3/1/02 Under Pressure, McGreevey Bans
Outside Income For Cabinet Members --No Word Yet On Watley’s Plans For
Sizable Pastor Income
Cipel Called To Appear Before
The Senate Judiciary Committee Media
Raises Questions About His Qualifications For Anti-Terror
Post
Media Reports
Santiago Ran An Unlicensed Foundation Out Of Newark Gas
Station
3/2/02 McGreevey
Publicly Stands By Santiago
3/3/02 Media
Reports That Santiago’s Past Nixed Career
Opportunities -Had Attempted to
Secure Police Chief Positions In Both Phoenix And
Memphis
Watley's Ability To Run
A Business Called Into Question -- Media Reports Four Watley
Corporations Lost Their State
Licenses
McGreevey Replaces
Respected Victim Rights Advocate With Man Facing Sexual Harassment Suit
-- Suit Filed Against Jacob Toporek When He Was Prior Chair
McGreevey Names
Carl Goldberg To NJ Sports And Exposition
Authority -- Goldberg, Owner Of
Roseland Properties, Raised Nearly $1 Million For McGreevey's
Campaign
3/4/02 McGreevey
Spokesman Says Suspension Of NJ SAVER Can't Be Ruled
Out
3/5/02 McGreevey
Announces State School Aid
Freeze
Under Pressure,
Watley Agrees To Give Up Pastor's
Salary
3/7/02
Media Reports
Politically-Connected Woodbridge Law Firm, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer,
Awarded Lucrative New Jersey Turnpike
Contract-- Previous Turnpike Contract
Yielded More Than $900,000 In Fees; Media Reports Wilentz Firm Was
McGreevey's Second Biggest Source Of Campaign Cash During
McGreevey’s Political Career (Provided
$200,000)
McGreevey Freezes Aid
To Abbott
Schools
Cipel
Hides From Media/Refuses To Appear Before Senate Judiciary
Committee
Media
Reports Administration Is Trying To Find Cipel A New
Job
McGreevey
$1.6 Million Inaugural Gala Fails To Raise Enough Cash to Cover Costs For
Party-- McGreevey Forced to Borrow
Money From Democratic State Committee (Kushner Family and Friends Donate
$5,000)
3/8/02 McGreevey
Reassigns Cipel To Position Of Special Assistant To The
Governor -- Cipel Maintains
$110,000/year Salary With Unspecified Duties.
Santiago Sworn In
As Superintendent Of State Police
AMTRAK President George Warrington
Named Executive Dir. Of NJ Transit With A Whopping Yearly Salary Of
$275,000 -- Salary Is An $82,000 Increase Given By A Cash-Strapped
Agency
3/10/02 Media
Reports McGreevey's Backers Are Being Well Taken Care Of By New
Governor -- Media Recalls
McGreevey’s Words “The Days of Government By the Insiders For
the Insiders Are Numbered”; McGreevey Spokesman Denies Recent
Appointments Were Political
Paybacks
3/15/02 McGreevey
Announces New Jerseyans Who Make Over $200,000/year No Longer Eligible For
NJ SAVER Property Tax Relief
Program
3/16/02 McGreevey
Explores Taxpayer-Funded Bonds To Finance The Newark
Arena
3/22/02 Cipel
Receives New Work Visa From INS --
Media Later Learns Exaggerated Credentials Provided By Administration Used To
Secure Visa
Senator Rice
Blocks Kushner Appointment To Port Authority Of
NY/NJ
3/25/02 CRDA
Hires Law Firm (Hill Wallack) That Contributed To McGreevey's
Campaign
Failed Mercer
County District 14 Senate Candidate, Sam Plumeri, Steps Down As Sheriff In
Anticipation Of Appointment To Port Authority Of
NY/NJ
3/26/02 McGreevey
Unveils His Proposed $23.6 Billion Budget For FY' 03 Filled With Tax Hikes And
Fee Increases -- Including, But Not
Limited To Hiking Cigarette Tax; Creating Billion Dollar Corporation Business
Tax; Elimination Of NJ SAVER For Incomes of $200,000 Or Over; A New Casino
Comp. Tax; A South Jersey Commuter Tax; Use of Tobacco Settlement Money; And A
Freeze Of Aid To Schools And Municipalities
McGreevey Muzzles State
Treasurer John McCormac -- In A Nearly Unprecedented Move, McGreevey
Forbids His Treasurer To Speak “On the Record” About His
Proposed Budget
Media Reports That
Louis J. Freeh Offered To Be Unpaid Homeland Security Advisor -- But
Was Turned Down By
McGreevey
AFL-CIO Voices
Opposition To Kushner Appointment
3/27/02 Santiago
"Graduates" Himself As Single Candidate of Fictional State Police Academy
(Class 130-A)-- Media Reports He
Assigned Himself Badge #6179, And Now Has Technical Right To Wear State Police
Uniform And Use The Title
“Colonel”
3/28/02 Media
Reports Personal Website Of McGreevey Appointee Roger Chugh -- Chugh
Worked On McGreevey's Campaign As Asian-Indian Community Liaison; Media
Reports Chugh Has Embellished His Job Title And Duties Within Dept. Of
State
3/30/02 McGreevey's
Attorney General Rules Santiago's State Police Graduation Is
Invalid-- Result Is He Cannot Wear
Uniform or Use Colonel
Title
Chugh's Website Is Closed
For Indefinite Repairs-- Web Surfers Can No Longer View Photos of Chugh
With His Poodle In His Pool or Learn His Personal Likes and Dislikes (Neil
Diamond Music; “The Jungle Brings Me Harmony”
