Louis Tedesco

August 24, 2006 - 11:31am

Inducted, then indicted: League of Municipalities doesn't use the Pete Rose rule

Among the members of the New Jersey League of Municipalities' Elected Officials Hall of Fame are: former Ocean Township Mayor Terrance Weldon, who was inducted in 2001 and pleaded guilty in 2002 to extorting money from developers; former Burlington Township Mayor Joseph Foy, pleaded guilty to income tax evasion as part of a plea bargain agreement earlier this year -- eight years after his Hall of Fame induction; former New Hanover Mayor Patrick Malloy, inducted in 1996, pleaded guilty in 2004 to witness tampering in a case involving no-bid paving contracts for a relative. Linden Mayor John Gregorio was inducted in 1999 -- sixteen years after forfeiting his mayoral office and State Senate seat following his criminal conviction, but nine years after a pardon allowed him to return to office. Louis Tedesco, the former Mayor of Little Ferry who was arrested twice on domestic violence charges, was inducted as a Hall of Famer in 1997.

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June 7, 2006 - 1:29pm

In Bergen County, it's not good to be a Republican Freeholder

Two of the last three Republican Freeholders from Bergen County have been denied party support for re-election to a second term. In 2004, Louis Tedesco lost his bid for a second term amidst allegations that he had been arrested twice on domestic violence charges. Yesterday, Lisa Randall, elected to the Board of Freeholders in 2003 after serving in Governor Christie Whitman's cabinet as Commissioner of Banking and Insurance and as a State Assemblywoman, lost the Republican primary. Democrats have a 7-1 majority on the Freeholder Board.

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