Mason Money, Lawsuits and Zur

Thanks to Patch commenter 'Dov Aaronson' for bringing up Mason's contribution to former Hoboken Prosecutor Tracy Zur.  Zur ran for Freeholder of Bergen County in 2012.  GA had forgotten about that, but  Dov reminded us all about selective prosecution in Hoboken when he posted this:

Good luck getting the cops in this town to lift a finger for you or any of your caballeros... Your supreme leader on her mayoral magic carpet ruined that bridge along time ago. They'll meet with you, maybe take a report and then when you leave they'll wipe their butt with your statement. 

And this:

can you prove this or is this one of the not stempler vaudeville acts?

So, per Dov's request, I posted this:

Thanks to Dov Aaronson

There are many reasons why a Councilwoman donating to the prosecutor in her jurisdiction smells, but the closer you look at this one, the more it stinks.

Within days of this $1,000 'contribution' Zur represented Mason employee Matt Calicchio in Hoboken Municipal Court against a prominent critic of Mason. 

Shortly after this 'contribution', GA started getting hits from an Ohio law firm.

Beth Mason announced at a mid-July Council meeting there was a "coming civil suit".  It came in August.  Against 22 Mason critics, including the person Zur was prosecuting at the time.

Does it smell bad enough yet?  Stay tuned.   

GA's looked but I haven't found any more Mason contributions to Zur.   But this was interesting... on October 25, 2012, Beth and Ricky Mason dropped $20,000 on the NJ Democratic State Committee. Swish, swish.

 

On October 8, 2012, the NJ Democratic State Committee dropped $48,848.52 on former Hoboken Prosecutor's Tracy Zur's Committee, Bergen County Victory 2012.  Swish, swish.

Swish, swish!