As flags across New Jersey fly at half-staff in remembrance of beloved teevee man James Gandolfini, dozens of Garden State politicians are scrambling to explain their connections to an illegal pay-t0-play scheme that wouldn't have felt out of place in one of the more boring episodes of The Sopranos. Here's how it worked: the bankrupt and recently-sold Birdsall Services Group would ask employees to write checks of $300 or less to politicians in positions to steer government construction contracts to Birdsall, then Birdsall would reimburse the employees out of company coffers.
he rocks
It's not illegal if the Governor does it
$300? damn. NJ you gotta do better than that if you wanna knock IL off its pedestal.
it's a fucking valuable thing, you just don't give it away for nothing.
Yes
Don't blame me- I voted for Weeping Ghost Bird
The S next to Christie stands for spaghetti, not secret
The Jersey off-shore account
I was kind of hoping that Christie was bribed with a lifetime supply of Kentucky Fried Chicken coupon books.
Is this anything like Christie's "secret" nightly trips to the fridge in the early AM hours? If so, this is huge ...
with 11 secret bribes and payoffs
the season one DVD box set
second place was season one and two