Jerry Dasti Archives - New Jersey Globe

Cooperating witness in state corruption probe asks appellate judges to postpone civil lawsuit

June 22, 2022 12:59 pmJune 22, 2022 2:29 pm

Matt O’Donnell, the disgraced former tax appeal attorney who is the state’s cooperating witness in a local corruption sting operation, is trying to delay a lawsuit by the township of Holmdel, who says he overbilled them for legal services. O’Donnell...

Lawyer suing Matt O’Donnell blasts deputy attorney general for communicating with judge privately

January 25, 2022 12:01 amJanuary 25, 2022 9:47 am

An attorney representing Holmdel Township today in a lawsuit against former tax appeal attorney Matt O’Donnell today slammed deputy attorney general John Nicodemo for communicating about his case with a Superior Court judge without telling him. O’Donnell is the state’s...

Gilmore appointed Board of Elections successor hours before he resigned

May 16, 2019 5:24 pmMay 17, 2019 9:11 am

George Gilmore named his own replacement on the Ocean County Board of Elections during his final hours as county chairman, but his pick was torpedoed by a onetime ally, freeholder chair Virginia Haines. Gilmore resigned his seat on the Board...

Ocean GOP has no succession plan

January 11, 2019 12:33 am

Just when New Jersey Republicans thought things things could not can any worse, the head of the only big county GOP machine left in the state just got indicted. George Gilmore has been the boss in Ocean County since 1996,...