Assemblyman Tony Chiappone (D-Bayonne) moments ago pulled petitions to run for mayor of Bayonne.
"Yes, I am," Chiappone told PolitickerNJ.com when asked if he is running for mayor.
Under indictment for allegedly funneling aides’ paychecks into his personal and campaign accounts, Chiappone last year won re-election to the assembly without serious opposition.
In the 2008 special mayor's election, the state lawmaker was a staunch, door-to-door ally of Judge Pat Conaghan, who lost to Mayor Mark Smith.
A video from a David Horowitz retreat several months back has already cost one person a job. The video shows Patrick Caddell, former pollster to Jimmy Carter, lament that “the whole idea of the environmental movement isn’t to clean up the environment” but rather to “basically deconstruct capitalism. They are against capitalism.” A little later Caddell continues, “I happen to believe this country needs a good dose of what it believes in: real democracy and real free enterprise.”
While embarrassing to those on the left who promote the sort of policies Caddell refers to, the remark comes as no surprise to The Heritage Foundation—our extensive research on the subject has long demonstrated that succumbing to the environmental lobby has often come at the expense of jobs and free trade.