The Honest Abe Research Foundation has been given the task of investigating Middletown Township Committeeman Sean Byrnes, this year's Democratic candidate for County Commissioner (neé Freeholder). Although they've only just begun to scratch the surface, Byrnes' ELEC reports are interesting.
On his primary '07 report, we have a $2,500.00 contribution from Upendra J. Chivukula for Assembly, made on June 4th, 2007, the day before the primary. Chivukula, a Democrat, represents convicted felon John Lynch's old district. He gained notoriety in 2007 for proposing a bill to allow illegal aliens to pay in state tuition.
In the general election, Byrnes maintained two sets of campaign books, one where he filed as a single candidate account, and the second where he filed jointly with his running mate, Janet Moscuzza.
There's not much activity shown in the single account, but the joint account is active, as one would expect in a large town like Middletown.
Pallone for Congress gave $2,500.00 on October 13th. Other contributors include the PRC Management Co. of West Long Branch, developers, who gave $1,000.00 on October 22nd. PRC is also a known supporter of John "Flippy" D'Amico. We're researching whether they were or are planning a project in Middletown where they may have desired Byrnes' influence.
The Wall Township based Local Union 400 PAC Fund gave $2,000.00 on October 31st, and $2,500.00 on November 19th, for a total of $4,500.00.
The '07 Byrnes Campaign finances seem relatively mild as Dem campaigns go, but remember this was a local race. In reality, his campaign finances were a pastiche of the above contributors, with large donations from both the Middletown Democratic Executive Committee and the Middletown Township Democratic Club, with both Byrnes' single campaign account and one from Moscuzza thrown in for good measure.
As I mentioned at the beginning of this post, we've only begun to scratch the surface with this guy. I don't know what it is with these Democrats from Middletown. This is not going away.
5 comments:
I think that Upendra J. Chivukula also swore him in when he took office in Middletown ... but not 100% positive about that
Anonymous, you're right. Chivukula did swear Byrnes in. Not yet sure just what the connection is, guess it's just Democrats helping Democrats.
PRC Management company has ties to John Lynch. They are involved in the fiasco in Manalapan where Assembly candidate Michelle Roth took contributions from them in exchange for 1. killing the Village Center that would have competed with John Lynch's shopping center project down the road in Millstone and 2. Paying THREE TIMES THE MARKET value for a piece of land on Route 522 that is mostly wetlands and is owned by a company also partly owned by John Lynch.
Lynch again. This guy is like the drug kingpins who keep running their empire from their prison cell. Mark my words, we'll be hearing more about John Lynch before this campaign is over.
Lynch is supposed to get out of jail this November.
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