The Mason Family is not done yet. While Assignment Judge Peter Bariso said in advance of his court order of the full council to vote on the Doyle appointment he would review the results, he can't stop another lawsuit against the people of Hoboken.

MSV has weighed in with further analysis on the ever litigious Beth Mason and her Old Guard allies:

http://www.hobokenhorse.com/2013/01/jim-doyle-appointment-passes-in-5-4-vote.html

Zimmer filed the frivolous lawsuit in order to try and force Doyle to be allowed on the council after a judge ruled the vote invalid. The initial move to overturn the illegal vote didn't cost the city anything. Now, by continuing to force this issue despite it already having been ruled on both in Hoboken and in Newark, there is going to be even more taxpayer money wasted. That's just one reason you have $700,000 in legal bills for the first quarter, in case you missed that part. So yes, frivolous lawsuits should have to be paid back. Zimmer and company might not be so willing to throw their own money away. In any case, Longo should be disciplined for going along with it, she's paid to represent the city, not to just give the thumbs up to illegal clearly procedures on the Mayor's behalf.

vinvan you make no sense.

Doyle was appointed through a vote. Mason et al filed a frivolous lawsuit. The court ruled that all of the members had to vote. Mason et al filed a frivolous appeal. She was rejected. They voted. Now Mason will file another frivolous suit, no doubt, to get the appointment rejected. There's no legal basis for that, so in the end, what happened in OCTOBER (Doyle being appointed) will come to fruition in January or February at the cost of TAXPAYER money b/c MASON, OCCHIPINTI, CASTELLANO and RUSSO filed frivolous lawsuits.

Well here's a Grade A for your never ending propensity to lie in your signature way about everything and anything. Before we dissect and dispense it with truth, let me ask if you think anyone really falls for any of it?

Isn't there just too many citizens who are willing to take on the lies for that strategy to work? Why not just stick to ghostwriting on Hoboken411 where you can control and censor everyone? Is it because like Beth Mason, it's totally discredited?

As for the weak mess of lies here:

1. Beth Mason and friends sued to stop a judge from compelling them to show up at the same council meeting and vote on the Jim Doyle appointment.
2. Suing the people of Hoboken is not popular and Beth doing it over and over doesn't go away because you try to say it's someone else, re: the mayor.
3. Your more Lame than ever.

Thank you very much VinVan

MSV will post the complete court order so everyone can know what the judge did actually say about making the FULL council show up and vote. This to offset the fibs last night by Tim Occhipinti and Terry Castellano.

I read your comments and can't help but think you're a bitter pill of a person.

The council members that refused to do their job and vote got us in this mess.

Newark has a direct stipulation on abstentions, Hoboken does not.

Actually quite an impressive resume. Perhaps you'd like to share yours so we can compare and also learn how you became an expert in Wisconsin law. Did you gain the expertise by consuming lots of cheese with your twinkies or was it more from watching reruns of law and order?

It will be interesting to see whether Mrs. Mason's fancy New York lawyer or her not so fancy NJ coatholder Steve Kleinman use any of your fine arguments when they argue the issue before Judge Bariso. Apparently you were wrong about whether the judge could order your friends to show up and vote. He could and he did, and their attempts to pretend he hadn't last night were pretty laughable. Did you people really not foresee that the Council President would read the order into the record?

As you know, the final word on abstentions will come from Judge Bariso. Then we'll see whether you and your friends can spin your way out of the reality of seeing Mr. Doyle back on the Council.

And yet, she is a qualified attorney who knew about this situation coming into the meeting, allowing her to research the law, which enabled her to offer an informed, professional opinion. She did not get us into this "legal morass" -- the idiotic shenanigans of Mason et al did.

I must admit, this one put me over the top about Mason. She's a harmful, narcissistic, incompetent fool (check her record at Levine Huntley and Friedman Benjamin -- she screwed both companies royally). I live in her district and I promise I will work hard to unseat her...and prevent her from winning ANY election.

What a sad little person you are Scotty M. Siegle because when you were a kid you must have been picked on and you no the bully word you have to act like this calling a person a turd. So SAD.

What a sad little person Beth Mason is to surround herself with people like Redwing forever.

What kind of sad, bitter and hateful existance do you have, that you would say such things?

What is sad is that Beth Mason has little choice but to surround herself with people like you.

A Russo, Mason, Occhpinti supported saying she just wants the city to "follow the law"!

Good one! You are on fire.

MadisonMonroe if the Judge deems the vote valid will you say that Mason, Occipinti, Russo, and Castellano have wasted the taxpayers money by forcing a Judge to order them to participate in a valid vote?
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I'm just trying to understand if you're being fair on this issue or if you're just an old guard partisan.

Speaking of following the law; Has you Board Of Ed slate, Move Forward, returned the nearly $7000 in illegal donations, yet? The deadline is past due.

Unless your are her close friend, how do you know why she stepped down when she did?

At least when she was on the council she called in when she could not make it to a meeting, even from a hospital.

Had anyone but Beth Mason pulled any of the stunts Beth Mason has pulled over the last 4 years, you'd have gone berserk about it. And no, you would not have voted for him b/c he is diametrically opposed to Mason and everything you now support. You are so blinded by your devotion to her that you just can't see the havoc she has caused.

John, when Beth Mason had a midnight resolution to take over the council chair, the "reform" members of the council pretty much rolled over and let her have her way. I fail to believe that reform would be up in arms over a resignation that allowed colleagues to pick a likeminded replacement. Of course, the midnight resolution came after contributions flowed right through your hands to Tim Occhipinti on their way to 575 campaign workers, so your lack of objectivity is expected.

Speaking of stunts - do you happen to know if the illegal contribution to Move Forward by the oxymoronically named "Friends of Beth Mason" group was returned? http://hoboken.patch.com/articles/7-000-campaign-donation-at-center-of-discussion

Asking because FofBM appears to still be using your address as the place from which checks are issued and to which, presumably, illegal checks ought to be returned.

I hate to admit it but CuriousGal was dead-right about November elections. She kept warning us about dirty money getting into campaigns if elections were moved to November. And lo and behold we had a Nazi truck and vile midnight fliers. And we just can't imagine who was behind them. But CuriousGal will let us know.

Anyhooooooo.... Sure would be nice to hear that Beth's illegal donation "has been cleared up" to use the preferred expression. As a watchdog for political hypocrisy, I'm sure you feel the same. Right?

Right...?

(I'm taking bets on his letter of support)

With the website, if you did't go to the site. With the truck, you don't have that much control.

Oh and about those contributions, and your address. Mind clearing up that?

Has you Board Of Ed slate, Move Forward, returned the nearly $7000 in illegal donations, yet? The deadline is past due

How is the ordinance limiting pay to play in contributions illegal? Because Beth Mason says it's okay to break the law?

Beth Mason and Tim Occhipinti said passing the ordinance limiting pay to play was unconstitutional.

It's neither unconstitutional nor illegal.

Does anyone else find it more than ironic Beth Mason breaks laws when she wants and then passes other laws she insists we obey?

Okay, back to the I heard it was an illegal law, so it doesn't apply to me Beth Mason game.