In case you missed her: Evelyn Williams
By Wally EdgeEvelyn Williams, who may have set a new record: she lasted seven days from the time she took her oath as an Assemblywoman until the time of her arrest on shoplifting charges. Two days later, she was fired from her job with the Essex County Corrections Department for filing for and receiving illegal pension checks from the state Police and Firemen's Retirement System. She resigned two weeks after her arrest. Williams is no stranger to controversy: she was the School Board president when the state took over the Newark public school system in the 1980's, and as an Essex County Jail employee in 2002, she escorted an inmate who had been a member of a major drug ring, to attend an outdoor concert.
Addressing the Assembly after taking her oath of office just seven days ago, among those Williams singled out to thank was Jackie Mattison, who had served in the Assembly until his 1997 bribery conviction Mattison, who was Chief of Staff to Sharpe James, had over $150,000 in cash hidden under the floorboards of his home. Mattison served nearly three years in a federal prison.
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Is this "whatever happened to?" night?
If we're playing that game, what ever happened to ray durkin?
here is a better question
here is a better question ... whatever happened to her prosecution , and oh by the way how did chris durkin avoid prosecution, since he was county personnel directer, and had to have signed off on evelyn williams pension application 2 crooks!
here is a better question
here is a better question ... whatever happened to her prosecution , and oh by the way how did chris durkin avoid prosecution, since he was county personnel directer, and had to have signed off on evelyn williams pension application 2 crooks!
The Truth Is the Personnel Director Does Not....
sign off on a pension application and that you can retire through the State or through the County. Ms Williams decided to retire through the State and did not notify the County. The State did not notify the County that Ms. Williams had retired and admitted fault. She cashed one pension check before it was uncovered. The Beter question is who lets this Total Moron WilliamHenryHarrison post such rubbish? Mind your own closet! I'm sure it's overflowing!
What a jack***!
I can not stand posters like williamhenryharrison. No facts and 4th party info. Bitterness is not an attractive trait.
I want another round of
Torricelli v. the Record!!!