After 5 Month Delay, Time is on Their Side

NJ RECORDS COUNCIL HELPS CHRISTIE AVOID ELECTION YEAR SCANDAL Report by Mark Lagerkvist

The New Jersey agency entrusted with ensuring access to public records may be Gov. Chris Christie's biggest ally for keeping a pension scandal secret in an election year. After a sudden decision last year not to review state Treasury documents that could incriminate Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, the Government Records Council sat on the case five months before transferring it to ...

NEW JERSEY WATCHDOG RECEIVES NEW YORK PRESS CLUB AWARD

New Jersey Watchdog has won a New York Press Club Award for its investigative reporting on “retired” public officials who collect both pensions and paychecks from the state. In the category of political coverage, judges selected “60 NJ State ‘Double-Dippers’ Collect $10 Million Per Year” as the winner. The story by investigative reporter Mark Lagerkvist was published [...]Read More>>

ASSEMBLY BILL AIMS TO END $4M IN DOUBLE DIPS BY SCHOOL RETIREES Report by Mark Lagerkvist

A New Jersey lawmaker is pushing a bill to stop retired school administrators from double-dipping by collecting both pensions and salaries from post-retirement school jobs. Assemblyman Ralph Caputo, D-Essex, cited an investigation by New Jersey Watchdog and NBC 4 New York that found 45 retired superintendents employed as interim school administrators, collecting $4 million a year [...]Read More>>

NJ WATCHDOG APPEARS ON FOX TO TALK DISABILITY PENSION ABUSE

New Jersey Watchdog’s investigations of disability pension abuse were hot topics on Fox Business News. Investigative reporter Mark Lagerkvist was a guest on the “Varney & Co.” program. The discussion began with NJ Watchdog’s report on a Morris County sheriff’s deputy who received a disability pension after claiming he was traumatized by what he saw at crime scenes. After he [...]Read More>>

Tough Love

Incredible coverup and betrayal. Gov. Christie, you should be ashamed. Read More>>

carl

Why are these guys not being checked every year like they are supposed to be! That way if there are better, they don’t get all that money and they should get another job! OMG, this is crazy! Read More>>

Valerie

OMG!! Are you addressing a prosecutor being biased? A prosecutor having some inside connection? A prosecutor with a FAMILY MEMBER also involved with knowledge? Are you speaking about corruption? What can we do? What do we do? Who do we ask for help? No wait. This is NEW JERSEY. I have been following what I [...]Read More>>