8/1/02 Spending
More Of The Taxpayers’ Money, Media Reports McGreevey's Tab For
Helicopter Fuel Is $13,850 -- Records
Show He Took 45 Trips In His First Seven Months In
Office
Media Reports Their Own
Investigation Has Revealed Homestead Rebate Checks Will Be Delayed --
Administration Initially Denies Problem, But Later Confirms The Findings;
McGreevey Promises Checks In The Mail By The End Of The
Month
8/2/02 Media
Reports Rebate Delay Is No Shock To The
Governor -- McGreevey Knew State
Revenues Could Not Cover Rebate Checks For At Least Six Weeks, But Kept
Public In The
Dark
8/4/02 Cipel
Back In The Headlines When Media Reports Exaggerated Credentials Helped Land
High-Paying Post- Little Truth To
Cipel Biography Given To Media By Administration
8/7/02 Saying Secrecy Is Commonplace In
McGreevey's Administration-- Media Reports McGreevey Breaks Another
Campaign Pledge To Be More Accountable To The Public -- Waits To Publicly
Announce His Limitations On Open Public Records And The Homestead Rebate
Delays
8/13/02 Media
Reports On Latest Democrat “Pay To Play,” Saying McGreevey
Contributor To Win Big State Contract
-- Highest Bidder, Hill International Inc., Given A $400,000 Contract
With The State Economic Development Authority; Hill Reportedly Gave
Over $100,000 In Contributions To State Democrats Since
2000
Under Heavy Media Pressure,
McGreevey Revises His Executive Order On Open Public
Records
8/14/02 Media
Reports McGreevey's Revised Executive Order On Open Public Records --
Will Keep 23 Original Exclusions, Modify 52 and Rescind
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8/15/02 After
Months Of Controversy, Media Reports McGreevey's Reclusive Israeli Aide Steps
Down -- Cipel, The Embattled
Advisor, Has No Comment For The Press, But Report Says He Will Take A Job
In The Private
Sector
8/17/02 Media
Reports That McGreevey's Cipel, Who Resigned On 8/14/02 Will Be Collecting
$4,230, Plus Benefits, For Two Final Weeks Of Work At An Undisclosed
Location
8/19/02 Media
Reports That Cipel Was Encouraged To Quit By McGreevey Allies After The Truth
Evolved About Cipel's Bogus
Biography
8/20/02 Media
Reports On McGreevey's Letter Stressing His Commitment To "Open
Government"
8/25/02 Media Reports Escheat Law Called
“A Cheat” -- McGreevey's Amended Law Allows The State To Take
Possession Of Abandoned Bank Accounts Faster; McGreevey's Law Shortens
Time Frame From 10 Years To 3 Years, Making New Jersey The State With The
Shortest Escheat Time Frame
8/28/02 Media Reports That
McGreevey Mailed Out NJ SAVER Rebate Checks Prematurely To Over 900 Homes
-- Checks Are Postdated For September
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8/29/02 Media
Reports That McGreevey's Israeli Advisor, Despite Bogus Resume, Left State
Government With A Glowing Job Recommendation From
McGreevey
8/30/02 Media
Reports Cipel Has Taken A Job With MWW, A Public Relations Firm, As One Of
Many Vice Presidents
