is da very least da Manalapan Township Committee can do.

From daTruthSquad, thank you Patrolman Curran for your heroic act, and for serving da residents of Manalapan with honor and distinction, and for Manalapan's volunteer fire department for getting there to save those homes.

Their courage and sacrifice - that is what makes Manalapan great. And that's daTruth.

DaTruthSquad's Predictions for 2010

Once again, daTruthSquad has dusted off our ever-popular Super-Duper-Dusty-Rusty-Trusty-Reliable-Undeniable-Often imitated-Never duplicated daTruthSquad Crystall Ball, and make our predictions for 2010, now that we bid adieu to both Commissar Klauber's & Jon Con-zine's political career and 2009:

In Manalapan, Andy Boy Lucas will become da mayor of da year for 2010, thanks to 2 Democratic votes. His deputy mayor will be Queen Michelle, thanks to his vote, as both will work together to keep their power base secure for another year.

It will only take 30 days for Ryan Green to become disillusioned with da ways of Manalapan Town Hall, and possibly even less time for him to receive some type of scorn and rebuke from a certain former Manalapan mayor.

A flurry of last minute backroom deals by Democrats will happen in the waning days of Jon Corslime's term. Cost for these deals will be over $86 million, bringing scorn from Chris Christie who vows unless they are immediately repealed, he will get that money back from the state in the form of layoffs.

The Legislature will be expecting a state budget of $30 billion. Instead, Christie's first state budget will be $21 billion, with $9 billion being used to cover the current deficit. The Democratic leadership will be outraged when Christie announces a "Fiscal Emergency," ordering a 5-20% wage cut for all state workers, on top of 8,000 layoffs. When the unions object and march on Trenton, Christie scales back some of his demands for givebacks, but orders another 8,000 layoffs.

Municipalities will get aid returned, but at a price. The only way towns get state aid returned is to agree to a complex series of demands, including municipal payrolls reduced by 10%, each town must have a certain percentage of shared service agreements, and towns must actively consider merging.

Christie will also order immediate drastic reductions to Boards of Education, forcing a number of them to merge.

Queen Michelle, ruler of Manalapanistan, fresh off her landslide loss for State Assembly, will run for Freeloader. She will lose by 6,500 votes, while her running mate will win by just 91 votes after 2 recounts.

The age discrimination case brought by Manalapan Police Chief Stu Brown will continue throughout the year. There will be a delay during the discovery portion of the case, after Manalapan balks at the release of minutes from a number of Executive Session meetings and appeals rulings to hand over those minutes well into 2011.

The Mosked Man lawsuit against Manalapan will take bizarre turn after even more bizarre turn. During a Manalapan Township meeting televised, a summons server will come up during the Open Public portion of the meeting, introduce himself, and hand out documents showing both Andy Boy, da Queen, and even one of da Manalapan Legal Dream Team will all be named defendants. Another bizarre turn comes when a citizen, while complaining about da Mosked Man, makes a statement during a Township Committee meeting that da Mosked Man deems a personal direct threat against him. That person is then arrested 7 days later on charges of making terroristic threats, and that person's bail is posted by a member of da Cadre, who is then also named a defendant in da case. It will not be until 2011 when any settlement is even discussed.

Manalapan residents are outraged after they hear da Township Committee's next budget calls for a 13.5% municipal tax increase. It is approved by a 3-2 vote, with Susan Cohen & Ryan Green voting against the increase.

It will rain at Manalapan Day.

Manalapan will make news during the latter part of the summer when FBI agents raid a municipal office. No arrests will be made, and the government will be ultra secretive as to the nature of the raid. However, after the raid, a well-known municipal worker will resign, and allegations that the person was ordered to resign surface.

There will be a contested GOP race for Manalapan Township Committee. It will result in a split GOP ticket. The split also thrusts Manalapan GOP'er Grand Poobah Steve "Iron Girth" McEnery back into the spotlight, and he will survive yet again another no-confidence vote by just one mere vote.

There will be trouble in da Cadre in 2010, after a blog by daTruthSquad is revealed to have inside Cadre information. Ironically, the wrong person within da Cadre is blamed for da leak, and that person then becomes a supporter for da GOP.

Manalapan will be ground zero again for another First Amendment lawsuit. However, this time, when an anonymous blogger is served legal papers, they return da favor, serving them on da person who originally served them, claiming they too were defamed as that person also used an anonymous name to defame da very same person they are suing. When that happens, that same person is served by three others, including da Mosked Man, for defamation -- and, those who are against anonymous writers will be even more outraged when they discover da anonymous writers are being represented by da Mosked Man as their attorney!

Manalapan also becomes known as Monmouth County's traffic nightmare, as Marlboro starts construction of a "Village-type" shopping area on Route 9 within walking distance of Manalapan, Monroe starts building up Route 33, and Freehold expands their businesses on Route 9. Ironically, 14 businesses are forced to shut down in Manalapan due to slow business, meaning even more people must travel through Manalapan to get to shopping areas.

Due to the new census, New Jersey will lose one seat in the US House of Representatives. Due to redistricting, Chris Smith's seat will be absorbed into Rush Holt's district, angering many voters.

Finally, daTruthSquad will, again, break our yearly record for readers, surpassing 2009 totals, which surpassed 2008 totals and 2007 totals and 2006 totals.

Have a happy and healthy and wonderful 2010, and may our troops serving overseas be protected and always in our prayers, and da First Amendment and our Constitution be forever protected by those who wish to do it harm for their own benefit.

And that's daTruth - from daTruthSquad!

DaTruthSquad's 2009 Year In Review - Da Winners - Da Losers - Da Real Losers

Another year, another frivolous lawsuit, more bickering, less things done, no Village ratables or additional ratables of any kind to offset local taxes, more ratables and better shopping in Freehold. Marlboro, Monroe and Millstone, a probable yes to low-income housing, promises un-kept, age discrimination, and rain at Manalapan Day. Just another year in Manalapan politics.

Here's da highlights (or low-lights depending on what side you're on):

January: Commissar Klauber becomes Mayor of da year, and in one of his first acts tries to enact a rule to "end political bickering." Da only problem, a little thing called da First Amendment, and an even larger thing, one of those opposed to his "silence" tactic was former Mayor George Spodak. Combined, da Snoozepaper, Porky and daTruthSquad stood together, and da Commissar backed down.

From da "History, We Need No Stinkin' History" file - although it happened in 2008 at da end of da Queen's reign of terror, she said to one of her subjects during a public session when asked about legal billing, "YOU’RE COMPLAINING ABOUT A BILL BECAUSE MISTER MOSKOVITZ STARTED A LAWSUIT!"

Yes, in da Queen's world, it was da Mosked Man who sued himself for legal malpractice, and started da "lawsuit heard round da world!"

And you thought it couldn't get any worse - but it's only January!

February: Da Township Committee moves to approve da crumb rubber athletic field that a number of cities and states banned due to health risks. Da Commissar and da Queen hailed da field as da new cornerstone of Manalapan rec. While this was da big news of da time, da even bigger news would come in December when da Queen and Commissar tried to push through a 110-unit low-income apartment building which would be within walking distance of that very same cornerstone!

March: Welcome to "Tillis-Gate," where we wrote, "Manalapan's Gang of Three or Four want to purchase 25 acres of land, in which about 40% or so is completely unusable due to wetlands issues, for twice da price of da going rate, to build a yet-unknown project on it because nobody knows what they want to do with it, to expand a rec center that was just expanded, while home foreclosures in Manalapan are at an all-time high, with a 42% municipal tax increase in da last two years!!!"

OK, let's get this straight -- Da Gang of Three go after an award-winning symphony conductor over $600, stall da Village for years, but they're OK with paying double for land worth half da price, nearly half of which can't be built on, with no plan, and a potential arsenic problem???????

April: Da Queen announces she's running for da State Assembly. Corzine and da Queen - Perfect Together. And they would be - in da loss column in November. Did da frivolous lawsuits finally catch up to her???

May: It's budget time, and da Township Committee decides to keep taxes flat. Andy Boy, da architect of flat budgets of 2005 and 2006 despite da scorn of da Queen, only to turn his back on his tax cutting pledge and raise taxes 42% in just 2 years by denouncing his former pledge and plan now joins da Queen, now saying lowering taxes is right - and so does da Queen and da Commissar! Confused???

June: DaTruthSquad uncovers what da Gang of Three didn't want anyone to know --- da lawyer they approved to handle da case against da Mosked Man resigns three months ago!!!!! In da end, and after an exhausting search, da Gang of Three can't even find one lawyer on da entire East Coast of da United States who would take da case! And, in June, da Commissar admits what they refused to admit before and that this blog has been saying all along - well over $100,000 in taxpayer money had been spent on da whole "Da Township of Manalapan vs Da Mosked Man" affair!

July: Snoozer editor Mark Rosman follows da bread crumbs left over by daTruthSquad and reveals that da Queen & Commissar's fuzzy math about da legal costs incurred by taxpayers during "Da Township of Manalapan vs Da Mosked Man" don't add up. In a stunning and revealing report, Rosman not only agrees with daTruthSquad that much more money was spent on lawyers than da Queen & Commissar allege, but one of da basis points of da entire lawsuit against da Mosked Man was fraudualant. Rosman says ""Moskovitz said the closing on the Dreyer property occurred on June 8, 2005, which indicates that he followed Shepler's April 15, 2005, directive not to close on the property until she had the preliminary assessment and site inspection report from Birdsall Engineering." This means she received da papers from da Mosked Man on May 26. Da closing was on June 8. Now, say what you want about daTruthsquad, but at least, we and our proud and informed readers know May 26 comes well before June 8 on all calendars -- except apparently -- those calendars used by Manalapan's Gang of Three and their lawyers!

Your tax dollars at work!

August: Here's where "Lady-Gate" starts to take shape. Da Queen wants to suspend da Chief of Police in Manalapan for calling her a "lady." Yes, that's not a typo. da Chief would have an answer to that one in da coming months, and his answer will literally make da Queen's head spin around!

September: "Lady-Gate" explodes all over Manalapan. Following a Queenly mea-culpa that wound up on YouTube, da Queen made direct allegations against Manalapan Police Chief Stu Brown which included :

"Sexual harassment, verbal abuse and abuse of power by Manalapan Police Chief Stuart Brown..."

"Chief Brown has a history of verbally assaulting and threatening women."

"Chief Brown’s attack last September on me..."

"Chief Brown’s rage."

"Chief Brown and his repetitive abusive behavior toward women."

"His demeaning language and threatening behavior."

"I do not want any other women to be victims of Chief Brown’s rage."

Soon to follow, da Chief also had a reply for da Queen, but unlike her 8 minute mea culpa, his was just two words. When asked who his attorney is as he files an age discrimination case against Manalapan, da Queen and Tara Tiara, he says just two simple words guaranteed to enrage any member of Manalapan's Cadre of Evil- - Stu Moskowitz!

October: Now that da lawsuit against da Mosked Man is over, and his against da town has begun, da "Excuse Train" came barreling down da tracks and derailed directly into Manalapan Town Hall! After 25 months of a case that ended when Manalapan couldn't find a lawyer to handle it, "According to da Queen --- Da Lawyers Told Us To!!!!!!!!!

Now, wait. DaTruthSquad thought that both Commissar Klauber and Queen Roth told anybody that would listen that 5 members of da Manalapan Township Committee voted on this? It used to be da Mosked Man's fault. Then it somehow became this blog's fault for writing about it. Then it went back to being da Mosked Man's fault. Then it became da fault of those da Gang of Three claimed "leaked" info. Then it was back to being da Mosked Man's fault, followed by being this blog's fault. So now it's da lawyers fault? Wait, didn't they stop da case because it was da Mosked Man who didn't go through his insurance carrier, so da Gang-of-Roth thought they would have a hard time recouping da entire $10,500 for da soil cleanup - which was another excuse?

You really can't make this stuff up!

November: While da big news was da absolute landslide losses handed to da Queen for State Assembly and da Commissar in Manalapan, maybe da most interesting bit of news of da entire year was handed to us by none other than former alleged-reporter and current website operator Kathy "Back Page" Barratta, who posted on her blog site, which ironically started about da time da Queen announced her run for State Assembly, was now for up for sale after her landslide loss! Of course, we wouldn't be daTruthSquad if we both did not report da news and also poke some fun at it.

In "For Sale - Controversial Blog - Low Miles - Original Owner, we came up with a "Top-10" Brillo-Blog list, and felt bad that some of those 4 or 5 people who posted there (although we know of at least one who posts comments on this blog site under "anonymous") might have nowhere else to exercise their Freedom of Speech. In da end, and it appears thanks to this blog, Back Page Barratta decided to keep her website running.

December: The big news out of da Manalapan Township Committee was da vote they didn't take - da one for what da fine folks in Englishtown called "Love Canal II." Da Gang of Three wanted to build a 110-unit low-income apartment building, allegedly to try to satisfy a portion of da COAH commitment. Five problems --- (1) With a new GOP'er governor who is against COAH coming in next month, COAH commitments could easily change to da benefit of towns like Manalapan, (2) THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE CONTAMINATION on da site that could potentially cost $$$$$$$$ 6-figures to cleanup, (3) A large number of residents, including many from Englishtown who would border da low-income apartments are unhappy to say da very least, (4) not even a simple traffic impact study, or any important study for that matter, had been done to size up da impact of everything from traffic, added kids to Manalapan schools, da fact there's no sidewalks for 1/4 mile to da nearest bus stop, and (5) no solid infrastructure to accommodate these folk's needs.

In da end, da Manalapan Township Committee realized all da publicity was something they didn't need (especially since they've had da Village People jumping through hoops for da last 5 years, so da vote was not taken until at least some small study can be done - at taxpayer expense.

DaTruth is, 2009 brought some very interesting results. Da Queen's political aspirations were summarily rejected by da voters by landslide proportions. Commissar Klauber felt da voter's wrath by da same measures. Da daTruthSquad blog has become da most popular website for Manalapan's Freedom of Speech. Thousands of visitors read this site monthly, equally as popular as last year's figures. Da so-called "Manalapan Hate Website" will continue in operation, since it was put up for sale and nobody would buy it or maintain it.

Da commitment of this blog has been maintained. Our TruthTellers, despite their best efforts to uncover them, can be found along with daTruthSquad in Manalapan Town Hall and also within da Cadre. We have successfully been able to uncover wrongs and da doings of those behind many closed doors thanks to their hard work and dedication to da First Amendment of da Constitution of da United States.

Our blog for 2010 remains da same as always, root out corruption within political walls, make sure politicians keep da promises they make, and, to be fair, make sure our readers know what is really happening in Manalapan, and not just what some career politicians or their propaganda sellers want you to know.

A special daTruthSquad Thank You to all of our readers for making this site one of the top information sites in the area, and our TruthTellers for their hard work and dedication in gathering all of the inside information to expose.

Have a Happy & Healthy 2010, and that's daTruth.

Of Mice & Men & Lawsuits - The 2nd Anniversary of Manalapan's "Lawsuit Heard 'Round da World!"

DaTruthSquad has to admit this is a very special week, and also one that gives one pause. It was 2 years ago that da Manalapan Legal Dream Team faced daTruthSquad and da Electronic Frontier Foundation in a Monmouth Court, with da goal of taking da Constitution of da United States, and da Bill of Rights, and makeing little paper airplanes out of them. Da Manalapan Legal Dream Team brought a lawsuit that was ordered by da Manalapan Township Committee with two sole purposes, embarrass da person they were suing for legal malpractice, and expose da writer and/or writers of this blog.

Da Manalapan Legal Dream Team claimed in absolutely no uncertain terms that this blog was written by none other than da Mosked Man himself, and he was in violation of a court order not to discuss da case. Their evidence was not actual pictures or video of da Mosked Man making a blog entry, or even secret video of him penning this blog, or eyewitness testimony from someone claiming he heard da Mosked Man boast this blog was his -- but was da blog itself -- and da inside information from da blog entries -- and their evidence was solely their "belief" that he was da writer.

Making matters worse -- da Manalapan Legal Dream Team had unlimited wealth to bankroll their work, because YOU DA TAXPAYER were paying their bills whether you wanted to or not -- because da Manalapan Township Committee ordered them to do it through their voting!

Two years ago, daTruthSquad was concerned when we received a subpoena from da Dream Team for everything under da sun. Da concern didn't stem from whether we would be pointed to as da blogger, but far worse -- that our First Amendment rights and da rights of others were being violated. Then, daTruthSquad came up with a plan of action that not only turned da tables on da Manalapan Township Committee Gang of Three, and forced da Manalapan Legal Dream Team to actually practice law, but took a plan that da Gang of Three wanted to keep in private and away from da people and exposed all of it for everyone to see!

It was late-September 2007 when daTruthSquad received notice it was being subpoenaed for information that anyone should not have to give. At issue wasn't just what da Gang of Three's Dream Team wanted.

At issue was da rule of law, anonymity, da basis of what was considered then and what was proven to be nothing more than a frivolous lawsuit, and a legal precedent that could take da Constitution of da United States and turn it into toilet paper.

With da EFF on our side, an organization whose purpose is to protect da rights of individuals, we decided to stand up to da bullies using all legal means at our disposal. Da EFF not only said they will not hand anything over and force da Dream Team's legal hand, but they took every shred of legal papers of da case and posted them on da internet for all to see, opening up da door for what became an unprecedented and shockingly revealing look into how da Manalapan Township Committee and their proxy's operate.

Everything from legal notices, to actual or in many cases alleged evidence, and even written correspondence between lawyers was posted for everyone to see! This became something Manalapan residents have never seen before -- exactly how your money was being spent on what may have been the most controversial period in Manalapan history!

While some Manalapan politicians promised transparancy in Town Hall but never delivered on that promise ---- daTruthSquad and da EFF made them keep that promise.

Three months later, in a Monmouth Court, da Dream Team's case now in front of a Superior Court Judge became, in effect, "Yes, da Mosked Man is daTruthSquad beyond a shadow of a doubt" -- to -- "Well, da Mosked Man is probably daTruthSquad" -- to -- "You know, it's a descent bet da Mosked Man is da Squad" -- to -- "Well, there's a one in 10 billion chance da Mosked man could be, but might be, but then again maybe it's da bearded guy in da corner or da guy panhandling outside da court."

Actually, according to da legal papers word for word, da Manalapan Legal Dream Team claimed da following:

In this legal document, da Manalapan Legal Dream Team made all of these claims saying daTruthSquad was da Mosked Man - with no actual evidence!

Now here's da entire transcript from da hearing. yes, it's pretty long, but as you read it, you can see page by page how da Manalapan Legal Dream Team's case began to crumble into dust.

Even before that, it was actually determined that da subpoena sent by da Dream Team wasn't even valid -- AND YOUR TAX DOLLARS PAID FOR THAT!!!

To make a long story short, what they wanted they couldn't get, because even if they could, they never filed da proper legal paperwork - AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE!!!!!

Beyond all that, their case would have set a precedent that would have made those who fought for our freedoms down da road at Monmouth Battlefield turn over twice in their graves. This country was founded by anonymous writers, including those who wrote da Federalist Papers - one of whom became a Supreme Court Justice, and other great patriots who said we don't have to take what da oppressive government of da day were handing us. Benjamin Franklin was an anonymous writer, maybe even da first blogger of da day. In this case, da government of Manalapan was using taxpayer money to fund a lawsuit nobody wanted in order to expose da people who were airing their dirty laundry.

Other times it was tried, in other cases, including a different landmark case in New Jersey. In each case across da nation, those who brought da cases all lost. In this case, not only did da township of Manalapan lose, but it also set a legal precedent that will, and we all pray, last forever -- and it's already been used as evidence in another legal case outside of New Jersey as a precedent!

In addition, what this case also did, and here's where your tax money comes into play again -- by losing this case in da way that they did, it cast da cloud of doubt over their entire legal malpractice case against da Mosked Man, by putting their credibility and theories into serious doubt. In da end, after 25 months of fighting, da Manalapan Township Committee couldn't even find one lawyer in da entire state who would take da case when their "contingency fee" attorney walked off da case!

So now, that case continues, but now it's da Mosked Man suing Manalapan and da politicians who went after him for 25 months of legal billing and to recoup 25 months of lost work due to da severity of da case they brought -- and could cost some a pretty penny to be sure.

As for "Da Township of Manalapan vs da Mosked Man," it cost taxpayers to be sure, and it also made Manalapan a laughingstock, because da story of how da town politicians were suing a blogger they didn't like spread around da world in publications in North and South America, Europe and Asia. During da height of da lawsuit, this blog was getting thousands of hits each day! And, this blog is still here "for all da people."

DaTruth is, daTruthSquad fought this fight not just for us, but for anyone who blogs, anonymously or not. You should have da right to speak out against what you feel isn't right. While you can't scream "fire" in a crowded theater, you can tell people what they may not know, or aren't getting from a local newspaper for whatever reason. You can do this through word of mouth, at a diner, or on a blog, whether you use your real name or not. As Americans, we have that right, and as long as our Republic endures, we always will.

In an ironic twist of fate, there are actually some individual who backed with words or deeds da Manalapan legal case against anonymity, yet post anonymous comments on message boards, contrary to da case they supported -- da height of hypocracy!

DaTruth is, if da axis of evil had won their case (and we all know it would have been turned over on appeal), then da rights we all share would have been seriously violated. Never again would anyone be able to speak out against what they believed was wrong without the extreme fear of reprisal. What Manalapan wanted to do was stop a whistelblower from airing their dirty laundry. In da end, da actions of a few politicians and their took away Manalapan's prestige when word spread around da world of their taxpayer-funded lawsuit attacking Freedom of Speech, and also cost Commissar Klauber his seat on da Township Committee, and da Queen her limousine ride to Trenton.

Through their minions, they claimed that da Founding fathers of our great nation didn't plan this for da Constitution. Apparently, they did not bother to learn a little history that many 3rd graders are taught, such as who da woman was who wrote riveting letters to da editor in a Boston newspaper was about issues of da day, who later turned out to be Benjamin Franklin, or da writers of da Federalist Papers - one who became da first Secretary of da Treasury, another a President of these United States, and da third was da first Chief Justice of da US Supreme Court - all writing under da anonymous name "Publius." Yes, da internet wasn't around in 1787, but da written word was - and those brave and wise men knew their laws must endure - and we thank God their wise vision still does today!

Let us never forget their sacrifices.

So yes, this is an important anniversary, for da patriots, for us, and da rule of law. And it will be remembered always. Our guess is, there are members of da Cadre who will also be remembering that this case quite possibly began their political downfall.

And that's daTruth.