January 29, 2008 - 4:40pm
Burlington Bridge Commission Chairman arrested for DWI
By Matt Friedman
Tags: John Comegno
In another black eye for the troubled Burlington County Bridge Commission, the Burlington County Times reports that its chairman, John Comegno, was arrested for drunk driving last night.
The report says that Comegno struck mailboxes along a Moorestown road last night and fled the scene. He’s been charged with five infractions: driving while intoxicated, refusing to submit to an alcohol test, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to report an accident and reckless driving.
Comegno, a lawyer, was appointed to the troubled commission one year ago and has relatively few political connections. According to a resume distributed when he was nominated for the position, he served on the finance committees of state Sen. Diane Allen and then-Assemblyman Bill Baroni, and is a member of the Burlington County Young Republicans.
The commission suffered from a major scandal after lobbyist Robert Stears admitted overbilling it by $1 million.
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Relatively few political connections? On political finance committees? yeah right, he's got relatively "few" political connections.
No wonoder why he drinks, he's was on the finance committees of Allen and Baroni!
???
Were the love birds Garfield Demarco and Bob Stears in the back seat during the incident?
You are an idiot East8th
Go back to the rock you climbed out from under!
East8th Jason
Jason, Please take your bitterness somewhere else. This type of garbage only shows what an embarassment you are. No wonder you're persona non grata with the Burlington County GOP.
He sounds like he needs treatment solutions
not foolish comments. I hope he finds a fit for his addiction situation.
Hey Bordentown
Keep my name out of your mouth. Your the one that is unwelcome and it does not suprise me that you guys have nothing better to do than talk about me.
See you on the train to DC!