Is Save Jersey playing it straight?
/We remember when Save Jersey was created as a vehicle for the election of Chris Christie as Governor of New Jersey. That's the actual origin of the website's name: Chris Christie was going to "Save Jersey."
Save Jersey was to be a Lonegan-bashing adjunct to Wally Edge's PoliticsNJ (aka PolitickerNJ and Observer.com). The Christie people already had the somewhat mercurial David "Wally Edge" Wildstein in their pocket, so Save Jersey's young editor, Matt Rooney, worked slavishly to impress the boss. The website even went so far as to mock conservative Steve Lonegan's blindness.
There's been a lot of water under the bridge since then. Rooney got out of school and failed to get that social media job at the Governor's office he had his eye on. Wally Edge left his website, got a political patronage job at the Port Authority, did his BridgeGate thing, and pleaded guilty in federal court. Chris Christie went from being (in Rooney's eyes) New Jersey's savior and potential occupant of the White House to a liability. Rooney, along with Kim Guadagno, and an assortment of rats, "jumped ship" and began to attack their former master, the one-time object of their somewhat overly intense affections.
Once upon a time they praised Governor Christie for "reaching out" to secure the support of organized labor, much as Ronald Reagan had done. Today, they treat anyone in a blue-collar as a pariah.
For the record, the contributors here at Jersey Conservative (except for Professor Murray Sabrin) were uniform in their support for Steve Lonegan in his 2009 gubernatorial battle with Chris Christie. It is not that we have ever supported the Governor's agenda (although parts have been very worthy of that support), it is just that we abhor the craven, vulgar, opportunistic disloyalty shown towards Governor Christie, by those who once attacked us for not following him. We marvel at how their intensity has not changed. They were jerk-offs then and they remain jerk-offs now.
Take Matt Rooney as an example. A shameless self-promoter, even by New Jersey standards. He is a lawyer who belongs to a firm that exists in the highly political, you-scratch-my-ass-and-I'll-scratch-yours, world of municipal contracts.
And we have to tell you, that for all Rooney's protestations about being anti-Democrat Party, he doesn't seem to mind being associated with a law firm that takes contracts from Democrat machine towns in South Jersey. Hey, didn't someone say "follow the money"? Okay, let's do that:
Save Jersey's Matt Rooney is a lawyer with the Camden County firm of DeMichele & DeMichele. According to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, the principals of that firm hold the following public contracts/offices:
We searched for Matt Rooney, but came up with nothing:
But that doesn't jive with what Rooney puts in his lawyer's biography:
Matt Rooney has been a member of the New Jersey Bar since 2011 and the District of Columbia Bar since 2012. A significant portion of his practice concerns matrimonial matters including divorce, custody disputes, support modifications, and domestic violence. Matt also handles personal injury, municipal court, and a variety of other types of litigation. He currently serves as a municipal prosecutor in four (4) different South Jersey communities.
So what gives? Aren't you the guy who is preaching disclosure? So how about compliance with Local Government Ethics rules?
Matt Rooney
Photo credit: Madison Mae Photography (2014)
Phone: (856) 546-1350
Fax: (856) 546-1365
Email: matt@southjerseylawfirm.com
LinkedIN: MattRooneyNJ
Facebook: MattRooneyNewJersey
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Practice areas: family law (divorce, child support, domestic violence); municipal court; personal injury; civil litigation; collections
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Matt Rooney has been a member of the New Jersey Bar since 2011 and the District of Columbia Bar since 2012. A significant portion of his practice concerns matrimonial matters including divorce, custody disputes, support modifications, and domestic violence. Matt also handles personal injury, municipal court, and a variety of other types of litigation. He currently serves as a municipal prosecutor in four (4) different South Jersey communities.
http://southjerseylawfirm.com/blog/attorney-profiles/matthew-rooney/
