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New Jersey Dem Operative Found Dead in ‘Suspicious’ Circumstances

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  July 28th, 2009 at 11:39 PM  | 

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Longtime Democratic operative Jack Shaw was found dead in his apartment on Tuesday. Shaw was one of several dozen connected Democrats arrested in a public-corruption roundup in the Garden State.

The prosecutor of Hudson County rated the death ‘suspicious’. although no weapon was found. “It could be natural, it could be accidental, it could be suicide,” he said, without elaboration. An autopsy is planned for Wednesday.

Also on Tuesday, Secaucus mayor Dennis Elwell stepped aside to concentrate on his criminal defense.

New Jersey Man Facing Bribe Charge Is Found Dead

A veteran New Jersey political consultant who was among dozens arrested in a huge corruption sweep last week was found dead in his Jersey City apartment on Tuesday, the same day that one of three mayors charged in the case resigned. …

Mr. Shaw, 61, once an adviser to some of New Jersey’s most influential Democrats, more recently worked mainly for developers doing business in Hudson County. …

Mr. Shaw was a longtime Democratic operative who cut his teeth working for Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago and later was a campaign aide to Gov. Jim Florio. He also worked on Robert G. Torricelli’s 1996 Senate race, Robert E. Andrews’s 1997 bid for the Democratic nomination for governor, and Jon S. Corzine’s election to the Senate in 2000.

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  • http://www.RedState.com/ETCartman Kenny Solomon

    ….. for a betting pool.

    1. Standard response Number One from the MSM for coverage of this “totally unrelated to anything” story.

    A. “Crickets”.
    B. “Birds Chirping”.
    C. “A Gentle Breeze”.
    D. “The Sound Of One Hand Clapping”.
    E. All Of The Above.

    2. 1. Standard response Number Two from the MSM for coverage of this “totally unrelated to anything” story.

    This poor unfortunate patriot’s death was caused by:

    A. Teh Eeeeevil Booooooooooosh.
    B. Teh Eeeeevil Darth Cheeeeeeeeeeeny.
    C. Teh Eeeeevil Jooooooooooos.
    D. Obama’s Magical Mystery Tour Bus.
    D. All Of The Above.

    Cheers !

  • peg_c

    He looks like he might have croaked at any moment as it was.

    I’m waiting for this Hoboken mayor to step down. They may have to bodily shove him out. For a NY’er, this NJ stuff is awfully amusing (in a way that the North Carolina al Qaeda stuff is NOT).

  • dennism

    “His torso was found stuffied in a trunk, its arms and legs first chopped off, then stuffed into a steamer trunk, which was sealed with a padlock. A bloody axe was found in a trash bin a block away. Pinned to the trunk was a suicide note. New Jersey police suspect foul play.”